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Soul Quotes

"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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"The Soul selects her own Society."

"The Soul selects her own Society."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Soul, Choice, Society, Individual

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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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"My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger."

"My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

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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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"What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others."

"What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others."

Eileen Caddy, English Celebrity

Soul, Eyes, May, Right

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"Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul."

"Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul."

Ezra Taft Benson, American Leader

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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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"Anything that I write comes from the soul."

"Anything that I write comes from the soul."

Martin Gore, English Musician

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"There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul."

"There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul."

Simone Weil, French Philosopher

Soul, Laws, Loyalty

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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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"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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"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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"Distance makes the heart grow fonder, and familiarity breeds contempt. According to this my soul mate should be in Thailand."

"Distance makes the heart grow fonder, and familiarity breeds contempt. According to this my soul mate should be in Thailand."

Jason Zebehazy, American Author

Soul, Heart, Contempt, Familiarity

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"I must assert in the most unqualified way that it is primarily and mainly for the sake of saving the soul that I seek the salvation of the body."

"I must assert in the most unqualified way that it is primarily and mainly for the sake of saving the soul that I seek the salvation of the body."

William Booth, British Leader

Soul, Body, Salvation

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"If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar."

"If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar."

Krist Novoselic, American Musician

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"What do I have to say to the universe? A soul ought to have something to say to the universe if it's going to be immortal."

"What do I have to say to the universe? A soul ought to have something to say to the universe if it's going to be immortal."

Sheri S. Tepper, American Author

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"Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy."

"Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy."

Peter De Vries, American Novelist

Soul, Confession, Sense

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"I fed my ego, but not my soul."

"I fed my ego, but not my soul."

Yakov Smirnoff, Russian Comedian

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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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"Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house."

"Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house."

Ramakrishna, Indian Leader

Soul, Body, Disease, Tax

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"A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties."

"A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties."

Harriet Martineau, English Writer

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"My dear Miss Glory, Robots are not people. They are mechanically more perfect than we are, they have an astounding intellectual capacity, but they have no soul."

"My dear Miss Glory, Robots are not people. They are mechanically more perfect than we are, they have an astounding intellectual capacity, but they have no soul."

Karel Capek, Czechoslovakian Writer

Soul, People, Glory

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"The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows."

"The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows."

Gaston Bachelard, French Philosopher

Soul, Being, Body, Night

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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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"Tears are the summer showers to the soul."

"Tears are the summer showers to the soul."

Alfred Austin, English Poet

Soul, Summer, Tears

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"From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation."

"From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation."

Jesse Jackson, American Activist

Soul, People, Body, Nation

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"Never was a miser a brave soul."

"Never was a miser a brave soul."

George Herbert, British Poet

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"Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man."

"Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

Soul, Clouds, Existence, Flowers

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"Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone."

"Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

Soul, Tea, Word

13

"The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high."

"The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high."

J. William Fulbright, American Politician

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"Always when I directed the play, I was always trying to cast people not who were necessarily like the characters, but people who I felt had the essential component that the character had, some kind of soul for it."

"Always when I directed the play, I was always trying to cast people not who were necessarily like the characters, but people who I felt had the essential component that the character had, some kind of soul for it."

Patrick Marber, English Writer

Soul, People, Character, Play

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"Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your own soul."

"Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your own soul."

Emily Carr, Canadian Artist

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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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"Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13."

"Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13."

Alicia Keys, American Musician

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"The city of Wildwood has been fantastic in helping us and supporting this event. This is a small way of the Soul saying thanks to our fans."

"The city of Wildwood has been fantastic in helping us and supporting this event. This is a small way of the Soul saying thanks to our fans."

Ron Jaworski, American Athlete

Soul, Fans, Saying

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"The soul might be silent but the servant of the soul has always got a voice and it has got one for a reason."

"The soul might be silent but the servant of the soul has always got a voice and it has got one for a reason."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Soul, Voice, Reason, Expression

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"But being quiet and meditating on sound is something completely different and will be discovered very soon by a lot of people who feel that the visual world doesn't reach their soul anymore."

"But being quiet and meditating on sound is something completely different and will be discovered very soon by a lot of people who feel that the visual world doesn't reach their soul anymore."

Karlheinz Stockhausen, German Composer

Soul, People, Being, Quiet

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"Mixed feelings, like mixed drinks, are a confusion to the soul."

"Mixed feelings, like mixed drinks, are a confusion to the soul."

George Carman, English Lawyer

Soul, Feelings, Confusion, Drinks

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"But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more than the remedy? And is not He who cures the soul, which is more than the body, greater?"

"But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more than the remedy? And is not He who cures the soul, which is more than the body, greater?"

Paracelsus, Swiss Scientist

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"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye."

"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye."

Mary Wollstonecraft, British Writer

Soul, Purpose, Eye, May

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"Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them."

"Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them."

George Eliot, British Author

Soul, Belief, Unbelief

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"To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul."

"To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul."

Kate Chopin, American Author

Soul, Artist, Effort, Gifts

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"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."

George Eliot, British Author

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"He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven."

"He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven."

Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Author

Soul, Knowledge, Heaven, Key

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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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"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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"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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"We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body."

"We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body."

Larry Norman, American Musician

Soul, Body, Spirit, Worship

12

"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."

"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, American Actress

Soul, Marketing, Singing, Will

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