"Assure a man that he has a soul and then frighten him with old wives' tales as to what is to become of him afterward, and you have hooked a fish, a mental slave."

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"Assure a man that he has a soul and then frighten him with old wives' tales as to what is to become of him afterward, and you have hooked a fish, a mental slave."

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"The Soul is the voice of the body's interests."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

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"The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn."

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Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

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"One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul is ever destroyed, actually sees."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

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"She had something more than material value ~ she had a soul, no money could buy."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

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"For me, each nuance of a color is in some way an individual, a being who is not only from the same race as the base color, but who definitely possesses a distinct character and personal soul."

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"Assure a man that he has a soul and then frighten him with old wives' tales as to what is to become of him afterward, and you have hooked a fish, a mental slave."

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