Basil W. Maturin Quote

The central fire is desire, and all the powers of our being are given us to see, to fight for, and to win the object of our desire. Quench that fire and man turns to ashes.


Laws of the Spiritual Life (ed. 1916)


The central fire is desire, and all the powers of our being are given us to see, to fight for, and to win the object of our desire. Quench that fire...

The central fire is desire, and all the powers of our being are given us to see, to fight for, and to win the object of our desire. Quench that fire...

The central fire is desire, and all the powers of our being are given us to see, to fight for, and to win the object of our desire. Quench that fire...

The central fire is desire, and all the powers of our being are given us to see, to fight for, and to win the object of our desire. Quench that fire...