70 Quotes About The Soul

The finger of the atheists' own divinity, Reason, wrote on the wall the appalling judgments that there is no God; that the universe is only matter in spontaneous motion; and, most grievous word of all, that what men call their souls die with the death of the body, as music dies when the strings are broken. John Lothrop Motley

If death, said my father, reasoning with himself, is nothing but the separation of the soul from the body;--and if it is true that people can walk about and do their business without brains, --then certes the soul does not inhabit there. Laurence Sterne

This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds. But just right for human souls. Aberjhani

What fear do you have? You, yourself are the absolute Self! If absolute- Self becomes fearful, then the whole universe will have fear! ‘We’ are on the other side of the prakruti [relative self’s world]. Dada Bhagwan

We know no fear. It was cut from our souls at birth. We can feel it only as an absence, as an empty shadow cast by the light of annihilation. In the face of a future of atrocity I stand mute, numb to the only feeling that would make me human. But I remember what fear was: its cold pulse in my veins; its echo in my ears. I remember fear, and remember that I was once human. I look towards what must come to pass and I wish that I could meet it as my ancestors did, with fear. The future deserves that, it deserves fear. John French

I do not know why I have such a fancy for this little café. It's dirty and sad, sad. It's not as if it had anything to distinguish it from a hundred others—it hasn't; or as if the same strange types came here every day, whom one could watch from one's corner and recognize and more or less (with a strong accent on the less) get the hang of. But pray don't imagine that those brackets are a confession of my humility before the mystery of the human soul. Not at all; I don't believe in the human soul. I never have. I believe that people are like portmanteaux—packed with certain things, started going, thrown about, tossed away, dumped down, lost and found, half emptied suddenly, or squeezed fatter than ever, until finally the Ultimate Porter swings them on to the Ultimate Train and away they rattle. . Katherine Mansfield

Dharma (function or properties) of the mind, dharma of the intellect, dharma of the chit, dharma of the ego — when all these dharma and the dharma of the Self (Soul) come into their own dharma (functions); that is known as Gnan (Knowledge of Self). And if we (self) insist upon any one’s dharma; it becomes ignorance (agnan). Dada Bhagwan

When a man’s trust is violated, he will leave even his friend. Hey, you shouldn’t leave him! There is the energy of the absolute Self within and if the knowledge of the Self is attained, one may even attain the state of the absolute- Self! Dada Bhagwan

One achieves the Self-state (swa-artha) while searching for the highest truth (param-artha). The search for the highest truth is solely for the purpose of attaining the Self, and once the Self is attained there is no need to search for the highest truth. Dada Bhagwan

One is said to be enlightened with the Right Knowledge when his conduct is appropriate in any situation. Dada Bhagwan

Worshipping ‘Gnani Purush’ [the enlightened one] is equal to worshiping the Pure Soul and it is indeed same as the worship of absolute supreme Self (Parmatma). And it is the main cause for moksha [final liberation]. Dada Bhagwan

Chit’s tendencies can become pure [transparent] in front of God, but people don’t have this knowhow. The easiest solution to purify chit’s tendencies is to associate with a person who has the least amount of desires and the ultimate solution to make them pure is the inner visual contemplation (niddidhyasan) of the Vitarag (the enlightened ones who are free of all attachments). Dada Bhagwan

What is the nature of the Self (Soul)? To ‘see’ the dharma (function) of everything, to see ‘who is performing what function, and how that function is being performed.’ To ‘see’ it, is called the function of the Self (Soul). Dada Bhagwan

Why is there so much problem just to know one’s own Soul? The Soul resides in one’s own abode (body), but one doesn’t know it and then he says, ‘I know this and I know that so’. Instead why don’t you get to know your own ‘Self’? Dada Bhagwan

When unity of the mind, speech and body occurs, God has called that the ‘foremost’ religion. If they do not remain in unison, you should maintain the intent of ‘I want to keep them in unison’; then some day it will come into fruition if this resolve is there. Dada Bhagwan

Resignation is what kills people. Once they've rejected resignation, humans gain the privilege of making humanity their footpath. Kohta Hirano

Little is the imagination of the person who believes that the future of another may be determined by his/her past. We are so much more than our minds and our memories! We are in fact transcendent souls. If you determine what is ahead by what you can see when you look back, then you will in fact never behold what actually stands in front of you. C. Joybell C.

