Soul - Quotes

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

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul’s indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer. - William R. Alger

Emotions are the colors of the soul. - WM. Paul Young

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance. - Benjamin Disraeli

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes – every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. - Orison Swett Marden

Happy is the soul that has something to look backward to with pride, and something to look forward to with hope. - Oliver G. Wilson 

In the greatest confusion there is still an open channel to the soul. It may be difficult to find because by midlife it is overgrown, and some of the wildest thickets that surround it grow out of what we describe as our education. But the channel is always there, and it is our business to keep it open, to have access to the deepest part of ourselves. - Saul Bellow

Men possessing small souls are generally the authors of great evil. - William Scott Downey

Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury. - Edwin Hubble Chapin

Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite. - Edwin Hubble Chapin

One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way. - Vincent van Gogh

Only by much searching and mining, are gold and diamonds obtained, and man can find every truth connected with his being, if he will dig deep into the mine of his soul. - James Allen

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. - Thomas Carlyle

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals. - Sallust

The soul that is within me no man can degrade. - Frederick Douglas

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

The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on. - Josiah Gilbert Holland

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little. - William Rounseville Alger

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

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offence cannot reach it. - Rene Descartes

You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate. - Seneca