"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

"May your pen happily writes ...™ ©Leah C Dancel

11/4/14

Quotes on SOUL, SOULMATE and SPIRIT


SOUL

"A generous soul shines with an easy and constant grace--loving, joy-shot and happily blessed." ~Robin Korth

“A goddess is a woman who emerges from deep within herself. She is a woman who honestly explored her darkness and learned to celebrate her light. She is a woman who is able to fall in love with the magnificent possibilities within her. She is a woman who knows the magic and mysterious places inside her, the sacred places that can nurture her soul and make her whole. She is a woman who radiates light. She is magnetic." ~Anon

“A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living” ~Rudolf Steiner

“A letter is a soul, so faithful an echo of the speaking voice that to the sensitive it is among the richest treasures of love.” ~Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

“A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

"A perfect day is when the soul smile." ~from The Untold Storie

"A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe." ~Thomas Keller

"A soul that carries empathy, is a soul that has survived enormous pain." ~Carlos Medina

"A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist." ~Sophocles (496 BC-406 BC)

"A soul that is reluctant to share does not as a rule have much of its own. Miserliness is here a symptom of meagerness." ~Eric Hoffer

"A soul who is not close to nature is far away from what is called spirituality. In order to be spiritual one must communicate, and especially one must communicate with nature; one must feel nature." ~Hazrat Inayat Khan

"A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder." ~Eileen Caddy

"A strong soul shines after every storm." ~Positive Energy

"A tyrant, however powerful, ultimately suffers in the end by corrupting his own soul." ~Plato

"Acts of compassion, acts of mercy, and acts of kindness define a caring soul." ~A.D. Williams

"Adversity is our teacher. When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the wisdom our soul came into this life to learn." ~Barbara Rose

"Adversity strengthens the spirit, hardens the soul, what we master becomes ours to use." ~George Daniel Anos

"Ah September, you are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul." ~Peggy Toney Horton

"All of us know how stubbornly racism can cling to the mind and how deeply it can infect the human soul" ~Nelson Mandela, LivingTheLegacy

"All that you call the world is the shadow of that substance which you are the perpetual creation of the powers of thought, of those that are independent and of those that are independent of your will. Do not encumber yourself with the fruitless pains to mend and remedy remote effects; let the soul be erect and all things will go well. You think me the child of circumstances. I make my circumstance." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson from The Transcendentalist

"All you are and all you’ll ever be is divine love. Your precious soul has always known this…you just need to spend your life trying to remember this beautiful light." ~Robert Clancy on YOU ARE THE LIGHT

"Allow yourself to rest. Your soul speaks to you in the quiet moments in between your thoughts." ~Anon

"Alone in the blackness of a starless night, I could only call upon grief’s dark cloak to cover my shivering soul." ~Robert Clancy

"And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." ~John Muir

"Art is the life and soul of any artist; be it paint, rock, song or poetry. Love it because its your best friend." ~Penny Graham on Lake Tyrel Art

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." ~Pablo Pica

"As you begin this day may you find peace in your soul, forgiveness in your heart and gratefulness for the blessing and gift of this day." ~Anon

"Awake all living souls and shine thy light." ~Lailah Gifty Akita

 “Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” ~Jennifer Lee

"Be Fearless: May your precious soul become a radiant light that dances among the shadows of all your fears and doubts." ~Robert Clancy

"Be gentle, always delicate with every soul you meet, for every single morning you wake up, there is someone Wishing, silently and secretly, that they had not." ~Tyler Knott Gregson

"Be gentle with your thoughts. Be kind with your heart. Be at peace with your soul." ~A.D. Williams

"Be thankful for every heartbreak. Its purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and break your heart open so new light can get in. Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Keep the faith. It won't rain forever." ~Anon

"Be true to yourself. Be true to your soul." ~A.D. Williams

"Beautiful souls are shaped by ugly experiences." ~Matshona Dhliwayo

"Beautiful sunset ... May the evening bring solace, sustenance and serenity to all tired souls." ~Sheik Taleb, Australia is Awesome

"Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul." ~George Bancroft

“Beauty is found in anything that delights the senses, nourishes the soul, fires the imagination.”  ~Thomas Kinkade

"Beauty is the illumination of your soul." ~John O'Donohue

"Because your soul must be lonely. That silence you heard, when you tried to pray - that’s the sound of God listening." ~Emma Donoghue

"Before my Soul taught me, Love was for me a delicate thread stretched between two adjacent pegs, but now it has been transformed into a halo; its first is its last, and its last is its first. It encompasses every being, slowly expanding to embrace all that ever will be." ~Khalil Gibran

"Before you find your soul mate, you must first discover your soul." ~Dr. Charles, CoachMD

"Begin to recognise the ways you let your soul lead you." ~Akashic Mandala

"Being close to water brings me closer to my soul." ~Steve Aitchison

"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another." ~George Eliot

"Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them." ~Samuel Butler

“Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” ~Plato

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

“By embracing your spiritual truth you are stepping into the portal of your soul.” ~Anon

"Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements" ~Napoleon Hill

"Children are the only human beings left in this world with clear conscience and common sense. Truth is embedded in their soul and etched on their face." ~Leah C. Dancel, April 7, 2018

"Color is a power which directly influences the soul." ~Wassily Kandinsky

"Courage comes the moment you decide to walk through the unavoidable storms in your life rather than sidestepping them. By experiencing whatever it is your soul needs to learn, you earn strength, gain confidence and wisdom to share. Then you are able to encourage and uplift another soul caught in the storms of life." ~Lisa K. Fox

"Dance is the hidden language of the soul." ~Martha Graham

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." ~ George Eliot

"Decorating not only improves the look of the home, it also improves the feel of the soul." ~Lacey from Things of Beauty

"Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself." ~Henry Miller

"Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end." ~Nelson Mandela from a letter to Winnie Mandela, written on Robben Island, 1 February 1975 ‪