Reality runs the risk of spoiling things, don't you think? The fantasy is often better. That's where the soul is fulfilled. Reality struggles to fulfil the soul, that's why we're often so unhappy. But fantasy is the world of the soul... James Lusarde

...to know an other's interior life you are his confessor or a writer - the one is admitted freely, the other intrudes by discerning of spirits John Geddes

Our souls have a disease. It causes all the troubles and difficulties in the world. It causes all the troubles, confusions, and disillusionments in your own life. The name of the disease is .. . sin. Billy Graham

We spend all our time and energy pampering our bodies and minds, but if we ignore our souls, we will end up spiritually starved and malnourished. Billy Graham

Take care of your soul–your inner self–by feeding on the Word of God and letting His Spirit transform you from within. Billy Graham

Christ taught that in the sight of God one soul is worth the entire materialistic world! In God’s sight the individual is all-important. When Christ calls a man to follow Him, He calls him “out” from the “group.” Christ can fill the vacuums. He can restore your personal identity. He can become the truth to your generation. Billy Graham

Nothing can calm our souls more or better prepare us for life’s challenges than time spent alone with God. Billy Graham

You should no more allow sinful imaginations to accumulate in your mind and soul than you would let garbage collect in your living room. Billy Graham

I have not known of too many people who found Christ on their deathbeds. When we come to Christ in our youth, a life is saved. When we come in old age, a soul is salvaged and life eternal is assured; but the opportunity to live a life for Christ has been lost. Billy Graham

Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul? Billy Graham

We spend enormous amounts of time and money on fad diets, expensive exercise machines, and health clubs. For many people, these things only demonstrate their preoccupation with the physical side of life .. . but even more important is taking care of our souls. Billy Graham

Partial education throughout the world is far worse than none at all if we educate the mind but not the soul. Billy Graham

Unless the soul is fed and exercised daily, it becomes weak and shriveled. It remains discontented, confused, restless. Billy Graham

God requires something of us. We must confess our spiritual poverty, renounce our sins, and turn by faith to His Son, Jesus Christ. When we do that, we are born again. He gives us a new nature. He puts a little bit of heaven down in our souls. Billy Graham

The Bible teaches that whether we are saved or lost, there is conscious and everlasting existence of the soul and personality. Billy Graham

May we all storm the gates of heaven for the souls of the anguished, that in their greatest time of need they will hear the gentle voice of God’s Spirit calling them to repentance. Billy Graham

The Bible teaches that you are an immortal soul. Your soul is eternal and will live forever .. . the real you–the part of you that thinks, feels, dreams, aspires; the ego, the personality–will never die .. . your soul will live forever in one of two places–heaven or hell. Billy Graham

Even in the darkest moment, before death snatches man’s last breath, God is willing to save a lost soul. Billy Graham

It is a time for soul-searching, a time to see if our anchor holds. Billy Graham

The soul actually demands as much attention as the body .. . the soul was made for God, and without God it is restless and in secret torment. Billy Graham

The searchlight of [God’s] Spirit will probe the inner depths of your soul and reveal things that you think you have already yielded, but you have not. Billy Graham

The Bible teaches whether we are saved or lost, there is an everlasting existence of the soul. Billy Graham

Hardship is not our choice; but if we face it bravely, it can toughen the fiber of our souls. Billy Graham

Our soul is that part of our being which possesses intelligence, conscience, and memory–the real personality. Your body will die, but your soul lives on. And that soul has a “sixth sense”–the ability to believe, to have faith. Billy Graham

Our souls set us apart from every other living creature, and that makes us unique. It also makes us fully human. Billy Graham

Let [Christ] transform your life so that you will have a glow on your face, a spring in your step, and joy in your soul. Billy Graham

I'm Noah, and you are the ship coasting along the banks and as long as you are my valentine I will sail between your eyes.. Adel Abouhana

The soul is trapped by the personality/ego. The personality/ego has to have a shift of a higher self-worth, then and only then, can the personality/ego can act on what the soul is saying." Serena Jade Serena Jade

Beneath the armor of skin/and/bone/and/mindmost of our colors are amazingly the same. Aberjhani

There is this certain rawness of soul that puts the polished ones on edge. Some of us just step out and the sunlight illuminates our bones, nerves, veins, cells! And that's just it, we're just like that! Then the others are tinted, polished, honed and well-contemplated; when they see you walk in and they can see all of your bones, even the tiniest ones, illuminated and outlined by the sunlight, it makes them feel shaded-in, it makes them feel hidden, it makes them turn their faces away. The way you bleed yourself all over the lines just makes it too uncomfortable for them, I guess. C. Joybell C.

ShanTu said that we must set the soul free from the body and its lusts. Having thus got rid of the foolishness of the flesh, we shall be pure. While an admirable goal, the sisterhood has not found this practical. For whatever purpose, body and soul are joined. Denying one's bodily lusts is about as effective as prohibition, which is to say not effective at all. Susan Cartwright