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"Mild is the slow necessity of death; The tranquil spirit fails beneath its grasp, Without a groan, almost without a fear, Resigned in peace to the necessity; Calm as a voyager to some distant land, And full of wonder, full of hope as he."
"The nature of a narrow and malevolent spirit is so essentially incompatible with happiness as to render it inaccessible to the influences of the benignant God."
"A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man."
"It is great and manly to disdain disguise; it shows our spirit and proves our strength."
"The spirit walks of every day deceased."
"And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air, Full of spirit's melancholy And eternity's despair; And they heard the words it said,- "Pan is dead! great Pan is dead! Pan, Pan is dead!""
"The New Age orgy: The flesh was willing but the spirit's weak."
"What is essential here is the presence of the spirit of dialogue, which is in short, the ability to hold many points of view in suspension, along with a primary interest in the creation of common meaning."
"I got on my knees and sort of communicated with the spirits. When I came out, I was in charge. I couldn't have acted that, I couldn't have written that."
"When you're in touch with spirit, you put feeling over results."
"In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit."
"Commit yourself to deeper awareness. Be generous of spirit. Embrace every day as a new world. Let the timeless be in charge of time."
"The best work flows from us effortlessly. Allow the gifts of spirit to come to you."
"When mind, body, and spirit are in harmony, happiness is the natural result."
"A contented spirit is the sweetness of existence."
"Intelligence and proper education will give you independence of spirit."
"I’m a free spirit who never had the balls to be free."
"Those whose kernels were cracked by benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble."
"It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being."
"The evolution of our spirit is blazed on the dark background of eternity by our individual wakes. Every person can, if he/she wishes, leave a more or less brilliant wake behind them."
