Quotes About Spirit

I saw death approaching down the corridor of time, where it has loitered since my birth, waiting to accompany my spirit back through the ethers to the Otherworld. With the touch of the divine, I see the sum total of my life, my deeds, all I have done, that which I leave undone and shall accomplish upon my returning.

The hard, precipitous path of classical education ideally led not to knowledge alone, but to the cultivation of mind and spirit.

And when the day arrives I'll become the sky and I'll become the sea and the sea will come to kiss me for I am going home. Nothing can stop me now.

El TODO es Mente viviente infinita. ¡El iluminado lo llama Espíritu!

Ultimately, in animism we end up with the idea that it's not so much that everything has a spirit, but that everything is a spirit, and some spirits have physical forms while others don't.

Spear as a talisman of power

God created you with special talents for a purpose, and sometimes those we love most don't understand that. Don't let the doubts of others ring louder than God's whispers to your spirit. Sometimes God's whispers are harder to hear, but they're to be trusted the most.

In quelle settimane invecchiai di parecchi anni, imparai molte cose sullo spirito e su quella sacca simile a una pera, grossa come un pugno e divisa in quattro cavità che chiamiamo cuore.

Not all the ravages caused by our merciless age are tangible ones. The subtler forms of destruction, those involving only the human spirit, are the most to be dreaded.

Duša je najumorniji dio tijela.

in the air, there your root remains, there, in the air

J'entends Des mots Rapides, uniques, Sans lèvres, sans son, sans sens, Tels que ceux formés par l'esprit qui rêve. Ce lieu n'est point vide, mais il est plein d'âmes.

The spirit of resistance to government," Jefferson wrote, "is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.

You know you've got my support, Reid told him. Whatever difficult decisions you need to make. All I would ask is that you be alert to... For a moment he seemed at a loss. To what? Louis said impatiently. Reid picked up a votive candle from the dresser top and observed its flickering light. The shimmer of things, he said. The spirit and not the letter.

She felt the curious flattening of inquiring spirit the traveller suffers from, knowing himself without occupation or investment in the fortunes of a strange city.

A reader meeting another reader is an encounter of kindred spirits. The pleasure of such a joyous event is impossible to describe to a nonreader, and why would I bother? But you, with this book in your hand, are familiar with the phenomenon, and so it is not necessary.

Laughter is good for the soul and all your interior works.

Loss of reputation and the regard of our fellow persons is in any society, from Iceland to Malaysia, a terrible blow to the spirit. It is worse than being penniless and more cutting than the blades of enemies.

Johanna bent her head far back to look up into the leafy canopy and the rainy sky. There was a cautious wonder on her face. She said something in Kiowa in a low voice. So much water, such giant trees, each possessing a spirit. Drops like jewels cascaded from their spidery hands.

Your eyes show the strength of your soul.

I'm not a body with a soul, I'm a soul that has a visible part called the body.

My smile is my way of saying: You can destroy my body, but not my soul.

He has learned that silence means the absolute balance of the body, spirit and soul. The man who preserves his unity will never be dominated by the storms of existence; he has the strength to overcome the difficulties and move forwards.

I was an exotic bird traversing an earth ravaged by humanity's poverty of spirit. I