"Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart."
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"A national spirit is necessary for national existence. A flag is a material aid to the development of such a spirit."
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"Tithe in kind where your spirit is fed."
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"The vital spirit. L'élan vital"
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"Society itself is an accident to the spirit, and if society in any of its forms is to be justified morally it must be justified at the bar of the individual conscience."
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"In woman's womb word is made flesh but in the spirit of the maker all flesh that passes becomes the word that shall not pass away. This is the postcreation."
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"When I am wicked I am in high spirits."
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"It is purity of spirit that will keep corruption from the flesh"
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"Two meanings have our lightest fantasies,- One of the flesh, and of the spirit one."
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"He who seeks intelligence lacks intelligence."
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"It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious."
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"Art is the highest expression of the human spirit."
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"You can have Jesus in your spirit and have an outrageous mess in your soul, and if you don't know what that's called, it's called religion."
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"The truth is mightier than eloquence, the Spirit greater than genius, faith more than education."
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"Not only the words (vocabula) which the Holy Spirit and Scripture use are divine, but also the phrasing"
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"I love women because of their spirit, courage, and the things they go through in the process of family and life and then all the complexities and now the careers of the family and life and the whole thing. But I feel badly for our men in all of our traditions."
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"We must work to resolve conflicts in a spirit of reconciliation and always keep in mind the interests of others. We cannot destroy our neighours! We cannot ignore their interests!"
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"This we can all bear witness to, living as we do plagued by unremitting anxiety . It becomes more and more imperative that the life of the spirit be avowed as the only firm basis upon which to establish happiness and peace."
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"Oprah [Winfrey] and I share a similar consciousness of spirit that is manifested in what some may call God or simply Spirit but others call it the Godhead manifestation of karmic virtue."
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"All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil"
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