#soul

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God. ↗

— John Donne

#creature #eyes #god #himself #his

As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no. ↗

— John Donne

#breath #friends #go #goes #men

I have to get inspired by something that touches my soul, or rocks my soul. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#i #inspired #my soul #rocks #something

If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister. That's what intimacy is, if you're with your soulmate. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#brother #brother and sister #colleagues #friends #go

I have the soul of a singer and do splendidly in the shower but the world will never hear it. Basically, I'm the only Irish person who can't carry a tune. ↗

— Roma Downey

#carry #hear #i #irish #never

Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail. ↗

— Theodore Dreiser

#gathered #honey #human #human soul #misery

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son. ↗

— John Dryden

#estate #go #gone #his #left

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul. ↗

— John Dryden

#soul

There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#believe #does #existence #magic #practice

In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul. ↗

— Claire Bloom

#get #i #into #my own #own