"There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win."

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"There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win."

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

George Santayana, American Philosopher

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"These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism."

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"The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood."

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"Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation."

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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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"There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world."

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"Walk neither faster nor slower than your own soul, because it is your soul that will teach you the usefulness of each step you take."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

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"There's a long road of suffering ahead of you. But don't lose courage. You've already escaped the gravest danger: selection. So now, muster your strength, and don't lose heart. We shall all see the day of liberation. Have faith in life. Above all else, have faith. Drive out despair, and you will keep death away from yourselves. Hell is not for eternity. And now, a prayer - or rather, a piece of advice: let there be comradeship among you. We are all brothers, and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive."

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"What is the difference between Jew and Christians? We all await the Messiah. You believe He has already come and gone, while we do not. I therefore propose that we await Him together. And when He appears, we can ask Him: were You here before?"

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"Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never."

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