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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

12

"Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood."

"Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood."

Jimmy Carter, American President

Soul, Policy, Foreignpolicy, Rights

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"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

"Tennis has given me soul."

"Tennis has given me soul."

Martina Navratilova, American Athlete

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

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

James Hillman, American Psychologist

11

"I have too great a soul to die like a criminal."

"I have too great a soul to die like a criminal."

John Wilkes Booth, American Criminal

11

"The camera looks into your soul."

"The camera looks into your soul."

Joe Pantoliano, American Actor

11

"A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul."

"A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul."

Minna Antrim, American Writer

Soul, Eye, Understanding, Woman

11

"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

11

"I have the soul of a singer and do splendidly in the shower but the world will never hear it. Basically, I'm the only Irish person who can't carry a tune."

"I have the soul of a singer and do splendidly in the shower but the world will never hear it. Basically, I'm the only Irish person who can't carry a tune."

Roma Downey, Irish Actress

Soul, Will, World

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"Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain."

"Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain."

Robert Southey, English Poet

Soul, Effect, End, Evil

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"An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders."

"An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders."

Thomas Traherne, British Clergyman

Soul, May, Mind, Nothing

11

"That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul."

"That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul."

Billy Crystal, American Comedian

11

"The writer catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind."

"The writer catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind."

Vita Sackville-West, English Novelist

Soul, Growth, Mind, Writer

11

"I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul."

"I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

11

"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

11

"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

11

"Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss."

"Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss."

Guru Nanak, Indian Philosopher

11

"In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul."

"In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

11

"If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found that flower in his hand when he awake - Aye, what then?"

"If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found that flower in his hand when he awake - Aye, what then?"

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

Soul, Dream, Paradise, Man

11

"Then, once I have lyrics, being able to shape them around a song is nothing new for me, I've been doing that for 25 years. The soul searching part of it, the spontaneous part of it, that was, and remains, a really terrific process."

"Then, once I have lyrics, being able to shape them around a song is nothing new for me, I've been doing that for 25 years. The soul searching part of it, the spontaneous part of it, that was, and remains, a really terrific process."

Geddy Lee, Canadian Musician

Soul, Being, Nothing, Song

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"Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul."

"Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul."

Little Richard, American Musician

Soul, Greed, Universe

11

"It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind."

"It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

Soul, Wealth, Mind

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"The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys."

"The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

11

"Look at music: I've always loved hiphop and rap, and now there's this whole progressive movement, with De La Soul and Mos Def, Common. It's some of the best stuff around."

"Look at music: I've always loved hiphop and rap, and now there's this whole progressive movement, with De La Soul and Mos Def, Common. It's some of the best stuff around."

Ryan Phillippe, American Actor

11

"Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul."

"Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul."

Robert Grosseteste, English Statesman

Soul, Heart, Will

11

"I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all."

"I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all."

Hazrat Inayat Khan, Indian Clergyman

11

"Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen."

"Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen."

Theophile Gautier, French Poet

11

"There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to exist for many centuries and are still in being though they have had no help from the traveler in solving their problems."

"There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to exist for many centuries and are still in being though they have had no help from the traveler in solving their problems."

Walter Lippmann, American Journalist

Soul, Being, Discovery, Help

11

"Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish."

"Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

11

"My soul is not my own any more. I cannot live like I want to. I am going to give up films."

"My soul is not my own any more. I cannot live like I want to. I am going to give up films."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

11

"If you are losing your leisure, look out; you may be losing your soul."

"If you are losing your leisure, look out; you may be losing your soul."

Logan P. Smith, American Writer

Soul, Leisure, Losing, May

11

"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

11

"Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted."

"Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted."

Robert Benchley, American Comedian

Soul, Literature, Present, Spring

11

"Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half."

"Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half."

Francois Fenelon, French Clergyman

Soul, Friends, Melancholy

11

"I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow."

"I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow."

David Hobson, American Politician

Soul, Challenge, Eye, Joy

11

"There is a deep dryness of the soul and all of the recalcitrant contrivances of man to quench his own thirst will bring not a single drop of moisture to those parched places, for God and God alone holds the water that satiates the soul."

"There is a deep dryness of the soul and all of the recalcitrant contrivances of man to quench his own thirst will bring not a single drop of moisture to those parched places, for God and God alone holds the water that satiates the soul."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Soul, Faith, Truth, Power

11

"The stalwart soul has the will to live and is eager for the race."

"The stalwart soul has the will to live and is eager for the race."

Taylor Caldwell, American Author

Soul, Race, Will

10

"But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself."

"But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself."

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

10

"When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul."

"When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul."

Langston Hughes, American Poet

10

"Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do."

"Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do."

Glenn Close, American Actress

Soul, Heart, Acting, Adventure

10

"I want to be a soul singer."

"I want to be a soul singer."

Solomon Burke, American Musician

10

"To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished."

"To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished."

Sarah Bernhardt, French Actress

Soul, Actor, Nothing

10

"Michael is the kind of guy who has rhythm; he has rock'n'roll in his soul, whether he really plays it or not."

"Michael is the kind of guy who has rhythm; he has rock'n'roll in his soul, whether he really plays it or not."

Phil Lesh, American Musician

10

"My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions."

"My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

10

"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

10

"I can understand why those primitive desert people think a camera steals their soul. It is unnatural to see yourself from the outside."

"I can understand why those primitive desert people think a camera steals their soul. It is unnatural to see yourself from the outside."

Nigella Lawson, British Journalist

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