"Do an act of kindness every day, and your soul will be in constant bloom." ~ A.D. Williams

 “Do not fight to expel the darkness from the chamber of your soul... Open a tiny aperture for light to enter, and the darkness will disappear.” ~Saint Porphyrios

"Don’t gain the world and lose your soul. Wisdom is better than silver and gold.” ~Bob Marley

"Don’t let anyone ever break your soul. You have to stand on your own two feet and stand up for yourself. There are those that would give anything to see you fail, but you must never give them the satisfaction. Hold your head up high, smile and stand your own ground." ~Anon

"Do your best to be at peace with your soul, and the experiences you are here to learn and grow through." ~Tracey Smith

"Each facet of a diamond reflects light in its own way, just like each of our souls is a unique reflection of divine love." ~Robert Clancy

"Earth is the schoolroom of the soul." ~James Van Praagh

"Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another." ~Gilbert K Chesterton (1874-1936), English writer

“Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow.” ~Chris Burkmenn

"Every moment, a voice, out of this world, calls on our soul, to wake up and rise." ~Rumi

"Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul." ~Thomas Merton

"Every soul has its own journey and for me, it's a testament of my unwavering faith cast in stone." ~Ronillo B. Fuentes

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” ~John Muir

"Facing personal truths and purging yourself of addictions or manipulative habits require strength, courage, humility, faith, and other qualities of a soul with stamina, because you are not just changing yourself; you are changing your universe. Your soul is a compass. Change one coordinate in your spiritual compass and you change your entire life's direction." ~Caroline Myss

"FEAR is the mightiest of illusions. It is always in the future. We tear our own souls and limit our hearts over something that hasn't even happened. In owning this truth, I am able to set my spirit free--with mindfulness, determination and compassion." ~Robin Korth

"Feed your soul with positive energy so you can grow and bloom wherever life plants you." ~Katie Maslin

"Find the places in life where you can hear the whisper of the wind, the waves and your soul." ~Jon T Hermosisima 

"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul." ~Luther Burbank

"Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul." ~Dorothy Day

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul." ~Judy Garland

"For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it." ~Martin Buber

"Freedom is the oxygen for our soul." ~Flowers and Butterflies

"Friends are diamonds who reflect the light of our spirit." ~Mary Davis

"Friends are medicine to a wounded heart, and vitamins for a hopeful soul." ~Steve Maraboli

"Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Getting older . . . What I thought would be the evening of my life is turning out to be the morning of my soul. What an amazing place to be." ~Robin Korth

"Give thanks for the rain in your life, which waters the flowers of your soul." ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"God has filled my soul with a peace that goes beyond anything I can explain." ~Mountain Wisdom

"Gratitude is a sacred state of being, a peaceful acceptance, a graceful opening of the heart and joyful connection with the soul." ~Jody Doty

"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” ~Henry Ward Beecher.

“Gratitude is the wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk.” ~Rumi

“Gratitude strengthens the heart. A grateful heart, is a grateful soul! When we have a grateful soul, we focus on the happiness and abundance present in our life, and this in turn attracts more abundance and joy towards us!” ~Angie Karan Krezos

"Happiness is the settling of the soul into it's  most appropriate spot." ~Aristotle

 "Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open." ~B.K.S. Iyengar

"Home is wherever and whenever I say yes to my soul." ~S.C. Lourie

"Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others – qualities which are within easy reach of every soul – are the foundation of one’s spiritual life." ~Nelson Mandela from a letter to Winnie Mandela, written on Robben Island, South Africa, 1 February 1975, LTL‬

"Hope is knowing there is always another sunrise awaiting to caress your beautiful soul." ~Robert Clancy

"HOPE is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all." ~Emily Dickinson

"Human souls are spiritually linked to the souls of other animals." ~A.D. Williams

"I AM NEVER ALONE. My SOUL is my most treasured friend and goes with me everywhere I go. To make friends with your Soul is to see with completely new eyes. A whole new world begins to open up and you recognise that you are connected to everything and there is no sense of loneliness, just a deep abiding peace with all that is. Life becomes magical." ~Eileen Dielesen, the WOMAN WITH A DREAM ‪

"I am not this hair
I am not this skin
I am the soul
That lives within."
~Rumi

"I appreciate ALONENESS where I soak my soul in a bathtub of silence." ~Leah C. Dancel

"I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cann GCot afford to give." ~Charlotte Brontë ( Jane Eyre )

"I don't have to prove other animals have a soul. Many have already shown me their soul." ~A.D. Williams

"I enjoy being alone, my soul is at peace in silence." ~from Be Human, Be Kind

"I fall in love with souls, not faces." ~Anon

“I feel like a part of my soul has loved you since the beginning of everything. Maybe we’re from the same star.” ~Emery Allen

"I got that sunshine in my pocket
Got that good soul in my feet."
~Justin Timberlake

"I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul." ~Rumi

"I have faith in myself and my life. I honour the wisdom of my soul." ~Julie Parker

"I have looked into the eyes of many animals. Each time I get a special feeling that is quite different from human eye contact. It touches my heart and my soul." ~A.D. Williams

“I have noticed that an aura flows out not only from angels and spirits but also from absolutely everything you see in that world.” ~Emanuel Swedenborg

"I hold my face in my two hands. No, I am not crying. I hold my face in my two hands to keep the loneliness warm. Two hands protecting. Two hands nourishing. Two hands preventing my soul from leaving me in anger!" ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"I hope there are days when your coffee tastes like magic, your playlist makes you dance, strangers make you smile, and the night sky touches your soul. I hope there are days when you fall in love with being alive." ~Brooke Hampton

"I'm on the road of unhiding, of letting myself be. I will live my life in a way that let's my soul and skin breathe." ~SC Lourie

