Date: 1748, 1754

"The Mind is out of Frame, and feels an Agony proportioned to the Violence of the reigning Passion."

— Fordyce, David (bap. 1711, d. 1751)

Date: 1662, 1762

"In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I should fulfil thy will, O my God: I am content to do it; yea, thy law is within my heart."

— The Church of England

Date: 1883-1885

"Behind your thoughts and feelings, my brother, stands a mighty commander, and unknown sage--he is called Self. He lives in your body, he is your body."

— Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844-1900)