# Quote — Ovid, Fasti

> There is a god within us.
>
> It is when he stirs us that our bosom warms ; it is
>
> his impulse that sows the seeds of inspiration.

- Author: [Ovid](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ovid.md)
- Book: [Fasti](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ovid/fasti.md)
- Original (la): Est deus in nobis; agitante calescimus illo: / impetus hic sacrae semina mentis habet.
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ovid#Fasti_(The_Festivals)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ovid/fasti/there-is-a-god

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