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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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"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all."

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Soul, Hope, Words

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"An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress."

"An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

Soul, Dress, Man

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"The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?"

"The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?"

Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish Diplomat

Soul, Strength, Balance, Body

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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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"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

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"Whatever his secret was, I have learnt one secret too, and namely: that the soul is but a manner of being -- not a constant state -- that any soul may be yours, if you find and follow its undulations. The hereafter may be the full ability of consciously living in any chosen soul, in any number of souls, all of them unconscious of their interchangeable burden."

"Whatever his secret was, I have learnt one secret too, and namely: that the soul is but a manner of being -- not a constant state -- that any soul may be yours, if you find and follow its undulations. The hereafter may be the full ability of consciously living in any chosen soul, in any number of souls, all of them unconscious of their interchangeable burden."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Soul, Being, Existence, Identity

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"The feeble soul merely whines and complains."

"The feeble soul merely whines and complains."

Taylor Caldwell, American Author

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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 possess taste, one must have some soul."

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

Marquis De Vauvenargues, French Philosopher

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"I had to learn to do everything because I couldn't find another kindred soul. Now you see eighty people listed doing the same things I was doing by myself."

"I had to learn to do everything because I couldn't find another kindred soul. Now you see eighty people listed doing the same things I was doing by myself."

Ray Harryhausen, American Director

Soul, People, Now

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"My soul is fine, thanks."

"My soul is fine, thanks."

Juliana Hatfield, American Musician

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"The most beautiful rainbow is the one inside your soul."

"The most beautiful rainbow is the one inside your soul."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Soul, Rainbow, Beautiful, Inside

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"The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul."

"The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul."

Rona Barrett, American Journalist

Soul, Help, Needs

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"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

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"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

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"Soul meets soul on lovers' lips."

"Soul meets soul on lovers' lips."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

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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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"The accusation that we've lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity."

"The accusation that we've lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity."

Patricia Hewitt, British Politician

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"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 don't think I do have a soul."

"I don't think I do have a soul."

Al Purdy, Canadian Poet

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"He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon."

"He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon."

John Milton, English Poet

Soul, Thoughts, Light, May

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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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"Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind."

"Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Soul, Enthusiasm, Energy, Force

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"The soul that is within me no man can degrade."

"The soul that is within me no man can degrade."

Frederick Douglass, American Author

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"The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness."

"The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

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"The soul contains the event that shall befall it for the event is only the actualization of its thoughts and what we pray to ourselves for is always granted."

"The soul contains the event that shall befall it for the event is only the actualization of its thoughts and what we pray to ourselves for is always granted."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Soul, Thought, Prayer

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"When the whole world has their eyes on you, if you say something that doesn't truly come from your spirit and your soul, or if you wear something that doesn't come from your spirit and your soul, it's an injustice to your position. And so, I'm really myself every single day and I do it because I know my fans would want me to."

"When the whole world has their eyes on you, if you say something that doesn't truly come from your spirit and your soul, or if you wear something that doesn't come from your spirit and your soul, it's an injustice to your position. And so, I'm really myself every single day and I do it because I know my fans would want me to."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Soul, Day, Eyes, Fans

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"Whatever is within your limit, do it to lift the souls of humankind."

"Whatever is within your limit, do it to lift the souls of humankind."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Soul, Limit, Action, Service

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"When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart."

"When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart."

Camille Pissarro, French Artist

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"A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist."

"A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"You must be fully awake in the divine journey."

"You must be fully awake in the divine journey."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Soul, Journey, Divine, Truth, Grace

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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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"The problem was never my mind, it was a heart that could never hold all that it felt."

"The problem was never my mind, it was a heart that could never hold all that it felt."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Soul, Mind, Heart, Feelings, Emotional

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"The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn."

"The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Soul, Man, Worth

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"Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul."

"Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul."

Jim Valvano, American Coach

Soul, Heart, Cancer, Mind

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"The mind is a sacred mansion."

"The mind is a sacred mansion."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Soul, Mind, Truth, Inspirational, Strength

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"What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul."

"What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

Soul, Body, Brevity, Wit

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"There is madness in the every heart."

"There is madness in the every heart."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Soul, Madness, Heart, Truth

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"Everyone know is, soul does it or it doesn't exist it really doesn't matter. What does it matter is that you will die soon and you will be out of the Matrix!"

"Everyone know is, soul does it or it doesn't exist it really doesn't matter. What does it matter is that you will die soon and you will be out of the Matrix!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Soul, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

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"Sacredness is spirituality."

"Sacredness is spirituality."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Soul, Spiritual, Inspirational, Truth

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"I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream."

"I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream."

Heywood Broun, American Journalist

Soul, Adventure, Doubt, First

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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 Aurelius Augustine, Roman Theologian

Soul, Blood, Spirit

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"We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth."

"We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another."

"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another."

George Eliot, British Author

Soul, Influence

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"An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it."

"An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Soul, Battle, Blood, Horror

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"I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done."

"I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done."

Pierre Bayle, French Philosopher

Soul, Protest, Sense

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"No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve."

"No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

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"The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens."

"The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

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"Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent."

"Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Soul, People, Nerves

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