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Soul Quotes
"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."
69
"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."
64
"I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands."
48
"Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul."
44
"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."
43
"You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo."
42
"Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar."
38
"It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul."
38
"To have another language is to possess a second soul."
38
"The sky is one whole, the water another; and between those two infinities the soul of man is in loneliness."
36
"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."
29
"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."
25
"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."
Soul,
24
"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?""
20
"A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop."
19
"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it."
18
"Though we hear various reports of his existence we can never find the young wizard who is able so they say to graft the soul of a girl to the soul of her lover so that not even the sharp scissors of the Fates can ever sever them apart."
17
"Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible."
17
"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."
16
"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."
15
"What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance."
15
"The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul."
14
"While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."
14
"The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul."
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