Spirit Quotes - page 6

I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me. (William Blake)
The man who prefers his country before every other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the State. They both deny that right is superior to authority. View quote
John W. Campbell
Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss. View quote
Black Elk
Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination and of the heart. View quote
Salman Rushdie
Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do. View quote
Lydia Maria Child
Two meanings have our lightest fantasies, One of the flesh, and of the spirit one. View quote
James Russell Lowell
Yet sometimes, when the secret cup Of still and serious thought went round, It seemed as if he drank it up, He felt with spirit so profound. View quote
William Wordsworth
Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live. View quote
William Wordsworth
What could be more fascinating than discovering life that had evolved entirely independently of life here on Earth? Many people would also find it heartening to learn that we are not entirely alone in this vast cold cosmos. But I hope that our Mars probes will discover nothing. It would be good news if we find Mars to be completely sterile. Dead rocks and lifeless sands would lift my spirit. View quote
Nick Bostrom
There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes. We cannot see it, but when our bodies are purified, we shall see that it is all matter. View quote
Joseph Smith
The spirit is the cause of all our thoughts and body-action, and everything, but it is untouched by good or evil, pleasure or pain, heat of cold, and all the dualism of nature, although it lends its light to everything. (Swami Vivekananda)
Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. View quote
Kahlil Gibran
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I think about my new CD, the word 'joy' comes to mind. I sincerely hope that each listener will feel the earth, spirit, and aggressive creativity emanating from this album. View quote
George Duke
Clarity is not a characteristic of the human spirit. View quote
Robertson Davies
The Cuban people have an amazingly strong and unbroken spirit. View quote
Wim Wenders
But I think that the spirit of protectionism would be the grave of European cinema. You cannot protect something by building a fence around it and thinking that this will help it survive. View quote
Wim Wenders
The World is so empty if one thinks only of the mountains, rivers, and cities but to know someone who thinks and feels with us,and who, though distant is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden. View quote
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I am the spirit that forever denies. View quote
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We've shown the world that New York can never be defeated, because of its dynamic and diverse population and because it embodies the spirit of enterprise and the love of liberty. And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you. View quote
Michael Bloomberg
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. (Ansel Adams)
The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit. View quote
Ansel Adams
Dancing is bigger than the physical body. Think bigger than that. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you're dancing bigger than that. You're dancing spirit. View quote
Judith Jamison
It is because the spirit is inestimable that the lifeless body is so little valued. View quote
Nathaniel Hawthorne
So she poured out the liquid music of her voice to quench the thirst of his spirit. View quote
Nathaniel Hawthorne