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Soul Quotes

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"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul."
Moshe Dayan
"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul."
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"Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak."
Thomas Carlyle
"Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak."
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"Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance."
Saint Augustine
"Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance."
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"All is worthwhile if the soul is not small."
Fernando Pessoa
"All is worthwhile if the soul is not small."
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"I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands."
Karin Boye
"I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands."
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"Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people."
Anwar Sadat
"Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people."
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"You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo."
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
"You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo."
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"I will devote my body and soul to the service of the people and the nation."
Norodom Sihamoni
"I will devote my body and soul to the service of the people and the nation."
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"Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two everlasting empires, necessity and free will."
Thomas Carlyle
"Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two everlasting empires, necessity and free will."
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"For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?"
Jesus Christ
"For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?"
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"Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel."
King Solomon
"Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel."
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"Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar."
Nnamdi Azikiwe
"Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar."
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"The sky is one whole, the water another; and between those two infinities the soul of man is in loneliness."
Henryk Sienkiewicz
"The sky is one whole, the water another; and between those two infinities the soul of man is in loneliness."
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"It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul."
Sofia Kovalevskaya
"It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul."
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"To have another language is to possess a second soul."
Charlemagne
"To have another language is to possess a second soul."
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"It's better to have a rich soul than to be rich."
Olga Korbut
"It's better to have a rich soul than to be rich."
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"I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster."
Catherine II
"I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster."
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"The thoughtful soul to solitude retires."
Omar Khayyam
"The thoughtful soul to solitude retires."
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"Lying under oath, and encouraging lies under oath, does go to the very heart and soul of what courts do. If we say we don't care, let's forget about courts, and we'll just have other ways of figuring out how to handle disputes."
Kenneth Starr
"Lying under oath, and encouraging lies under oath, does go to the very heart and soul of what courts do. If we say we don't care, let's forget about courts, and we'll just have other ways of figuring out how to handle disputes."
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"There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying."
Colin Hay
"There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying."
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"She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever."
Jeff Buckley
"She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever."
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"I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments."
Jim Morrison
"I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments."
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"If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul."
Khalil Gibran
"If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul."
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"Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul."
Victor Hugo
"Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul."
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"The soul has many motions, body one."
Theodore Roethke
"The soul has many motions, body one."
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"My purpose... to go on with my heart and soul, devoting all my energies to Girl Scouts, and heart and hand with them, we will make our lives and the lives of the future girls happy, healthy and holy."
Juliette G. Low
"My purpose... to go on with my heart and soul, devoting all my energies to Girl Scouts, and heart and hand with them, we will make our lives and the lives of the future girls happy, healthy and holy."
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"Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out."
Edwin Markham
"Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out."
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"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it."
Edward R. Murrow
"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it."
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"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded."
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"The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is "What does a woman want?""
Sigmund Freud
"The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is "What does a woman want?""
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"Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things."
Denis Diderot
"Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things."
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"Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul."
John Carmack
"Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul."
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"Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible."
Michel de Montaigne
"Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible."
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"I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul."
J. G. Ballard
"I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul."
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"A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop."
Robert Hughes
"A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop."
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"There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
"There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul."
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"'Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul."
Judy Garland
"'Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul."
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"From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world."
Andrei Platonov
"From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world."
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"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."
Marcus Aurelius
"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."
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"What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance."
Theodore Roethke
"What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance."
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"A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong - not taking the loss - that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul."
Jesse Livermore
"A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong - not taking the loss - that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul."
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"Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard."
Anne Sexton
"Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard."
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"It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity."
W. E. B. Du Bois
"It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity."
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"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
Anatole France
"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
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"Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes."
Walt Whitman
"Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes."
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"Impropriety is the soul of wit."
W. Somerset Maugham
"Impropriety is the soul of wit."
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"Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene."
Edmund Waller
"Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene."
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"To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive."
Robert Louis Stevenson
"To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive."
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"PLease, do not visualize that we exist above you such as in heaven. The concepts above and below are products of your mind. The soul does not swing upwards. It exists in the center and orients itself in every direction."
Hans Bender
"PLease, do not visualize that we exist above you such as in heaven. The concepts above and below are products of your mind. The soul does not swing upwards. It exists in the center and orients itself in every direction."
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"There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there."
Rosanna Arquette
"There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there."
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