Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish. Use this quote
The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the economic future of the next generation. Use this quote
Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subject. Use this quote
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. Use this quote
I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it. Use this quote
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. Use this quote
Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul. Use this quote
Music is the soul of language. Use this quote
Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation. Use this quote
Even from a very early age, I knew I didn't want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous. Use this quote
If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free. Use this quote
When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator. Use this quote
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description. Use this quote
What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down. Use this quote
Three of my children are medical doctors, they know at least a hundred times as much about your body as my grandfather knew, but they don't know much more about soul than he did. Use this quote
Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race. Use this quote
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself. Use this quote
It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh. Use this quote
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. Use this quote
Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic. Use this quote