Events and external objects are, so to speak, but a neutral substance, which receives its colour and its significance from our soul. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)
Nothing is further than Earth from Heaven: nothing is nearer than Heaven to Earth. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers
And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow. – Peter Tosh