Prince
Musician, Singer, Songwriter
"A strong spirit transcends rules."
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Spirit
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Maya Angelou
Poet, Memoirist
"A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself"
Ramana Maharshi
Spiritual Teacher
"Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind."
Amos Bronson Alcott
Philosopher, Educator
"A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism."
Haile Selassie
Emperor
"A well organized education should not be one which prepares students for a good remuneration alone. It should be one that can help and guide them towards acquiring clear thinking, a fruitful mind, and an elevated spirit."
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"Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?"
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"Being filled with the Spirit is simply this - having my whole nature yielded to His power. When the whole soul is yielded to the Holy Spirit, God Himself will fill it."
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"Music's only purpose should be for the glory of God and the recreation of the human spirit."
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"The purpose is not that you might get more of the Holy Spirit, but that the Holy Spirit might get more of you."
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"You are the Universe expressing itself as a human for a little while."
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"God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word."
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"I remain convinced that most human conflicts can be solved through genuine dialogue conducted with a spirit of openness and reconciliation."
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"I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results. The final aim and reason of all music is nothing other than the glorification of God and the refreshment of the spirit."
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"Slavery is dead, but the spirit which animated it still lives."
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"God's Word is the only reliable guideline for living. Following your heart, without the leading of His Word and His Spirit, will lead you to His judgement."
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"The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day."
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"Think not I dread to see my spirit fly, Through the dark gates of fell mortality; Death has no terrors when the life is true; 'Tis living ill that makes us fear to die."
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"Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit."
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"For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime."
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"The younger generation is vibrant with a new psychology; the new spirit is awake in the masses . . . Each generation . . . will have its creed."
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"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere."
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"Addiction is perhaps a sickness of the spirit."
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"Good design, like good painting, cooking, architecture or whatever you like, is a manifestation of the capacity of the human spirit to transcend its limitations."
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"Let your soul and spirit fly."
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"Manifesting takes place from Spirit. It doesn't take place from form, from the physical world. You've got to know that what you want to manifest will occur."
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