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Soul Quotes - Page 263

Every day there comes a moment when a person lays his hands in his lap and all his busyness collapses like ashes. The work accomplished is, from the soul's point of view, entirely imaginary.

Robert Musil, Burton Pike, David S. Luft (1995). “Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses”, p.153, University of Chicago Press

Intellectual liberty is the air of the soul, the sunshine of the mind, and without it, the world is a prison, the universe is a dungeon.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.456, Library of Alexandria

Thought is the soul of act.

Robert Browning (1830). “An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry”, p.46

Dreaming be damned, this is control. Raping your soul, devil's hole.

Song: Devil's Hole Girls and the Big Revolution

The soul is never quiet till it comes to God . . . and that is the one thing the soul desireth.

Richard Sibbes (2015). “Complete Works of Richard Sibbes: (7 Volume Set)”, p.781, Titus Books

We do not make or create our souls, we just grow them up.

Richard Rohr (2011). “AARP Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life”, p.15, John Wiley & Sons

Life is short, and we are dull, and eternal things are necessary, and the souls that depend on our teaching are precious.

Richard Baxter (1830). “The practical works of ... Richard Baxter, with a life of the author and a critical examination of his writings by W. Orme”, p.122

Though selfishness hath defiled the whole man, yet sensual pleasure is the chief part of its interest, and, therefore, by the senses it commonly works; and these are the doors and windows by which iniquity entereth into the soul.

Richard Baxter, William Orme (1830). “The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, with a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings”, p.152

For the sake of my country, and perhaps a little for the sake of my soul, I have given up the deep peace of being in opposition.

Rebecca West (2010). “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia”, p.181, Open Road Media