On the one hand, it showed a deep sense of the supremacy of the moral law, and of personal responsibility; a stubborn independence and faith in its mission; and a strong national spirit, combined with vigorous individuality; but with these virtues went a tendency to externalise both religion and the ideal of well-being: the former became a matter of forms and ceremonies; the latter, of worldly possessions.
"Christian Mysticism"
William Ralph Inge
It is through this law that we externalise and become in body what we live in our minds.
"The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit"
Ralph Waldo Trine