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Samuel Beckett Playwright, Novelist
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"For to know nothing is nothing, not to want to know anything likewise, but to be beyond knowing anything, to know you are beyond knowing anything, that is when peace enters in, to the soul of the incurious seeker."

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
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"The human soul has sojourned in lower and higher forms, migrating from one to another according to the samskaras or impressions, but it is only in the highest form as a human being that it attains to freedom."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Soul

"When you lose all sense of self the bonds of a thousands chains will vanish. Lose yourself completely, return to the root of the root of your own soul."

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James L. Buckley Politician
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"Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls."

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"God help us from those who believe that they are the sole possessors of truth. How we manage at times to agree willingly to become prisoners within our own minds and souls of beliefs and ideas on which we can never be flexible."

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Eminem Rapper, songwriter, record producer
Soul

"My brain's gone, my soul's worn and my spirit is torn The rest of my body's still bein operated on."

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Emma Goldman Anarchist, Political Activist, Writer
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"The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul."

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Andrei Tarkovsky Film Director, Screenwriter
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"History is not Time; nor is evolution. They are both consequences. Time is a state: the flame in which there lives the salamander of the human soul."

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George Sand Novelist, Memoirist
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"The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul."

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John Ruskin Art Critic, Writer
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"It does not matter what the whip is; it is none the less a whip, because you have cut thongs for it out of your own souls."

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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist
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"I owe nothing to my brothers, nor do I gather debts from them. I ask none to live for me, nor do I live for any others. I covet no man's soul, nor is my soul theirs to covet."

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Fernando Pessoa Poet, Writer
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"I look for myself but find no one. I belong to the chrysanthemum hour of bright flowers placed in tall vases. I should make an ornament of my soul."

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Marie Forleo Entrepreneur, Author
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"Business today is more personal than ever. It's about pouring your soul into whatever you create. It's about providing more value than anyone else in the market and focusing on creating strong, honest, and deep connections with your customers."

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