Spirit Quotes - page 7

Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden. (Mark Twain)
Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well. View quote
Elbert Hubbard
Our body is dependent on heaven and heaven on the Spirit. View quote
Leonardo da Vinci
Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth. View quote
Edith Hamilton
Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. View quote
Martin Luther King Jr.
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends. View quote
Friedrich Nietzsche
It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms. View quote
Friedrich Nietzsche
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population. View quote
Albert Einstein
It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man. View quote
Albert Einstein
Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. (Dwight D. Eisenhower)
Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it more impersonal, expensive and dangerous. The false belief that a safety net of sophisticated drugs and machines stretches below us, permitting risky or lazy lifestyle choices, has undermined our spirit of self-reliance. View quote
Andrew Weil
I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before. View quote
Tadao Ando
Without trust, there can be no genuine peace. Neither in politics, nor in the quiet individuality of the heart and spirit. View quote
Timothy Zahn
The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness. View quote
Herbie Hancock
Through consciousness, our minds have the power to change our planet and ourselves. It is time we heed the wisdom of the ancient indigenous people and channel our consciousness and spirit to tend the garden and not destroy it. View quote
Bruce H. Lipton
Any theory intended to describe and analyze socio-historical reality cannot restrict itself to the human spirit and disregard the totality of human nature. View quote
Wilhelm Dilthey
Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share it with yourself, with your family, with the world. View quote
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Our spirit is not dependent on the brain or body. It is eternal, and no one has one sentence worth of hard evidence that it isn't. View quote
Eben Alexander
There is something of the freshness of mind, of the lightness of spirit in Linne which for centuries has been linked in people's minds with the mountains of Sweden and Swedish joy in nature. View quote
Johannes V. Jensen
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open. (B.K.S. Iyengar)
Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope. View quote
Corazon Aquino
There is a brief moment when all there is in a man's mind and soul and spirit is reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record. View quote
Yousuf Karsh
I like to help create team spirit in the dressing room. I feel that I've got loads of love to give. View quote
Paul Gascoigne
Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children? View quote
Tecumseh