"I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul." ~Jean Cocteau

"I love my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case heart might stop, Mind can forget. I love them with my soul. Soul never stops or forgets!" ~Rumi

"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process." ~Vincent Van Gogh

"I see your true colours shining through, sweet soul. Your life is your art. Always be true to the colours of your soul." ~Butterflies and Pebbles

“I will be waiting here, for your silence to break, for your soul to shake, for your love to wake.” ~Rumi


"I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul " ~Charles Dickens 

"If my eyes could show my soul, everyone would cry when they saw me smile." ~Kurt Cobain

"If only our eyes saw souls instead of bodies, how very different our ideals of beauty Would be." ~Anon

"If there is light in the soul,there will be beauty in the person." ~Chinese Proverb

“If wrinkles must be written on our brow, let them not be written on our heart. The spirit should not grow old.” .~James Garfield

"Important encounters are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other." ~Paul Coelho

"In solitude there is healing. Speak to your soul. Listen to your heart. The answers are often found in the absence of noise." ~Dodinsky

"In the depth of my soul, there is a wordless song." ~Kahlil Gibran

"In the twilight woods of wishes, dreamers rest their weary souls." ~Angie Weiland Crosby

"In times of darkness, turn on your soul's light." ~A.D. Williams

"Into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." ~Simple Reminders

"It has been said that those who have been through the most tragic of losses have the most beautiful souls. Perhap's it because they are driven to the deepest part of themselves where only beauty resides and all else falls away." ~Renae A. Sauter

"It's always the broken souls that are trying to help others." ~Anon

"It's not exactly love at first sight. It is more like soul recognition." ~Lynette Simeone

"It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutified his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion." ~Southey

"It's not just OK to pay attention to your own needs, it's essential. An undernourished heart and soul has so much less to offer the rest of the world (including family, friends, work mates and even strangers) than hearts and souls that are filled. So please take care of yourself; the rest of the world needs you fully charged!" ~Begin with Yes

"It's okay if you're the only one who can hear the music of your soul. Dance to it anyway." ~Sue Krebs

"It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the intellect fruitful." ~Anon

"It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory, but when you succeed, you start to realize that you’re capable of far more than you have imagined. Visit your soul; don’t visit your past." ~Paulo Coelho

"Just when you thought your light was about to go out, you saw a little flicker, fed it with love and watched it reignite again! Feed your soul daily with faith and love and you will never stop shining!" ~Shari Alyse

"Kindness is the mirror of your soul that reflects your beauty upon everyone who looks into your heart." ~Robert Clancy

"Laughter is the sound of the soul dancing." ~Ethel Pineda

"Learn what is the soul's desire, and go with that. Go with the soul. What the soul is after is - the highest feeling of love you can imagine. This is the soul's desire. This is its purpose." ~Neale Donald Walsch

“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” ~Bible

"Let my Soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts." ~Paramahansa Yogananda

"Let your dreams lead you to where your soul knows it belongs." ~from The Spiritual Compass (Mindful Wishes) by Rebecca Baldwin

"Life is measured by those moments when time stops, you are connected to a heritage of a million sunsets and a billion souls that make up the scene before you." ~Anon 

"Life is the sunshine soul with the beauty of kindness!" ~Petros K.  Veloudas (Πέτρος Βελούδας), Greek Poet, The Response of Silence

"Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." ~Khalil Gibran

"Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the SOUL of the world." ~Paulo Coelho

"Loneliness is a very beautiful human experience! When you have learned to transcend your human personality vessel and regain awareness of who you really are as the soul, the spirit of universal love within it...you can actually find joy in loneliness!" ~Surf Reyes

"Look beyond her piercing eyes and you'll see a window into the soul of the wild." ~Wildlife Nature

"Look Within... Your soul always knows, it will guide you through your journey of life, but you have to learn to listen to it, to heed what it tells you." ~Kim Bayne "Live Life Positively" © 2014

"Lost souls fight nature. Spiritual souls embrace nature." ~A.D. Williams

"Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice." ~Nora Roberts

"Love becomes an unlimited renewable resource the instant it’s powered by all the beauty within your priceless soul." ~Robert Clancy

"Love is a golden bridge between your beautiful soul and everything else."—Robert Clancy

"Love is the energy of the soul.
Love is what heals the personality.
There is nothing that cannot be healed by love.
There is nothing but love."
~Gary Zukav

"Love is the glorious magnificence of everything you are. Wear that crown proudly for your soul was created to rule that beautiful kingdom within your heart." ~Robert Clancy on Angelic Love

"Love is the nourishment for the soul. Just as food is to the body, so love is to the soul. Without food the body is weak, without love the soul is weak. And no state, no church, no vested interest, has ever wanted people to have strong souls, because a person with spiritual energy is bound to be rebellious." ~Osho

"Love is the secret password to every soul." ~A.D. Williams

“Love is to the heart what the summer is to the farmer’s year--it brings to harvest all the loveliest flowers of the soul.” ~Anon

"Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place." ~Zora Neale Hurston

"Love requires all…every ounce of your heart, every thought in your mind and every fiber of your soul." ~Robert Clancy

"Love transcends the world and those in it, for it is sparked in the soul and that can never be lost." ~Jacob Labossiere

"Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul." ~Mark Twain

"Many times, the stories people tell are a window with which to peer into their very souls."

