The soul is given life by the four-elements.
-Sultan Valad
He is not the four elements;
he is the one who can use the four elements.
-Rinzai
I could flood the world with my tears;
or, I could burn the world with my flame.
-Djalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi
May the sun, moon, winds, waters, earth, etc. all be mine.
-Vedic Prayer
-Vedic Prayer
O human soul,
How like to the water,
O human destiny,
How like to the wind.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Stone that is Mercury,
is cast upon the Earth,
exalted on Mountains,
resides in the Air,
and is nourished in the Waters.
-Michael Maier
-Michael Maier
By the earth we fall down,
by the earth we stand up.
-Shunryu Suzuki
The four elements soon dissociate;
they cannot be long maintained.
-Won Hyo
The five elements have become one.
-Devara Dasimayya
-Devara Dasimayya
When that happens the five elements in you
earth, water, fire, wind, and ether will dissolve,
earth, water, fire, wind, and ether will dissolve,
and you'll be free to merge in the Supreme.
-Mahendranath Battacharya
-Mahendranath Battacharya
When the Yogi has full power over his body
composed of the four elements of earth, water, fire, air and ether,
then he obtains a new body of spiritual fire
which is beyond illness, old age and death.
-Upanishad
They burn with fire - we burn with water;
they wash with water - we wash with fire.
-Jan Baptist Von Helmont
they wash with water - we wash with fire.
-Jan Baptist Von Helmont
