#spirit

When the late Bishop was appointed, about thirty-two years ago, to diffuse the light of the Gospel through this extensive portion of His Majesty's dominions, it was even a greater spiritual, than a natural wilderness. ↗

— John Strachan

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In the spiritual body moreover, man appears such as he is with respect to love and faith, for everyone in the spiritual world is the effigy of his own love, not only as to the face and the body, but also as to the speech and the actions. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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The gracious, eternal God permits the spirit to green and bloom and to bring forth the most marvelous fruit, surpassing anything a tongue can express and a heart conceive. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

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I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been. ↗

— John Templeton

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Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at. ↗

— Ellen Terry

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I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

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The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right. ↗

— Learned Hand

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When the great promise of the Spirit was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, it was fulfilled not in reference to the apostles only. ↗

— Charles Hodge

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Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

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The intellect is a cold thing and a merely intellectual idea will never stimulate thought in the same manner that a spiritual idea does. ↗

— Ernest Holmes

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