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Hermann Hesse Novelist, Poet
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"Look: We hate nothing that exists, not even death, suffering and dying, does not horrify our souls, as long as we learn more deeply to love."

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"And who will care, who will chide you if you wander away from wherever you are, to look for your soul?"

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Hermann Hesse Novelist, Poet
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"We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude is overcome, we are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that it is God, the indivisible. And suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of the world, yet undisturbed by its multiplicity, for our innermost soul we know ourselves to be one with all being."

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Pablo Neruda Poet, Diplomat
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"And our problems will crumble apart, the soul / blow through like a wind, and here where we live will all be clean again, with fresh bread on the table."

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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
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"The choice of every lost soul can be expressed in the words "Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." There is always something they insist on keeping, even at the price of misery."

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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
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"The Glory of God, and, as our only means of glorifying Him, the salvation of human souls, is the real business of life."

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Paramahansa Yogananda Spiritual Teacher, Author
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"As God is omnipresent in the cosmos but is undisturbed by its variety, so man, who as a soul is individualized Spirit, must learn to participate in this cosmic drama with a perfectly poised and equilibrated mind."

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Paulo Coelho Writer
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"Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions."

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Paulo Coelho Writer
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"Christ surrounded himself with beggars, prostitutes, tax-collectors and fishermen. ... what he meant by this was that the divine spark is in every soul and is never extinguished."

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Plato Philosopher
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"The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise."

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Plato Philosopher
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"The man who hath music in his soul will be most in love with the loveliest."

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Edith Wharton Novelist, Short Story Writer
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"We live in our own souls as in an unmapped region, a few acres of which we have cleared for our habitation; while of the nature of those nearest us we know but the boundaries that march with ours."

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