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"Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God; that you do not have to pray that it come to you; that God’s omnipresence is your omnipresence; and that all that you need to do is improve your knowing."
"Religion! How it dominates man's mind, how it humiliates and degrades his soul. God is everything, man is nothing, says religion.But out of that nothing God has created a kingdom so despotic, so tyrannical, so cruel, so terribly exacting that naught but gloom and tears and blood have ruled the world since gods began."
"In my inner soul art and life are inseparable."
"I'd rather have the whole world against me than my own soul."
"The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property."
"The world appears very little to a soul that contemplates the greatness of God."
"No single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. It would be a bit too easy if we could go about borrowing ready-made souls."
"Every moment I shape my destiny with a chisel - I am the carpenter of my own soul."
"Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways."
"Next to jazz music, there is nothing that lifts the spirit and strengthens the soul more than a good bowl of chili."
"There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine."
"The soul must long for God in order to be set aflame by God's love; but if the soul cannot yet feel the longing, then it must long for the longing. To long for the longing is also from God."
"To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."
"Be committed to the relationship you have with yourself. We get so committed to other relationships, but often sort of toss ourselves away. We get around to ourselves only now and then. So, really care for who you are. Be committed to loving yourself. Take care of your heart and soul."
"We are stratified creatures, creatures full of abysses, with a soul of inconstant quicksilver, with a mind whose color and shape change as in a kaleidoscope that is constantly shaken."
"The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires."
"Music directly represents the passions of the soul. If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person."
"Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul But I do love thee! and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again."
"If our mind is in conflict, not balanced with our body and with the needs of the soul, then there is a fundamental disunity in our life. Only if we have unity within ourselves, we can create unity in the world around us. You can't give something you don't have, even if you have all good intentions"
"The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires."