"Meditate every day. In the stillness, you will find your true being, you will hear the breathing of your soul - and of God." ~Neale Donald Walsch

"Meekness is calm confidence, settled assurance, and rest of the soul. It is the tranquil stillness of a soul that is at rest in Christ. It is the place of peace. Meekness springs from a heart of humility, radiating the fragrance of Christ." ~Matthew Henry

"Memory is the scribe of the soul." ~Aristotle

"Mingle often with good people to keep your soul nourished." ~A.D. Williams

"Moments of solitude with Mother Nature, is sunshine to a soul." ~A.D. Williams

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." ~Plato

"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe." ~Lao Tzu

"... music is the most wonderful vehicle for journeys deep into the soul." ~Annette Hedworth on Deniz Inan "Kayo’s Journey”dated November 29, 2015

"Music is the soul that makes the blood move in the veins of your heart." ~@Leah C Dancel,  13 October 2023

"My body has taught me many things, all of them filled with soul: how to dance and make love, mourn and make music; now it is teaching me how to heal. I am learning to heed the shifting currents of my body--the subtle changes in temperature, muscle tension, thought and mood--the way a sailor rides the wind by reading the ripples on the water." ~Kat Duff

"My heart opens to the dawn. My soul flies in wonder to the heart of the new day. The inside me that calls to life rises in love to a once-more beginning." ~Robin Korth

"My soul is from elsewhere,
I am sure of that, and
I intend to end up there."
~Rumi

"My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea and the heart of the ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Never allow another to take the hopes from your heart, the dreams from your mind, or the goodness from your soul." ~ A.D. Williams

"Never did eye see the sun unless it had first become sun-like, and never can the soul have vision of the First Beauty unless itself is beautiful" ~Plotinus

“Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury” ~Edwin Hubbel Chapin

"Never let someone else's boundaries stand in the way of reaching out for what your own heart and soul desires." ~Eileen Dielesen...the WOMAN WITH A DREAM ‪

"No human relation gives one possession in another—every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone." ~Khalil Gibran

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.” ~Oscar Wilde on Senses

“Nothing hurts a good soul and a kind heart more than to live amongst people who cannot understand it.” ~Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S

"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul." ~Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"Oceans separate lands not souls." ~from Love and Peace Is All We Need

"One can not be spiritually fulfilled until another animal has touched one's soul." ~A.D. Williams

"One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul." ~W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

“One day's exposure to mountains is better than cartloads of books. See how willingly Nature poses herself upon photographers' plates. No earthly chemicals are so sensitive as those of the human soul.” ~John Muir

"One of the marvels of the world is the sight of a soul sitting in prison with the key in its hand." ~Rumi

“Only he whose soul is in turmoil, forced to live in an epoch where war, violence and ideological tyranny threaten the life of every individual, and the most precious substance in that life, the freedom of the soul, can know how much courage, sincerity and resolve are required to remain faithful to his inner self in these times of the herd’s rampancy." ~Stefan Zweig, “Montaigne”

"Only the deep-rooted desire for the truth remains in our soul." ~Frank M. Wanderer

"Only the soul knows what love is." ~Rumi

"Open to the silence. Invite your soul to speak and guide you into new possibilities." ~Sue Krebs /Soul Speaking

"Opening up your soul to someone, letting them into your spirit, thoughts, fears, future, hopes, dreams… that is being naked.” ~Rob Bell

“Our mind or spirit is either a miniature heaven or a miniature hell.” ~Emanuel Swedenborg

"Our minds are guided by earthly thoughts. Our souls are guided by heavenly thoughts." ~A.D. Williams

"Our role in life is to bring the light of our own souls to the dim places around us." ~Aging Gracefully

"Our spirit can never be taken from us for it is the part of us that is eternal. It is the part of us that goes on forever. All the people we know who have left the planet are still here in pure essence and pure spirit. They always have been, they are now, and they always will be. Our spirit, our soul, and the very essence of who we are is always safe, always secure, and always alive." ~Louise Hay

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars” ~Kahlil Gibran

"Painting, art in general, enchants me. It is my life. What else matters? When you put all your soul into a work, all that is noble in you, you cannot fail to find a kindred soul who understands you, and you do not need a host of such spirits. Is not that all an artist should wish for?" ~Camille Pissarro

"Peace was given to your soul upon creation. Your heart simply has to rediscover it during your journey through life." ~Robert Clancy

"People tend to be generous when sharing their nonsense, fear, and ignorance. And while they seem quite eager to feed you their negativity, please remember that sometimes the diet we need to be on is a spiritual and emotional one. Be cautious with what you feed your mind and soul. Fuel yourself with positivity and let that fuel propel you into positive action." ~Steve Maraboli

"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life." ~Elizabeth Gilbert

"Plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul,  instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers." ~Jorge Luis Borges 

"Poetry is the unexpected utterance of the soul." ~Mark Nepo

"Powerful eyes as the window to our soul will always convey the balance of sharing love, treasure and wisdom" ~Edward Soliangco

"Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow." ~Sir Ian McKellen

"Prayer clear the mist and brings back peace to the soul. Every morning, every evening, let the heart sing O Beloved! There's no reality but you." ~Rumi

"Prayer is and remains always a native and deepest impulse of the soul of man." ~ Thomas Carlyle

"Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven and meditation the eye wherewith we see God." ~ Ambrose of Milan

"Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak." ~Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

"Quiten your mind. You'll never hear your soul over all that din." ~Sarah McCrum

"Rare is the soul who holds my heart." ~Rumi

"Real faith is the one inside. The rest simply washes off. There is only one type of dirt that cannot be cleansed with pure water, and that is the stain of hatred and bigotry contaminating the soul. You can purify your body through abstinence and fasting, but only love will purify your heart." ~Shams Tabrizi

"Rest is not idle, is not wasteful. Sometimes rest is the most productive thing you can do for body and soul." ~Erica Layne 

"Search your soul. Find your peace. Believe in your strength." ~Journey to Peace

"Serenity is the last lesson of culture, the fruitage of the soul. It is precious as wisdom, more to be desired than gold." ~James Allen

"She dances to the songs in her head, speaks with the rhythm of her heart, and loves from the depths of her soul." ~Dean Jackson

"She had the soul of a gypsy, heart of a hippie, spirit of a fairy." ~from Omega Hippie Chick (Dawn)

“Silence has a mysterious calming effect, allowing your soul to be at peace with your thoughts.” ~A.D. Williams

