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" Confession is good for
the conscience, but it usually
bypasses the soul."
Mignon McLaughlin, The
Neurotic's Notebook, 1960 |
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" Good for the body is the
work of the body, good for the
soul the work of the soul, and
good for either the work of the
other."
Henry David Thoreau |
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" A sensible man will
remember that the eyes may be
confused in two ways - by a
change from light to darkness or
from darkness to light; and he
will recognize that the same
thing happens to the soul."
Plato |
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" I believe that the soul
consists of its sufferings. For
the soul that cures its own
sufferings dies."
Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943,
translated from Spanish by W.S.
Merwin |
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" One certainly has a soul;
but how it came to allow itself
to be enclosed in a body is more
than I can imagine. I only know
if once mine gets out, I'll have
a bit of a tussle before I let
it get in again to that of any
other."
Lord Byron |
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" Why do you hasten to
remove anything which hurts your
eye, while if something affects
your soul you postpone the cure
until next year?"
Horace |
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" Nowhere can man find a
quieter or more untroubled
retreat than in his own soul."
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations |
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" When one tears away the
veils and shows them naked,
people's souls give off such a
pungent smell of decay."
Octave Mirbeau |
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" Be careless in your dress
if you must, but keep a tidy
soul."
Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's
New Calendar, Following the
Equator, 1897 |
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" When you do things from
your soul you feel a river
moving in you, a joy. When
action come from another
section, the feeling
disappears."
Jalal ad-Din Rumi |
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