"The great art of life is how to turn the surplus life of the soul into life for the body."
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"The body is a boat that carries the soul in the ocean of the world. If it is not strong, or it has a hole, then it cannot cross the ocean, so the first duty is to fix the boat."
"Chastity is the ermine of woman's soul."
"To the soul that knows its own divinity, all else must gravitate"
"Learn your theories as well as you can, but put them aside when you touch the miracle of the living soul"
"Self actualization is the oxygen for the soul."
"The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled."
"Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit."
"Someday our souls will be one and our union will be forever. I know that everything I give you comes back to me. So I give you my life , hoping that you will come back to me."
"Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls."
"Solicitude for material things distracts the soul and divides it. The devil seizes the divided soul and drags it to hell."
"Now, as for this new breed of musicians with their 'ultrasonic' conservatory technique, I say: So What. Tell me a story from the heart of your soul and what your existence in this Universe is all about!"
"There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning."
"I drink to keep body and soul apart."
"The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere."
"Every soul is to be cherished, every flower is to bloom."
"Liberty of thought is the life of the soul."
"I'm not waiting for times to change I want to live like a free-roaming soul on the highway of our love."
"It was not meant that the soul should cultivate the earth, but that the earth should educate and maintain the soul."
"Discipline is the soul of an army."