#soul

Certainly the determining acts of her life were not ideally beautiful. They were the mixed result of young and novel impulse struggling amidst the conditions of an imperfect social state, in which great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion. ↗

— George Eliot

#beauty

If someone were to ask me before I made the NBA, you going to have to go through all this, you're going to have to sign your soul away to play in the league, I still would have done it. ↗

— Chris Webber

#away #before #done #go #going

Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched... ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#death #life #soul #wisdom #death

What keeps life fascinating is the constant creativity of the soul. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#life #soul #death

Waking up in a room with no natural light does something to a man. no windows. I’m almost afraid to die. I fear my soul won’t make it out. ↗

— Darnell Lamont Walker

#dying #soul #death

The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others. ↗

— Paramahansa Yogananda

#cannot #happiness #heart #include #must

They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#philosophers #soul #wise #death

A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition. ↗

— V. Vale

#body #confidence #creation #creative #emotion

I want you any way I can get you. Not because you’re beautiful or clever or kind or adorable, although devil knows you’re all those things. I want you because there’s no one else like you, and I don’t ever want to start a day without seeing you. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#love #soulmate #beauty

To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they’re blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too. (20) ↗

— Victoria Moran

#beauty #flawed #imperfect #love #self-love