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"Whatever his secret was, I have learnt one secret too, and namely: that the soul is but a manner of being -- not a constant state -- that any soul may be yours, if you find and follow its undulations. The hereafter may be the full ability of consciously living in any chosen soul, in any number of souls, all of them unconscious of their interchangeable burden."

"Whatever his secret was, I have learnt one secret too, and namely: that the soul is but a manner of being -- not a constant state -- that any soul may be yours, if you find and follow its undulations. The hereafter may be the full ability of consciously living in any chosen soul, in any number of souls, all of them unconscious of their interchangeable burden."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Soul, Being, Existence, Identity

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"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened."

"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened."

Anatole France, French Novelist

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"I'd like to do more Shakespeare. I'd like to do Iago in Othello. I look so benign. It would be interesting to see that black evil come out of my soul."

"I'd like to do more Shakespeare. I'd like to do Iago in Othello. I look so benign. It would be interesting to see that black evil come out of my soul."

Kyle MacLachlan, American Actor

Soul, Evil, Shakespeare

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"The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul."

"The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul."

Isadora Duncan, American Dancer

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"The human voice is the organ of the soul."

"The human voice is the organ of the soul."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

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"A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there."

"A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there."

Meister Eckhart, German Philosopher

Soul, Heart, Being

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"Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!"

"Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!"

George Meredith, English Novelist

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"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."

"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

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"One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity."

"One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity."

George W. Bush, American President

Soul, Moments, Popularity

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"Human soul is a car and human body is a driver. One cannot run without the other."

"Human soul is a car and human body is a driver. One cannot run without the other."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Soul, Body, Balance, Life

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"Variety is the soul of pleasure."

"Variety is the soul of pleasure."

Aphra Behn, English Dramatist

Soul, Pleasure, Variety

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"He was a very generous soul and was exceptionally dedicated to the medium of photography."

"He was a very generous soul and was exceptionally dedicated to the medium of photography."

John Sexton, American Educator

Soul, Photography

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"I've sold my soul for freedom. It's lonely but it's sweet."

"I've sold my soul for freedom. It's lonely but it's sweet."

Melissa Etheridge, American Musician

Soul, Freedom, Lonely

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"By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul."

"By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

Soul, Action, Battle, Endurance

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"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all."

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Soul, Hope, Words

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"Rock'n'roll saved my soul."

"Rock'n'roll saved my soul."

Thurston Moore, American Musician

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"Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."

"Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

Soul, Enthusiasm, Skin, Years

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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."

"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."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Soul, Poet, Khalil Gibran

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"Johnny Cash was plenty good enough to fool his fans. They believed he felt it in his soul when he sang the Gospel while stoned on drugs."

"Johnny Cash was plenty good enough to fool his fans. They believed he felt it in his soul when he sang the Gospel while stoned on drugs."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

Soul, Drugs, Fans, Fool

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"What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room."

"What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room."

Ray Charles, American Musician

Soul, Electricity, Force, Light

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"Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul."

"Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul."

Wavy Gravy, American Activist

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"Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty."

"Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty."

Moliere, French Playwright

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"Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan."

"Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan."

Albert Schweitzer, German Theologian

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"The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul."

"The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul."

John Calvin, French Theologian

Soul, Conscience, Hell, Living

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"Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul."

"Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul."

Wayne Dyer, American Psychologist

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"There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by."

"There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by."

George Meredith, English Novelist

Soul, Body, May, Nothing

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"A man with a soul is not like every other man."

"A man with a soul is not like every other man."

Eugene Ionesco, French Dramatist

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"If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about."

"If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about."

Aretha Franklin, American Musician

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"The Soul selects her own Society."

"The Soul selects her own Society."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Soul, Choice, Society, Individual

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"We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house and I was sitting on his lap. We're very affectionate. And I looked at him and thought after being married for 11 years! We were the only couple who were even near each other at that party. We're soul mates."

"We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house and I was sitting on his lap. We're very affectionate. And I looked at him and thought after being married for 11 years! We were the only couple who were even near each other at that party. We're soul mates."

Victoria Beckham, English Musician

Soul, Thought, Being, Day

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"The destiny of man is in his own soul."

"The destiny of man is in his own soul."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Soul, Destiny, Man

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"Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you to stop suffering."

"Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you to stop suffering."

Jane Roberts, American Author

Soul, Suffering

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"A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder."

"A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder."

Eileen Caddy, English Celebrity

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"I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul."

"I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

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"From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world."

"From our ugliness will grow the soul of the world."

Andrei Platonov, Russian Writer

Soul, Ugliness, Will, World

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"During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me."

"During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me."

John Nelson Darby, English Clergyman

Soul, Thoughts, Effect, Exercise

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"I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained."

"I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained."

Sally Kirkland, American Actress

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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."

"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, American Writer

Soul, Contempt, Eyes, Pity

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"Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul."

"Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul."

Nikolai Gogol, Russian Writer

Soul, Body, May

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"To the timid soul, nothing is possible."

"To the timid soul, nothing is possible."

John Bach, Welsh Actor

34

"Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it."

"Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Soul, Ambition, Moderation

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"The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness."

"The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness."

Joan Miro, Spanish Artist

Soul, Coolness, Fire

34

"The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written."

"The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written."

Jerome Lawrence, American Playwright

Soul, Mind, Writing

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"The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it."

"The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it."

Muhammed Iqbal, Indian Poet

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"Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul."

"Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Soul, Goal, Man, World

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"All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted."

"All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

33

"Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it."

"Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it."

Akhenaton, Egyptian Statesman

Soul, First, Honor, Separation

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"One loss is good for the soul, Too many losses is not good for the coach."

"One loss is good for the soul, Too many losses is not good for the coach."

Knute Rockne, American Coach

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"Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul."

"Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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

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

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Soul, Blood, Spirit, Saint Aurelius Augustine

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