"To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive."
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"If we allow the consideration of heathen morality and heathen religion to absolve us from the duty of preaching the gospel we are really deposing Christ from His throne in our own souls."
"Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. ."
"The soul ... is nameless because it is formless. It will neither go to heaven nor [to hell] any more than it will enter this glass."
"Cheers for spring; for life; for a growing soul."
"There is a life-force within your soul, seek that life."
"In Fact, My Soul And Yours Are The Same, You Appear In Me, I In You."
"Soul of all souls, life of all life - you are That. Seen and unseen, moving and unmoving - you are That."
"I wear black on the outside 'Cause black is how I feel on the inside."
"The golden sunshine of Italy congealed into tears. Here's to alcoholic brotherhood ... much more suited to the frail human soul, if any, than any other sort."
"Whilst the Bihar calamity damages the body, the calamity brought about by untouchability corrodes the very soul."
"Sometimes I would see them not as mementos of the blissful hours but as the tangible precious debris of the storm raging in my soul."
"What you call a infinite brawl, eternal souls clashin War gets deep, some beef is everlastin"
"Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither"
"Spare the soul that feels a deadly wound."
"I'm always the one on the carpet that will be wearing something that nobody else will pick from the collection. I feel like I have some style soul sisters out there, like Diane Kruger and Zoe Saldana, they feel very much kindred spirits when it comes to style."
"Individuality realized is the supreme attainment of the human soul, the master-master's work of art. Individuality is sacred."
"I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings."
"We can’t turn life into a pleasure. But we can choose such pleasures as are worthy of us and our immortal souls."
"How we keep these dead souls in our hearts. Each one of us carries within himself his necropolis."