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Blaise PascalOnce your soul has been enlarged by a truth, it can never return to its original size.

—  Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker

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Robert Louis StevensonGood and evil are so close as to be chained together in the soul.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

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Lao-TzuMusic in the soul can be heard by the universe.

—  Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher

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Walt WhitmanWhat do you suppose will satisfy the soul except to walk free and own no superior?

—  Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet

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Fyodor DostoyevskyNeither a person nor a nation can exist without some higher idea. And there is only one higher idea on earth, and it is the idea of the immortality of the human soul.

—  Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer

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RumiMy soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Saint AugustineTake care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.

—  Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher

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Ferdinand FochThe most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.

—  Ferdinand Foch, 1851-1929, French field marshal

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D. H. LawrenceThe great home of the soul is the open road.

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

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Henry MillerIt is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

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Ralph Waldo EmersonWhat lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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Karl JungPeople will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.

—  Karl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist

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Victor HugoThe flesh is the ashes, the soul is the flame.

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

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Hermann HesseWhat you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

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Alexandre DumasGod fishes souls with a fishing rod, Satan fishes them with a net.

—  Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870, French writer

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Joseph JoubertThe tulip is a flower without a soul; but it seems that the rose and the lily have one.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

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Lord ChesterfieldGood humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.

—  Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer

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Fernando PessoaMy soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

—  Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer

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André GideSin is whatever obscures the soul.

—  André Gide, 1869-1951, French writer, Nobel 1947

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Joseph StalinThe writer is the engineer of the human soul.

—  Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Soviet leader

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Ludwig WittgensteinThe human body is the best picture of the human soul.

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951, Austrian philosopher

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Saint AugustineAs the soul is the life of the body, so God is the life of the soul. Therefore, as the body perishes when the soul leaves it, so the soul dies when God departs from it.

—  Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher

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HippocratesThe soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.

—  Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine”

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Duc de LevisIdleness is the rust of the soul.

—  Duc de Levis, 1764-1830, French politician & author of maxims

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Arthur SchopenhauerMusic is the occult metaphysical exercise of a soul not knowing that it philosophizes.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Charles BaudelaireWomen do not know how to separate the soul from the body.

—  Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867, French poet

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Henry David ThoreauThe great art of life is how to turn the surplus life of the soul into life for the body.

—  Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American writer

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RumiWhen you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Sylvia PlathHow we need another soul to cling to.

—  Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963, American poet & writer

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Douglas MacArthurAge wrinkles the body; quitting wrinkles the soul.

—  Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964, American general

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Walt WhitmanWhatever satisfies the soul is truth.

—  Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet

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Marcel ProustYour soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees.

—  Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer

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Joseph JoubertImagination is the eye of the soul.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

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Italo CalvinoThe soul is often in the surface, and the importance of “depth” is overestimated.

—  Italo Calvino, 1923-1985, Italian writer

Charles BukowskiIf you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.

—  Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994, American writer

Oliver W. Holmes Sr.The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned, generally has a soul that isn’t worth a damn.

—  Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer

Giordano BrunoIf God is not Nature herself, He is certainly the nature of Nature, and is the soul of the Soul of the world, if He is not the soul itself.

—  Giordano Bruno, 1548-1600, Italian monk & philosopher

Joseph JoubertBelow the head, shoulders and chest begins the animal, or that part of the body where the soul should not please.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

Gustave FlaubertIf the face is the mirror of the soul, then there are people who have ugly souls.

—  Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer

Edmond RostandMy soul, be satisfied with flowers,
With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them
In the one garden you may call your own.

—  Edmond Rostand, 1868-1918, French playwright

Edmond RostandA large nose may be an index of a large soul.

—  Edmond Rostand, 1868-1918, French playwright

     (“Cyrano de Bergerac”)

William Hazlitt Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

William Hazlitt Grace has been defined the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Terry PratchettI commend my soul to any god that can find it.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

Théophile GautierYour eyes so transparent that through them one sees your lucent soul.

—  Théophile Gautier, 1811-1872, French poet & writer

Sri AurobindoThe soul in man is greater than his fate.

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

Sri AurobindoWhat the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

Erica JongThe soul is awakened through service.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

D. H. LawrenceThe human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens.

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

Hermann HesseAs a body everyone is single, as a soul never.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Henry MillerMusic is the can-opener of the soul.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Maurice ChapelanRomanticism is a state of the soul. Classicism is a state the spirit.

—  Maurice Chapelan, 1906-1992, French author of maxims & journalist

Gabriel Garcia Marquez“Things have a life of their own,” the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. “It's simply a matter of waking up their souls.”

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

Ernest RenanThe prayer of the agnostic: “O God, if there is a God, save my soul if I have a soul.”

—  Ernest Renan, 1823-1892, French philosopher & historian

Saul BellowThe body is subject to the force of gravity. But the soul is ruled by levity, pure.

—  Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976

Edgar Allan PoeThe scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

—  Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer

TertullianJust as no soul is without sin, so neither is any soul without seeds of good.

—  Tertullian, 155-240 AD, Berber-Roman Christian author

Francis Scott FitzgeraldWe all have souls of different ages.

—  Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American writer

Nicolas Gomez DavilaThe uncertainty is the climate of the soul.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

Quotes in Verse

Bob DylanI gave her my heart but she wanted my soul.

—  Bob Dylan, 1941-, American singer [Nobel 2016]

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Dionysios SolomosThe eyes of my soul are always open, always awake!

—  Dionysios Solomos, 1797-1857, Greek poet

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Sylvia PlathI must get my soul back from you; I am killing my flesh without it.

—  Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963, American poet & writer

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Louise GlückThe soul is silent.
If it speaks at all
it speaks in dreams.

—  Louise Glück, 1943-, American poet, Nobel 2020

Edgar Allan PoeAnd my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted
Nevermore!

—  Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer

Funny Quotes

Woody AllenI was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.

—  Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director

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Ancient Greek

AristotleFriendship is one soul living in two bodies.

Φιλία εστί μία ψυχή εν δυσί σώμασιν ενοικουμένη.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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PlatoI think death is nothing more than the separation of two things from one another: soul and body.

Ο θάνατος τυγχάνει ων, ως εμοί δοκεί, ουδέν άλλο ή δυοίν πραγμάτοιν διάλυσις, της ψυχής και του σώματος απ’ αλλήλου.

—  Plato, 427-347 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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EpictetusYou are a little soul, carrying a corpse.

Ψυχάριον εί, βαστάζον νεκρόν.

—  Epictetus, 50-120 AD, Ancient Greek Stoic philosopher

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DemocritusHappiness comes from the soul, like unhappiness.

Ευδαιμονίη ψυχής και κακοοδαιμονίη.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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AristotleEach art must use its tools, each body its soul.

Δει γαρ την μεν τέχνην χρήσθαι τοις οργάνοις, την δε ψυχήν τω σώματι.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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