Quotes about Soul

What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Ellsworth asked: "Then, in order to be truly wealthy, a man should collect souls?

Ellsworth was fifteen, when he astonished the Bible-class teacher by an odd question. The teacher had been elaborating upon the text: "What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Ellsworth asked: "Then, in order to be truly wealthy, a man should collect souls?

Human beings are members of a whole In creation of one essence and soul.

When the spirit passed through him he groaned, throwing body and soul into his weekly purge. The Amen enema, as I call it. My palindrome for the Reverend.

He thinks people's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all, he declared to the sky, squinting up at God and demanding justice. I held him in my arms at night and saw parts of his soul turn to ash. Then I saw him reborn, with a stone in place of his heart. Nathan would accept no more compromises.

I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.

It is only to the individual that a soul is given.

Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World.

Love God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved.

Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.

You must learn to love only that which cannot be stolen.