"There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distill it out."
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"Today I may way before an awestruck world; I am still master of my fate. I am still captain of my soul."
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"The hope of the world lies in the rehabilitation of the living human being, not just the body but also the soul."
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"The soul is "torn apart in a painful condition as long as it prefers the eternal because of its Truth but does not discard the temporal because of familiarity."
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"The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them."
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"I like the laughter that opens the lips and the heart, shows at the same time the pearls and the soul."
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"Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself. Be true to the highest within your soul and then allow yourself to be governed by no customs or conventionaliti es or arbitrary man-made rules that are not founded on principle."
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"It is one soul which animates all men."
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"The soul knows no persons."
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"Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind."
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"Behind everyone's learned behaviors and odd eccentricities lurks a soul, ready to make contact if only coaxed out through a crack in the ego."
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"Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquillity."
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"O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it."
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"Habits and customs are a convenience devised for the support of timid natures who dare not allow their souls free play."
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"Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth."
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"If there are atheists, who is to be blamed if not the mercenary tyrants of souls who, in revolting us against their swindles, compel some feeble spirits to deny the God whom these monsters dishonour?"
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"The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue."
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"In the greatest confusion there is still an open channel to the soul. It may be difficult to find because by midlife it is overgrown, and some of the wildest thickets that surround it grow out of what we describe as our education. But the channel is always there, and it is our business to keep it open, to have access to the deepest part of ourselves."
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"Our greatest human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain."
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"The end of life is to be like unto God; and the soul following God, will be like unto Him; He being the beginning, middle, and end of all things."
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