Quotes about Soul
If prayer do not constantly endeavour the ruin of sin, sin will ruin prayer, and utterly alienate the soul from it.
- John Owen
The soul which can be satisfied without beholding the glory of Christ, is not a soul for whom Christ prays.
- John Owen
Every unmortified sin will certainly do two things: [1.] It will weaken the soul, and deprive it of its vigour. [2.] It will darken the soul, and deprive it of its comfort and peace.
- John Owen
Mortification from a self-strength, carried on by ways of self-invention, unto the end of a self-righteousness, is the soul and substance of all false religion in the world. And this is a second principle of my ensuing discourse.
- John Owen
The soul needs something extra, a place outside matter where it can stand. The Bible—think of it as the primer of a language whereby we can talk to one another about what matters to us most. It is our starting point, not the end point.
- John Updike
A tender heart is a wakeful, watchful heart. It watches against sin in the soul, sin in the family, sin in the calling, sin in spiritual duties and performances.
- John Bunyan
Christ is the desire of nations, the joy of angels, the delight of the Father. What solace then must that soul be filled with, that has the possession of Him to all eternity!
- John Bunyan
Fear is the soul's signal for rallying.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other.
- Henry David Thoreau
Life is just a chance to grow a soul.
- A Powell Davies
I've come to trust not that events will always unfold exactly as I want, but that I will be fine either way. The challenges we face in life are always lessons that serve our soul's growth.
- Marianne Williamson
Your manners will depend very much upon the quality of what you frequently think on; for the soul is as it were tinged with the colour and complexion of thought.
- Marcus Aurelius