"Skyscapes and hidden places have the magical power to energize your soul." ~George Daniel Anos

"Smell the sea and feel the sky. Let your soul and spirit fly." ~Van Morrison

"Sometimes the words themselves are translated from the soul of the paper, to remind us where we stopped, where we should go." ~Gordana Andonovska   

“Soul is the governing centre of every individual’s life, but it is also the expression of a larger oneness, the animating principle of the world.” - Toko-pa Turner 

"Souls glow when giving or receiving an act of kindness." ~A.D. Williams

"Souls tend to go back to who feels like home." ~Estelle Cortes 

"Souls who walk in awareness choose a different path. They seek to experience all the peace, joy, wisdom and love that Oneness brings." ~Neale Donald Walsch

"Speak from your soul and every heart will understand." ~Margaret M. Painter, Life's a Dance

"Solitude is a gift and a privilege. It silences the noise of all that isn’t you, so you can finally get to know and love the person living in your chest. It teaches you the power of longing, self-trust, creative resurrection and surrender. In solitude you learn how to become your dancing partner in the dark and only author of your life. Don’t fill it up with fear, doubt or failed expectations. Stay there with your naked self and breathe. Learn to be one with your own soul." ~Anon

"Some days, the world is too loud for a quiet soul." ~J. Rose

"Some souls leave behind a trail of light that is never forgotten." ~Muses from a Mystic

"Sometimes in solitude there is healing. Speak to your soul. Listen to your heart. The answers are often found in the absence of noise." ~Dodinsky

"Sometimes when others make you feel like you are nothing, look inside your heart and read what your soul wrote inside, “I am enough.” ~Dodinsky

"Souls glow when giving or receiving an act of kindness." ~A.D. Williams

"Souls recognise each other by the way they feel, not by the way they look." ~FB/WWOMAN

"Souls recognise each other by vibes, not by appearances." ~Anon

"Spend time with nature. Spend time with your soul." ~A.D. Williams

"Stormy weather is calming to the soul. The subtle patter of the rain, the intoxicating scent of petrichor, the small chill to the howling wind. Every element that adds towards rain makes me long for a permanent winter." ~Anon, The Diary Files, SL-NSW, August 7, 2020

"Take a quiet walk with Mother Nature. It will nurture your mind, body, and soul." ~A.D. Williams

"Take time to do what makes your soul happy." ~Anon

"The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul." ~Wassily Kandinsky

"The beach is where our souls realign with the universe, the horizon answers questions, the surroundings give us peace." ~from beach quote ~ by Boho Beach

"The beautiful Spring came, and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also." ~Harriet Ann Jacobs

"The beauty of the soul gives charm even to the plainest of bodies, just as the ugliness of the soul destroys the magnificent creation." ~Amo Mama

"The best thing on God's green Earth is the human soul. Even the littlest of miracles of kindness leave me in awe. I admire the persistence of rationality when facing superstition or despair. I am amazed by humanity, by people and by their kind hearts." ~Ionel George Bunda

“The body grows slowly and steadily but the soul grows by leaps and bounds. It may come to its full stature in an hour.” ~L.M. Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables)

"The bright light of your soul is your wealth to share with the world." ~Christine Mary, Live a Happy Wise Life

"The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires." ~Rumi

"The election is the soul of democracy." ~Benson Bautista

"The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them." ~Paulo Coelho

"The eyes are the mirror to the soul, they reveal how precious our character is." ~Anon

"The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The finest souls are those who gulped pain and avoided making others taste it." ~Anon

"The good man, even though overwhelmed by misfortune, loses never his inborn greatness of soul. Camphor-wood burnt in the fire becomes all the more fragrant." ~Sataka

"The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul." ~ David O. McKay (Goodreads)

"The heart is the bridge between the mind and the soul. First get out of your mind and into your heart space. From there it is a quick jump into your soul." ~Neale Donald Walsch

"The heart has no wrinkles. The soul has no age." ~The Journey Home

"The human soul doesn’t want to be advised or fixed or saved. It simply wants to be witnessed — to be seen, heard and companioned exactly as it is. When we make that kind of deep bow to the soul of a suffering person, our respect reinforces the soul’s healing resources, the only resources that can help the sufferer make it through." ~Parker Palmer (from Oriah Mountain Dreamer)

"The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live." ~Victor Hugo

“The inner light actually comes from the soul; it is already inside us. The moment we can have free access to our soul, we will see that this light is coming to the fore to permeate our whole outer existence.” ~Sri Chinmoy

"The labyrinth of wisdom in the eyes is perhaps the eternal mirror of the soul." ~‪Luis Fernando Terceros V‬

"The light of my own soul is there, always waiting in the quiet for me to come home. A peaceful comfort of truth, honesty and grace." ~Robin Korth

"The love and kindness within our soul is revealed in the twinkle of our eyes, the glow of our smiles, and the gentleness of our words." ~ A.D. Williams

“The mind is the place where the soul goes to hide from the heart.” ~Michael Singer

"The moment we refuse to hurt others because of our own pain, is the time we evolve as souls." ~Fleur Skye

"The moon has dripped gold onto us from all of the nights that we laid awake under the stars dreaming with our hearts and singing with our souls." ~Emily Marie McBride

"The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip." ~Wassily Kandinsky

"The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul." ~Wyland Marine Life

"The power of a compelling cause rests in the soul of its Creator, because a cause springs from the soul. It is a spiritual statement from one soul that cannot be the result of many. It comes from a deep place of knowing, some conviction that a richly imagined future could in some way, dramatically and positively, change the world." ~Lance Secretan, author “Inspirational Leadership”

"The secret is to move from the mind to the soul in one’s consideration of every moment; to see it from the soul’s perspective." ~Neale Donald Walsch

