Soul Quotes
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The soul does not give itself up to despair until it has exhausted all illusions.
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Had it pleas'd heaven To try me with affliction * * * I should have found in some place of my soul A drop of patience.
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Before we go to our knees to receive the Baptism of Fire, let me beg of you to see to it that your souls are in harmony with the will and purpose of the Holy Spirit whom you seek.
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If someone is leaving you behind, and you are becoming jealous and embittered, keep praying that he may have success in the very matter where he is awakening your envy; and whether he is helped or not, one thing is sure, that your own soul will be cleansed and ennobled.
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Should we say the self, once perceived, becomes the soul?
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Do what your inner soul tells you to do, regardless of any money or success it will bring you.
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Where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.
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Orangutans look straight into your soul.
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Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat.
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In the history of the world many souls have been, are, and will be, and with a little reflection this is marvelous and not depressing. Many jerks are made gloomy about it, for they think quantity buries them alive. That's just crazy. Numbers are very dangerous, but the main thing about them is that they humble your pride. And that's good.
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Not in the knowledge of things without, but in the perfection of the soul within, lies the empire of man aspiring to be more than man.
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Like an explorer returned from a distant planet or another dimension, Suki Kim has many extraordinary tales to tell, among them how different--and how awful--life is for those who live in North Korea. The devil is in the details here, for her gritty narrative focuses on everyday events to reveal how repression shapes daily life, even for the most privileged. Yet Kim also bears witness to that part of the human soul that no oppressor can ever claim.
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I found it better for my soul to be humble before the mysteries o' God's dealings, and not be making a clatter about what I could never understand.
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In a word, poetry can not exist without emotion, or, if you will, without a movement of the soul which regulates the words.
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Call the world if you please 'The vale of soul-making.'
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Poetry is the voice of the soul, whispering, celebrating, singing, even.
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It is a common rule with primitive people not to waken a sleeper, because his soul is away and might not have time to get back.
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What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.
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Portugal was born in the shadow of the Catholic Church and religion, from the beginning it was the formative element of the soul of the nation and the dominant trait of character of the Portuguese people.
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My dinner party,' Miles grated. 'It's just breaking up.' And sinking. All souls feared lost.
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Sometimes you have to be a bad person to save yourself, and it takes a little chunk out of your soul, but you do it anyway.
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Show mercy. No soul ever was made poor by loving too much, or injured by forgiving too often.
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For the brief moments the song lasted, it was pure joy, stirred up from deep within, in that place not a soul can find, not until it comes alive with music and laughter.
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place.
