Quotes about Soul

We are not as yet in our true country, and as gold is tired in the fire so must our souls be purified by temptation.

Jésus n'a pas besoin de livres ni de docteurs pour instruire les âmes; lui, le Docteur des docteurs, enseigne sans bruit de paroles.

I have often noticed that Jesus will not give me a store of provisions; He nourishes me with food that is entirely new from moment to moment, and I find it in my soul without knowing how it got there.

Unless a man is master of his soul all other kinds of mastery amount to little.

Increase this love in me, that in my innermost being I may taste the sweetness of your love. Melt my heart that I may swim in your love...Let me sing the song of your love and follow you into heaven, my beloved. Let my soul soar in your praise and rejoice in your love. Let me love you more than myself, and love myself only in you.

Every time I catch myself trying to figure out other people's motives, I'll stop and ask myself: "What did I say or do that prompted the action? Why did I react to it as I did? Does what happened make a major difference to me, or am I making something big out of a trifle?" Leave off that excessive desire of knowing; therein is found much distraction There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul.

A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster amendment of life and fervour of soul, rather than to cultivate those qualities that seem most popular.

Many things there are to know which profiteth little or nothing to the soul.

Shun too great a desire for knowledge, for in it there is much fretting and delusion. Intellectuals like to appear learned and to be called wise. Yet there are many things the knowledge of which does little or no good to the soul, and he who concerns himself about other things than those which lead to salvation is very unwise.

It is better for you to live privately and take care of yourself than it is to neglect your soul even though you could work wonders in the world.

Because our hearts are frivolous and because we ignore our faults we never discover the sickness in our souls, but idly we laugh when we have full reason to weep.

But let us lay the axe to the very root of our life, that, being cleansed from affections, we may possess our souls in peace.