"The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind." ~Caroline Myss

"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts." ~Trudy Vesotsky

"The soul demands your folly; not your wisdom.” ~Carl Jung

"The soul has been given its own ears to hear things mind does not understand." ~Rumi

"The soul has no secret that the behavior does not reveal." ~Lao Tzu

"The soul is born old, but grows young. That is the comedy of life. The body is born young, and grows old. That is life's tragedy." ~Oscar Wilde

‪"The soul is healed by being with children." ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The soul is the same in all living creatures although the body of each is different." ~Hippocrates 

"The soul of a landscape, the spirits of the elements, the genius of every place will be revealed to a loving view of nature."  ~Karl Jaspers

"The soul that is within me no man can degrade." ~Frederick Douglass

"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience." ~Emily Dickinson

"The soul that can speak with its eyes can also kiss with a gaze." ~Gustav Adolfo Bacquer

‪"The soul that is within me no man can degrade." ~Frederick Douglass‬

"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"The soul within soul lives in a lover." ~Rumi

"The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears." ~Anon

"The souls of many others have touched my soul, and not all were other people." ~A.D. Williams

"‪The sound of silence makes my soul recharged!" ~Alvaro Bermeo‬

"The strength of one's spirituality is determined by one's treatment of other people and other animals." ~A. D. Williams

"The universe is eternal and so is your soul." ~A.D. Williams

"The whistle that stirs the wind that sways the trees in the forest may not be as strong as a storm, but strong enough to shake-off the dried leaves of the tree to bare its naked soul so that  leaves can grow anew,  where birds can roost and sing their sweet songs again." ~Cris Tappa

"The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world." ~Democritus

"The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels." ~Hazrat Inayat Khan

"The world has its own ways of treating us like what we will never be, but want to be. It relinquishes its grip on our souls while lulling us with the songs of freedom and conquest of beauty. It magnifies every tiny bit of something useless over an unfathomable presence of humanity. And we all waste the whole of our lives standing in queue for gaining its attention to be abdicated as if we never existed in the eyes of our fellow men.” ~Annie Ali

"There are in this world blessed souls, whose sorrows all spring up into joys for others; whose earthly hopes, laid in the grave with many tears, are the seed from which spring healing flowers and balm for the desolate and the distressed." ~Harriet Beecher Stowe

"There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and leaving it behind them when they go. ~Frederick Faber

"There is a class of persons whose souls are essentially non-conductors to the electricity of sentiment, and whose minds seem to be filled with their own train of thinking, convictions, and purposes to the exclusion of everything else." ~William Godwin

"There is a life-force within your soul, seek that life." ~Rumi

"There is a soul force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results." ~ Mahatma Gandhi

“There is a waterfall in every dream. Cool and crystal clear, it falls gently on the sleeper, cleansing the mind and soothing the soul.”~Virginia Alison

“There is no description, no image in any book that is capable of replacing the sight of real trees…in a real forest. Something emanates from those trees which speaks to the soul, something no book, no museum, is capable of giving … How often is the soul of man - especially that of a child - deprived because one does not put him in contact with nature.” ~Maria Montessori


"There is nothing as powerful as a mother's love, and nothing as healing as a child's soul." ~Anon

"..., there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that!" ~Dorian Gray from THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde

"There is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty." ~Joseph Addison

"There is only one place where goodness is born, and that is the human heart. There is only one place where love can be experienced truly, and that is in the human soul. Because the human soul is love." -Neale Donald Walsch

“There is something greater and purer than what the mouth utters. Silence illuminates our souls, whispers to our hearts, and brings them together.” ~from "The Broken Wings" by Kahlil Gibran

"There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration." ~Marcus T. Cicero

 "These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism." ~Virginia Woolfe

"Time is new again to a soul who giggles like a child." ~Rado Gatchalian

"To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognised need of he human soul." ~Simone Weil

“To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.” ~Oscar Wilde ―from "De Profundis"

"To have another language is to possess a second soul." ~Charlemagne

"To live happily is an inward power of the soul." ~Marcus Aurelius

"To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions." ~Deepak Chopra

"True friendship indeed, is not just about distance, time, and life's status but it's that kindred spirit that binds and connects altogether for posterity through the passage of time." ~Gus Perez Amio

"Truth frees souls." ~A.D. Williams

"Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age." ~George Sand

"Unforgettable souls leave a trail of light behind." ~Muses from a Mystic

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened." ~Anatole France 

"Walked for half an hour in the garden.  A fine rain was falling, and the landscape was that of autumn.  The sky was hung with various shades of gray, and mists hovered about the distant mountains - a melancholy nature.  The leaves were falling on all sides like the last illusions of youth under the tears of irremediable grief.  A brood of chattering birds were chasing each other through the shrubberies, and playing games among the branches, like a knot of hiding schoolboys.  Every landscape is, as it were, a state of the soul, and whoever penetrates into both is astonished to find how much likeness there is in each detail." ~Henri Frederic Amiel 

"Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child." ~Carl Jung

Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex ❤️

"Water your mind to grow your soul." ~Anon

"We are filled with the Holy Spirit by faith alone. However, true prayer is one way of expressing your faith." ~Katherine Keher, Angel Stories and Miracles

"We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls." ~Anais Nin

"We would do ourselves a tremendous favour by letting go of the people who poison our spirit." ~Steve Maraboli

"What do you suppose will satisfy the soul, except to walk free and own no superior?" ~Walt Whitman

"What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories. Family is life's greatest blessing. Love of it must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.” ~Anon

"What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life - to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?" ~George Eliot

"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies." ~Aristotle, 384-322 BC

"What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room." ~Ray Charles

"Whatever is good for your soul…do that." ~Anon 

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." ~Emily Bronte

"Whatever satisfies the soul is truth." ~Walt Whitman

"When a man lies, cheats or steals, a part of his soul dies." ~Troy J. Gainey

"When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator."  ~Mahatma Gandhi

