Soul Quotes
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.Saint Teresa of Avila
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain.William Shakespeare
You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.George Eliot
Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplacable spark. In the hopeless swamps of the not quite, the not yet, and the not at all, do not let the hero in your soul perish and leave only frustration for the life you deserved, but never have been able to reach. The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.Emily Dickenson
Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.Martha Graham
The will to do, the soul to dare.Sir Walter Scott
The soul who meditates on the Self is content to serve the Self and rests satisfied within the Self there remains nothing more for him to accomplish.Bhagavad Gita
Anger is one of the sinners of the soul.Thomas Fulle
To them that ask, where have you seen the gods, or how do you know for certain there are gods, that you are so devout in their worship I answer Neither have I ever seen my own soul, and yet I respect and honor it.Marcus Aelius Aurelius
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Just as there is a lower carelessness which means death to the soul, so there is a higher carelessness which is the supreme gift of religion. We must all at length rest back upon God.W. E. Orchard
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.Mahatma Gandhi
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.Denis Diderot
Ah Christ, that it were possible For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be.Alfred Lord Tennyson
Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.Alfred Tennyson
Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work. Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture from within.Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Method of Nature (1841)
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty.Alain
Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!Theophile Gautie
The tragedy of life is what dies in the hearts and souls of people while they live.Albert Einstein
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul the blue prints of your ultimate accomplishments.Napolean Hill
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.Stella Adle
Life is real Life is earnest And the grave is not its goal Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the Whites and the Blacks have more in common with each other than with the players. Suddenly one loses all interest in who will be champion.Anatol Rapoport
I believe in an immortal soul. Science has proved that nothing disintegrates into nothingness. Life and soul, therefore, cannot disintegrate into nothingness, and so are immortal.Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun
Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!Jules Verne, 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea, Chapter 34
Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.William James
The want of goods is easily repaired, but the poverty of the soul is irreparable.Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.Henrik Ibsen, Norweigen Playwright
If you are losing your leisure, look out You are losing your soul.Logan Pearsall Smith
To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth.William Ellery Channing
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.Charles De Gaulle
Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - The world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.Henry Mille
The world is extremely interesting to a joyful soul.Alexandra Stoddard, Gracious Living in a New World
If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen.The Talmud


