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Soul Quotes

"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

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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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"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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"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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"We always thought it strange that nobody was up on that stage playing soul stuff. Maybe people were playing it in their garages, like us, but they always reverted to pure rock when they got on stage."

"We always thought it strange that nobody was up on that stage playing soul stuff. Maybe people were playing it in their garages, like us, but they always reverted to pure rock when they got on stage."

Michael Hutchence, Australian Musician

Soul, Thought, People

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"The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces."

"The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces."

Anatole France, French Novelist

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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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"Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections."

"Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections."

Daniel Boone, American Explorer

Soul, Curiosity, Influence, Man

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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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"The new meaning of soul is creativity and mysticism. These will become the foundation of the new psychological type and with him or her will come the new civilization."

"The new meaning of soul is creativity and mysticism. These will become the foundation of the new psychological type and with him or her will come the new civilization."

Otto Rank, Austrian Psychologist

Soul, Civilization, Creativity, Meaning

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"Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'."

"Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'."

Edith Stein, German Saint

Soul, Church, Living, Prayer

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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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"Drugs will get you out of your own way, but we lived it, and that's dangerous. It can actually turn around on itself and steal your soul, and that's what happened."

"Drugs will get you out of your own way, but we lived it, and that's dangerous. It can actually turn around on itself and steal your soul, and that's what happened."

Steven Tyler, American Musician

Soul, Drugs, Will

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"What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance."

"What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance."

Theodore Roethke, American Poet

Soul, Circumstance, Madness, Nobility

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"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."

"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."

Eugene V. Debs, American Politician

Soul, Class, Prison

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"I have to get inspired by something that touches my soul, or rocks my soul."

"I have to get inspired by something that touches my soul, or rocks my soul."

Steven Tyler, American Musician

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"Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy."

"Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy."

Jesse Jackson, American Activist

Soul, Debate, Democracy

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"The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul."

"The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul."

Wassily Kandinsky, Russian Artist

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"Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene."

"Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

Soul, Fancy, Tea

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"We forget that the soul has its own ancestors."

"We forget that the soul has its own ancestors."

James Hillman, American Psychologist

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"This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my soul's triumph over the powers of darkness."

"This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my soul's triumph over the powers of darkness."

Isaac Mayer Wise, American Clergyman

Soul, Thoughts, Darkness, Despair

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"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul."

"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul."

Swami Vivekananda, Indian Clergyman

Soul, Spiritual

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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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"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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"Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit."

"Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit."

Jeremy Taylor, British Clergyman

Soul, Language, Meditation, Spirit

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"I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words."

"I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words."

Ruth St. Denis, American Dancer

Soul, Dance, Being, Body

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"There is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a man's soul."

"There is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a man's soul."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

Soul, People, Killing, Man

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"The study of the human character opens at once a beautiful and a deformed picture of the soul."

"The study of the human character opens at once a beautiful and a deformed picture of the soul."

Mercy Otis Warren, American Playwright

Soul, Character, Study

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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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"Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it."

"Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it."

Rene Descartes, French Mathematician

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"But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my soul I despise all those whose guilt, malice, or folly has made them my foes."

"But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my soul I despise all those whose guilt, malice, or folly has made them my foes."

James Otis, American Lawyer

Soul, Conscience, Folly, Guilt

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"I don't know one of my friends who is considered a conservative who has not had to go back and thoroughly think through everything. You do a lot of soul-searching - 'cause we are not going to win any popularity contests."

"I don't know one of my friends who is considered a conservative who has not had to go back and thoroughly think through everything. You do a lot of soul-searching - 'cause we are not going to win any popularity contests."

Clarence Thomas, American Judge

Soul, Conservative, Friends, Popularity

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"I still feel like there are a lot of things in me that people haven't seen. My soul hasn't been bared yet."

"I still feel like there are a lot of things in me that people haven't seen. My soul hasn't been bared yet."

Gedde Watanabe, American Actor

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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."

"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, British Author

Soul, Fear, Future, Nothing

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"America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German - German in my soul."

"America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German - German in my soul."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

Soul, Heart, America, Country

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"It's raining my soul, it's raining, but it's raining dead eyes."

"It's raining my soul, it's raining, but it's raining dead eyes."

Guillaume Apollinaire, French Novelist

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"Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul."

"Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul."

Donna Karan, American Designer

Soul, Heart, Body

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"In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps."

"In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps."

Sammy Hagar, American Musician

Soul, Heart, Ballads, Moments

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"Sin is whatever obscures the soul."

"Sin is whatever obscures the soul."

Andre Gide, French Novelist

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"A soul preoccupied with great ideas best performs small duties."

"A soul preoccupied with great ideas best performs small duties."

Harriet Martineau, English Writer

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"Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process of separating off the emotions, it's one place you can process them."

"Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process of separating off the emotions, it's one place you can process them."

Twyla Tharp, American Dancer

Soul, Comedy, Emotions

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"I'm constantly being influenced by the soul that's directly in front of me."

"I'm constantly being influenced by the soul that's directly in front of me."

Dick Dale, American Musician

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"Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust."

"Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust."

Samuel Ullman, American Poet

Soul, Heart, Fear, Enthusiasm

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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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"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."

"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, American Businessman

Soul, Being, Forget, Loss

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"I would say our sound is soul pop."

"I would say our sound is soul pop."

Taryn Manning, American Actress

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"What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?"

"What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?"

Robert Fulghum, American Author

Soul, Man, Profit, World

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"The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl."

"The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl."

William Cowper, English Poet

Soul, Children, Dogs, Windows

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"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."

"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."

Woody Hayes, American Coach

Soul, Hell, Nothing

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"Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command."

"Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command."

Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher

Soul, Emotion, Self, Symbol

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