"When our actions are based on good intentions our soul has no regrets." ~Anthony D. Williams

"When people expect you to react to their nonsense, remain calm and silent. It's good for the soul and makes them think twice." ~Karen Gibbs

"When the mind and heart are in harmony, the soul is content." ~A. D. Williams

"When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about." ~Rumi

"When two sides rally around a common goal, the human spirit takes over and miracles happen." ~Rafael Alunan III, 26 July 2017

"When two souls fall in love, there is nothing else but the yearning to be close to the other. The presence is felt through a held hand, a voice heard and the sight of a smile. Even through a simple touch. Souls do not have calendars or clocks, nor do they understand the notion of time or distance. They only know it feels right to be with one another. This is the reason why you miss someone so much when they are not around. Your soul feels their absence— it doesn’t realize the separation is temporary." ~Lang Leav

"When we carry a burden which is a heavy load, it makes us weak and feeble and shaky that we kneel down or slump or pass out. But when God holds you, you still sustain enough strength to stay kneeling down, recompose, meditate then pray. You don't even have to say the words. He hears you through your spirit being in you." ~Leah C. Dancel, 9 July 2017

"When we live with truth we never disappoint our soul." ~A.D. Williams

"When we pray, our hearts glow a glorious joy that lights our souls and all the world around us." ~Terri Guillemets

"When you do things from your soul, you feel a river of joy within you." ~Rumi

"When you follow the crowd you lose yourself, but when you follow your soul you will lose the crowd. Eventually your soul tribe will appear, but do not fear the process of solitude." ~Anon

"When you have light in your mind, you shine.
When you have light in your heart, you glow.
When you have light in your soul, you rise."
~Matshona Dhliwayo

"When you understand that you are your soul, then you will experience Life as an expression of the soul." ~Neale Donald Walsch

"When your soul resides in deep waters, you learn to ignore the waves on the surface." ~Anon

“Where does the rainbow end, in your soul or on the horizon?” ~Pablo Neruda

"Where your heart goes your feet will most certainly follow, but more importantly, your soul will find a home." ~Robert Clancy

"Who has a beautiful soul can't have an ugly smile." ~Marinela Reka

“Wilderness is a necessity … there must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls.’ ~John Muir

"Wisdom lightens the foreheads, the eyes, and the souls – savagery, fangs and fists." – Mariana Fulger

"With each person our heart loves, our soul becomes stronger." ~A.D. Williams

"Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul." ~Coretta Scott King (1927 - American Civil Rights Activist, Writer)

"You are not lost. It just feels like it sometimes. You are moving through shifts and changes. Have courage and know your soul is leading the way." ~Illuminating Souls

"You couldn't go out and teach arithmetic to a cow because it doesn't have the spirit of man. In the same way, it takes God's spirit working with us to enable us to grasp and to comprehend on a spiritual level" -Herbert Armstrong

"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher than that of your own soul." ~Swami Vivekananda

"You may remember a beautiful face for a few days but will remember a beautiful soul forever." ~From Joy of Mom

"You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Your eyes show the strength of your soul" ~Paulo Coelho

"Your heart is the mirror to your soul! After taking a close look at your heart, we are certain that you use your heart for all great decisions in life." ~Anon

“Your soul awakens your mind.
Your mind makes your choices.
Your choices manifest your life.
Your life is your lesson.
Your lessons create wisdom.
Your wisdom enriches your soul.”
~Karen A. Baquiran

"Your Soul is always speaking to you, but it is only in stillness that you can hear." ~Sue Krebs / ‪SoulSpeaking‬

"Your soul is content when your conscience is clear." ~A.D. Williams

“Your soul is the best teacher.” ~A.D. Williams

"Your soul is your source of true desires and latent tendencies, longing for expression." ~Dr. Susan Shumsky

"Your soul is your spiritual guide." ~A.D. Williams




SOULMATE

“A guy out there was meant to be the love of your life, your best friend, your soul mate, the one you can tell your dreams to. He'll brush the hair out of your eyes. Send you flowers when you least expect it. He'll call to say goodnight or just cause he's missing you. He'll look in your eyes and tell you, you're the most beautiful girl in the world, and for the first times in your life, you'll believe it.” ~Nicholas Sparks

"A soulmate is a perfect reflection of who you are and what you can be. Whilst lovers find each other along the way, soulmates become the way to your true self." ~Yenny Heru

"A soulmate is not the person who makes you the happiest, but the one who makes you feel the most." ~Sierra DeMulder

"Having a soulmate is not always about love. You can find your soulmate in a friendship too." ~Anon

“This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And babe, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soul mate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.” ~Marilyn Monroe

"What's a Soulmate?… It's like a best friend but more. It's the one person in the world who knows you better than anyone else. That someone who makes you a better person. No, actually they don't make you a better person. You do that by yourself because they inspire you. A soulmate is someone you carry with you forever. It's one person who knew you, accepted you, believed in you before anyone else would. And no matter what happens, you'll always love them and nothing could ever change that." ~Dawson's Creek

"When you meet the right person, you know it. You can’t stop thinking about them. They are your best friend, and your soulmate. You can’t wait to spend the rest of your life with them. No one and nothing else can compare." ~From "How I met your mother

"With each person our heart loves, our soul becomes stronger." ~A.D. Williams

"Your Soulmate: A person with whom you have an immediate connection the moment you meet — a connection so strong that you are drawn to them in a way you have never experienced before. As this connection develops over time, you experience a love so deep, strong and complex, that you begin to doubt that you have ever truly loved anyone prior. Your soulmate understands and connects with you in every way and on every level, which brings a sense of peace, calmness and happiness when you are around them. And when you are not around them, you are all that much more aware of the harshness of life, and how bonding with another person in this way is the most significant and satisfying thing you will experience in your lifetime. You are also all that much aware of the beauty in life, because you have been given a great gift and will always be thankful." ~LLL

