Soul Quotes
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.Frederick Douglas
Brevity is the soul of wit.William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 2 scene 2
If you think about it seriously, all the questions about the soul and the immortality of the soul and paradise and hell are at bottom only a way of seeing this very simple fact that every action of ours is passed on to others according to its value, of good or evil, it passes from father to son, from one generation to the next, in a perpetual movement.Antonio Gramsci
I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether.Socrates, In "Phaedo, " sct. 98, by Plato.
Thinking is the talking of the soul with itself.Plato
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.Aesop
Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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
When I was in school, I cheated on my metaphysics exam I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.Woody Allen
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion, all in one.John Ruskin
What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you.Kahlil Gibran
As the moon retaineth her nature, though darkness spread itself before her face as a curtain, so the Soul remaineth perfect even in the bosom of the fool.Akhenaton
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.Emily Dickinson
Music is the soul of language.Max Heindel
Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.John Bunyan
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.Pablo Picasso
Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!Theophile Gautie
I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul.George W. Bush, Press Conference, White House, Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Unless a man or woman has experienced the darkness of the soul he or she can know nothing of that transforming laughter without which no hint of the ultimate reality of the opposites can be faintly intuited.Helen Luke
Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes in the sense that almost certainly in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul - Mate is the one you are actually married to.J. R. R. Tolkien
From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation. Funeral oration for Martin Luther King, Sr.Jesse Louis Jackson
The earth has grown old with its burden of care But at Christmas it always is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair And its soul full of music breaks the air, When the song of angels is sung.Phillips Brooks
When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open, and love steps forth to heal everything in sight.Michael Bridge
The self - Controlled soul, who moves amongst sense objects, free from either attachment or repulsion, he wins eternal Peace.Bhagavad Gita
The mathematician lives long and lives young; the wings of his soul do not early drop off, nor do its pores become clogged with the earthy particles blown from the dusty highways of vulgar life.James Joseph Sylveste
A poet is an unhappy being whose heart it torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and the cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music... and then people crowd about the poet and say to him: Sing for us soon again; that is as much as to say. May new sufferings torment your soul.Soren Kierkegaard
The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.Plato, The Republic
What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there are cases where the trade would do.Josh Billings
What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and yet loses his soul?Jesus Christ, Matthew 16: 26
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 Shelley
To live happily is an inward power of the soul.Marcus Aurelius
But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.E. M. Forste
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.Mother Theresa
