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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

13

"He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul."

"He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul."

David Lloyd George, Welsh Statesman

13

"Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak."

"Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak."

Swami Vivekananda, Indian Clergyman

Soul, Heresy, Sin

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

12

"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

12

"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

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

12

"My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club."

"My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

Soul, Heart, Friend, Mouse

12

"I wouldn't say no to other kinds of musical opportunities. I guess that it just depends on what it was or what it required me to do, and if I felt that it compromised my own soul."

"I wouldn't say no to other kinds of musical opportunities. I guess that it just depends on what it was or what it required me to do, and if I felt that it compromised my own soul."

Joan Jett, American Musician

12

"Inspired by the purse rather than the soul, the mercenary side fairly screams in many of the works put out by every day American publishers."

"Inspired by the purse rather than the soul, the mercenary side fairly screams in many of the works put out by every day American publishers."

Alma Gluck, American Musician

12

"Will is the dynamic soul-force."

"Will is the dynamic soul-force."

Albert Pike, American Lawyer

12

"Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself."

"Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself."

Eugene Delacroix, French Artist

Soul, Language, Will

12

"Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury."

"Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury."

Edwin Hubbel Chapin, American Clergyman

Soul, Injury, Revenge

12

"One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way."

"One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

12

"I've always been a big fan of the American soul sound."

"I've always been a big fan of the American soul sound."

Jose Carreras, Spanish Musician

Soul, American, Sound

12

"Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite."

"Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite."

Edwin Hubbel Chapin, American Clergyman

Soul, Achievement, Alliance, Endurance

12

"Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul."

"Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul."

Annette Bening, American Actress

Soul, Acting, Being, Famous

12

"It's more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place."

"It's more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place."

Pat Metheny, American Musician

Soul, Hardware, Spirit

12

"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."

"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, Scottish Writer

Soul, Saying, World

12

"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."

"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, German Psychologist

Soul, Direction, Heaven, Mind

12

"When I was growing up watching Marilyn Monroe, I learned that you can be very beautiful, very glamorous and very vulnerable and not give up your soul just because you were a movie star."

"When I was growing up watching Marilyn Monroe, I learned that you can be very beautiful, very glamorous and very vulnerable and not give up your soul just because you were a movie star."

Sally Kirkland, American Actress

Soul, Growing up

12

"Catholic schools prepare every student to meet the challenges of their future by developing their mind, yes, but also their body and their soul and spirit."

"Catholic schools prepare every student to meet the challenges of their future by developing their mind, yes, but also their body and their soul and spirit."

David Vitter, American Politician

Soul, Body, Future, Mind

12

"There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition of theatre, about performing on the West End stage."

"There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition of theatre, about performing on the West End stage."

Christian Slater, American Actor

Soul, End, London

12

"Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body."

"Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

Soul, Body, Nothing

12

"It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world."

"It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world."

Nicolas De Chamfort, French Writer

12

"Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit, and the greatest peril to the soul is that one is likely to get precisely what he is seeking."

"Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit, and the greatest peril to the soul is that one is likely to get precisely what he is seeking."

Edward Dahlberg, American Novelist

Soul, Ambition, Sea

12

"You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body."

"You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

Soul, Body, Emotions, Forget

12

"Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station."

"Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

12

"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

12

"Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul."

"Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Soul, Patience, Possession

12

"Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul."

"Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Soul, Expression, Grace, Harmony

12

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

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

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

Soul, Purpose, Eye, May

12

"Above all else, deep in my soul, I'm a tough Irishwoman."

"Above all else, deep in my soul, I'm a tough Irishwoman."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

12

"Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries."

"Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries."

Roy Ayers, English Musician

12

"It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom."

"It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom."

William Dean Howells, American Author

12

"To possess taste, one must have some soul."

"To possess taste, one must have some soul."

Marquis De Vauvenargues, French Philosopher

12

"I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul."

"I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul."

William Ernest Henley, English Poet

12

"Your face makes my soul want to eat chocolate pudding!"

"Your face makes my soul want to eat chocolate pudding!"

Andy Milonakis, American Comedian

12

"Nothing that comes from the deep, passional soul is bad, or can be bad."

"Nothing that comes from the deep, passional soul is bad, or can be bad."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

Soul, Deep, Nothing

12

"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

12

"I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it."

"I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it."

Tori Amos, American Musician

12

"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

11

"My house is a bit like a teenager's bedroom. The kind of pictures you have hanging up on your wall say a lot about you. I've got ones of Evel Knievel, Elvis and Starsky and Hutch, signed by David Soul."

"My house is a bit like a teenager's bedroom. The kind of pictures you have hanging up on your wall say a lot about you. I've got ones of Evel Knievel, Elvis and Starsky and Hutch, signed by David Soul."

Tim Vine, British Comedian

11

"The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand this because I have forgotten."

"The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand this because I have forgotten."

James Hillman, American Psychologist

Soul, Body, Choice, Circumstances

11

"Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence."

"Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence."

Angela Carter, English Novelist

Soul, Anxiety, Beginning, Conscience

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