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"I do not like detached creation. Neither can I conceive of the mind as detached from itself. Each of my works, each diagram of myself, each glacial flowering of my inmost soul dribbles over me."
"Stalin said artists are the engineers of human souls. I wanted to show what happens to the soul when the engineers get through with it."
"The unpublished manuscript is like an uncon-fessed sin that festers in the soul, corrupting and contaminating it."
"Slavery is the ultimate and greatest evil. For it is based on a denial of the dignity of the human soul."
"The soul is swayed by the waters."
"There is a soul-jealousy that can be as frantic as any body-jealousy."
"How entirely does the Upanishad breathe throughout the holy spirit of the Vedas! How is every one who by a diligent study of its Persian Latin has become familiar with that incomparable book stirred by that spirit to the very depth of his Soul !"
"I don't believe in the concept of a soul mate. Because we are all unique, but we're also simply too similar."
"A poet's soul must contain the perfect shape of all things good, wise and just. His body must be spotless and without blemish, his life pure, his thoughts high, his studies intense."
"It's because...you see, if we had souls, which we haven't, and if our souls met--yours and mine--they'd fight to the death. But after they had torn each other to pieces, to the very bottom, they'd see that they had the same root."
"It's the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money."
"An artist reveals his naked soul in his work."
"No value is higher than self-esteem, but you've invested it in counterfeit securities-and now your morality has caught you in a trap where you are forced to protect your self-esteem by fighting for the creed of self-destruction. The grim joke is on you: that need of self-esteem, which you're unable to explain or to define, belongs to my morality, not yours; it's the objective token of my code, it is my proof within your own soul."
"We all have within us a centered place of wisdom, harmony, and balance. Whether or not we believe in the existence of the soul, we've all experienced times in which we're fully connected with ourselves."
"Love- however doomed, had the capacity to attach bouys to the soul."
"The mind wants to forget because it weighs so much on the heart and soul. I am tired of crying and feeling so helpless. I want to breathe again -just for a little while."
"Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned...another lesson learned"
"The soul of a murderer is blind"
"I think sexuality is a window into someone's soul."
"I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing."