"Your soulmate is not someone who comes into your life peacefully. It is who comes to make you question things, who changes your reality, someone that marks a before and after in your life. It is not the human being everyone has idealized, but an ordinary person, who manages to revolutionize your world in a second." ~Anon

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SPIRIT

"A woman who is 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." ~Maya Angelou

"Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant to the passage of time. Our inner lives are eternal, which is to say that our spirits remain as youthful and vigorous as when we were in full bloom.” ~Gabriel García Márquez

"Allowing people inside your life is a beautiful thing. Letting go of people who drain your spirit is another beautiful thing you can do for your life. The key to being happy is knowing you have the power to choose what to accept and what to let go." ~Dodinsky

"Be at peace in your spiritual being, and you will be at peace as a human being." ~A.D. Williams

"Be quiet a lot, speak little – and silence will come in your heart, and your spirit will be calm and full of peace.” ~Saint Seraphim of Sarov

"Enthusiasm is the vitality of spirit expressing itself through us and its grace in our voice should be welcomed and cherished." ~Toko-pa Turner

"Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit." ~Frank Borman

“Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his moccasins for two weeks.” ~Sioux Indian Prayer

"From pure sensation to the intuition of beauty, from pleasure and pain to love and the mystical ecstasy and death — all the things that are fundamental to the human spirit, are most profoundly significant, can only be experienced, not expressed." ~Aldous Huxley

"Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others – qualities which are within easy reach of every soul – are the foundation of one’s spiritual life." ~Nelson Mandela from a letter to Winnie Mandela, written on Robben Island, 1 February 1975

"It is the poetry of nature, it is that which uplifts the spirit within us. " ~John Ruskin

"If the spirit is strong, one will appear like a deep-flowing river, calm on the surface but with tremendous power hidden in the depths." ~Hideharu Onuma

"In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit." ~Anne Frank

‪"It is in the realm of words that the human spirit cannot be imprisoned or clobbered." ~Susan Esplago Maalindog‬

"It is in the wild places, where the edge of the earth meets the corners of the sky, the human spirit is fed."  ~Art Wolfe

“Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.”  ~ John Muir

 "Love never dies ... may this restore your spirit and comfort your heart." ~Victoria Triggs

“My spirit soars where the air goes thin.” ~Adam Marland

"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nature is made to conspire with spirit to emancipate us.”  ~Ralph Waldo Emerso

"Nature is not matter only. She is also spirit." ~Carl Jung 

"Only as a collective human spirit can we vanquish greed, hatred, and war." ~A.D. Williams

"Poetry, plays, novels, music, they are the cry of the human spirit trying to understand itself and makes sense of our world." ~L.M. Elliott

"Tea tempers the spirit and harmonises the minds; dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness." ~Lu Yu

“The human spirit does not know what old age is. As the body of the outer person ages, the inner person makes a passage into a new life.” ~Emanuel Swedenborg

"The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man." ~Anon

"The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, strategems, and spoils; the motions of his spirit are as dull as night, and his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music." ~William Shakespeare

"The spirit is so near that you can’t see it! But reach for it… don’t be a jar, full of water, whose rim is always dry. Don’t be the rider who gallops all night and never sees the horse that is beneath him." ~Rumi

"There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?" ~Rumi

“There is no place more intimate than the spirit alone.” ~May Sarton, Ode to solitude, 1938, lifted from Brainpickings via FB

"There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes." ~Leo Tolstoy

"Those that remind us of the indomitable will of the human spirit to triumph over adversity, that make you believe in people, that make you hope for our country and our world." ~Mike Acebedo Lopez, March 27, 2017

"Those who enjoyed the fruits of unjust privilege must be helped to find a new spirit of sharing." ~Nelson Mandela speaking at the Annual Conference of the Methodist Church, Mthatha, South Africa, 18 September 1994, LTL

"Touch the earth,  love the earth, honour the earth,  her plains,  her valleys,  her hills,  and her seas,: rest your spirit in her solitary places." ~Henry Beston

“True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit. What sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.”. ~William Penn

"We are always looking for the next best thing to keep us in tip top shape. I have found that the way we choose to walk our lives, each day, is what ultimately shapes our health. That's why, for the health of my mind, body, and spirit, I choose to walk with: gratitude not envy; faith not worry; confidence not fear; kindness not anger." ~Dr. Charles, CoachMD

"We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude is overcome, we are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that it is God, the indivisible. And suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of the world, yet undisturbed by its multiplicity, for our innermost soul we know ourselves to be one with all being." ~Hermann Hesse

"What is planted in each person's soul will sprout." ~Rumi

"When a heavenly spirit is alone on a walk before the elements of open space, water, air and earth . . . gentle hearts respectfully bow." ~Edward Soliangco

"When inward tenderness finds the secret hurt, pain itself will crack the rock and Ah! let the soul emerge." ~Rumi

"When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit laughs for what it has found." ~Sufi Proverb

"When you lose the drumbeat of spirit, you are lost from the peace and rhythm of life." ~Cheyenne

"You can take away my freedom but my spirit will run free." ~Lenny Kravitz

"Your biggest growth will happen by committing to what you know is truly aligned with your heart and spirit." ~Stacy Vajta

"Your prayers for the SICK won't work if the person you are praying for is not HUMBLE in SPIRIT." ~Leah C. Dancel, December 10, 2018

"Your spirit is the true shield." ~Morihei Ueshiba

“Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: – you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.” ~E.E. Cummings



OTHERS

"It is written on the arched sky, it looks out from every star.  It is the poetry of nature, it is that which uplifts the spirit within us. " ~John Ruskin 

"No one is half blind for someone who looks at the world with such soulful vigor." ~Jearim 'Jadj' Dancel Jr.

"True strength is in the soul and spirit." ~Eric "Eruption" Tai, from Igorotage

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