Spirit Quotes
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The Spirit power begins in directing the Animal power to other than egoistic ends.
John Ruskin
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If I had a humble spirit in my service who, when I asked for a glass of water, brought me the world's costliest wines blended in a chalice, I should dismiss him, in order to teach him that my pleasure consists, not in what I enjoy, but in having my own way.
Soren Kierkegaard
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To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.
Isaac Watts
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I've never really been into ghosts or spirits, and I've only had a couple of those kind of experiences.
Rhys Darby
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In the first place, any group of folks willing to make asses of themselves in pursuit of a good time should be commended and encouraged: The spirit of human frolic needs all the help it can get.
Molly Ivins
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Be the Inner Spirit that is you. And relish in the creative moment. But don't try to hold to anything that has been created in the moment - including your body. And when you find that place, there is peace beyond description. Because then you accept that you are the eternal being that you are.
Esther Hicks
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If there's a spirit world why don't the ghosts of dead artists get together and inhibit bad playwrights from tormenting first-nighters?
Gertrude Atherton
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She told the story, however, with great spirit among her friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in any thing ridiculous.
Jane Austen
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The attention has to be on the Spirit. And that cannot be there unless and until something happens within.
Nirmala Srivastava
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In the evening, when everything is tired and quiet, I sit with Walt Whitman by the rose beds and listen to what that lonely and beautiful spirit has to tell me of night, sleep, death, and the stars. This dusky, silent hour is his; and this is the time when I can best hear the beatings of that most tender and generous heart.
Elizabeth von Arnim
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Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.
Elisabeth Elliot
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When there is a spirit of controversy in the church or in the land, a revival is needful. The spirit of religion is not the spirit of controversy. There can be no prosperity in religion, where the spirit of controversy prevails.
Charles Grandison Finney
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The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental.
Herbie Hancock
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Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.
Herbert Spencer
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The voice is not only indicative of man's character, but it is the expression of his spirit. Other sounds can be louder than the voice, but no sound can be more living.
Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
Brennan Manning
