Soul Quotes - Page 98

In recognizing exactly where we have been unconscious, we become more conscious. And in seeing and feeling the ways we've gone dead, we start to revive and kindle our desire to live more expansively.

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.

The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me.

Specificity is the soul of narrative.

A trader does not squander his body as fodder or his soul as alms.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

Love is why I came here in the first place.

Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness.

Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.

A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless - fiery, but at the same time, lacking in spirit and soul.

To voice something you're feeling and put observations into words with another person who is totally present is a creative act embodying soul and love.

To me gender is not physical at all, but is altogether insubstantial. It is soul, perhaps, it is talent, it is taste, it is environment, it is how one feels, it is light and shade, it is inner music.

Every man may reign secure in his petty tyranny, and spread terror and desolation around him, until the trump of the archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul.

The less I spent on myself and the more I gave to others, the fuller of happiness and blessing did my soul become.

The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.

I have a deep sympathy with war; it so apes the gait and bearing of the soul.

We are always searching for God afar off, when all the while He is nearer to us than our own soul.

Everything that God created is potentially holy, and our task as humans is to find that holiness in seemingly unholy situations. When we can do this, we will have learned to nurture our souls.

One must think with the body and the soul or not think at all.

Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the esteem of others, we must only ever show our ugliest sides; this is how we keep ourselves on the common level

There is honor in labor. Work is the medicine of the soul. It is more: it is your very life, without which you would amount to little.

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

Alcoholic drinks, rightly used, are good for body and soul alike, but as a restorative of both there is nothing like brandy.