Quotes with soul-wasting

Quotes 401 till 420 of 549.

  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel The only substance properly so called is the soul.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Thomas Moore The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.
    Thomas Moore
    Irish poet (1779 - 1852)
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  • Herbert Marcuse The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment.
    Herbert Marcuse
    German political philosopher (1898 - 1979)
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  • Kurt Vonnegut The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow.
    Kurt Vonnegut
    American writer (1922 - 2007)
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  • James Baldwin The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Gaston Bachelard The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.
    Gaston Bachelard
    French scientist and philosopher (1884 - 1962)
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
    Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays (1997) p. 333
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Alexander Smith The saddest thing that befalls a soul Is when it loses faith in God and woman.
    Alexander Smith
    Scottish Poet, Author (1829 - 1867)
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  • C. S. Lewis The salvation of a single soul is more important than the production or preservation of all the epics and tragedies in the world.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Alfred Adler The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul.
    Alfred Adler
    Austrian psychiatrist (1870 - 1937)
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  • Milan Kundera The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It reflects neither character nor soul, nor what we call the self. The face is only the serial number of a specimen.
    Milan Kundera
    Tsjech writer and criticus (1929 - 2023)
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  • Thomas Carlyle The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Fjodor M. Dostojewski The soul is healed by being with children.
    Fjodor M. Dostojewski
    Russisch writer (1821 - 1881)
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  • Thomas Traherne The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.
    Thomas Traherne
    British Clergyman, Poet, Mystic (1636 - 1674)
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  • Aristotle The soul never thinks without a picture.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • William Shakespeare The soul of this man is his clothes.
    All's well that ends well
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • William Shakespeare The soul of this man is in his clothes.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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