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Soul Quotes

"There are a lot of laughs in this movie, but it's not just about the laughs. It's really about the story, about a guy who finds his soul and realizes what's truly important."

"There are a lot of laughs in this movie, but it's not just about the laughs. It's really about the story, about a guy who finds his soul and realizes what's truly important."

Peter Farrelly, American Director

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"The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other."

"The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other."

Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

Soul, Man, World

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"The beauty of your soul depends on your thoughts more than what is going on around you."

"The beauty of your soul depends on your thoughts more than what is going on around you."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Soul, Beauty, Thoughts, Life

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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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"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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"There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved."

"There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved."

Chris Brasher, British Athlete

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"Style used to be an interaction between the human soul and tools that were limiting. In the digital era, it will have to come from the soul alone."

"Style used to be an interaction between the human soul and tools that were limiting. In the digital era, it will have to come from the soul alone."

Jaron Lanier, American Artist

Soul, Style, Tools, Will

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"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

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"Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean."

"Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean."

Geoffrey Chaucer, English Poet

Soul, Body, Will

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"Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul."

"Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul."

Henri Matisse, French Artist

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"A Parliament is that to the Commonwealth which the soul is to the body. It behoves us therefore to keep the facility of that soul from distemper."

"A Parliament is that to the Commonwealth which the soul is to the body. It behoves us therefore to keep the facility of that soul from distemper."

John Pym, English Politician

Soul, Body, Parliament

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"You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul."

"You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul."

Charles de Gaulle, French Leader

Soul, Giving, Skin

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"Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?"

"Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?"

Horace, Roman Poet

Soul, Cure, Eye

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"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

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"Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart."

"Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Soul, Heart, Feeling, Man

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"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

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"Soul, soul is nothing. Can you see it, smell it, touch it? No."

"Soul, soul is nothing. Can you see it, smell it, touch it? No."

Dan Totheroh, American Journalist

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"My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed."

"My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed."

Francis Asbury, English Clergyman

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"This is a soul under perpetual migraine attack."

"This is a soul under perpetual migraine attack."

Richard Schickel, American Author

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"To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness."

"To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness."

Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Dramatist

Soul, Unhappiness

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"I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments."

"I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

Soul, Being, Moments

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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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"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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"Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit."

"Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit."

William Shirley, British Politician

Soul, Greatness, Spirit, Words

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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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"Tone has the living soul."

"Tone has the living soul."

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

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"The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't dictate to her."

"The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't dictate to her."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

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"The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live."

"The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul?"

"Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul?"

Charles Simeon, English Clergyman

Soul, Corruption, Man

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"It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales!"

"It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales!"

Robert Bolt, British Playwright

Soul, Man, Nothing, World

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"Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way."

"Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way."

Kate Seredy, Hungarian Writer

Soul, Heart, Fear, Doubt

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"Every soul is a melody which needs renewing."

"Every soul is a melody which needs renewing."

Stephane Mallarme, French Poet

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"Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back."

"Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"Let there be many windows to your soul, that all the glory of the world may beautify it."

"Let there be many windows to your soul, that all the glory of the world may beautify it."

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American Writer

Soul, Glory, May, Windows

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"But the mind is here accepted not for the soul, but for that which is the more excellent in the soul."

"But the mind is here accepted not for the soul, but for that which is the more excellent in the soul."

Peter Lombard, French Theologian

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"I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul."

"I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul."

Phil Jackson, American Coach

Soul, Body, Mind

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"It is so much more difficult to live with one's body than with one's soul. One's body is so much more exacting: what it won't have it won't have, and nothing can make bitter into sweet."

"It is so much more difficult to live with one's body than with one's soul. One's body is so much more exacting: what it won't have it won't have, and nothing can make bitter into sweet."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

Soul, Body, Nothing

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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

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"The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master."

"The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master."

Anne Sophie Swetchine, Russian Author

Soul, Colors, Mind

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"We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul."

"We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul."

Conor Oberst, American Musician

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"What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?"

"What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?"

Robert Browning, English Poet

Soul, Kissing, Wonder

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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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"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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"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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"It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh."

"It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh."

Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader

Soul, Belief, Strength

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"I began to see that my problems, seen spiritually, were really my soul's plusses."

"I began to see that my problems, seen spiritually, were really my soul's plusses."

Lionel Blue, British Clergyman

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

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

Theophile Gautier, French Poet

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"Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you."

"Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul, appear."

"And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul, appear."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

Soul, Guest, Sickness

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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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