Quotes about Soul

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls.

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.

Hence, a devout Christian must avoid astrologers and all impious soothsayers, especially when they tell the truth, for fear of leading his soul into error by consorting with demons and entangling himself with the bonds of such association.

Love God and do whatever you please, for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved.

The Dark Night of the Soul.

When the Lord is pleased to withdraw, the soul is left in great loneliness; yet all the possible efforts that it might make to regain His companionship are of little avail, for the Lord gives this when He wills and it cannot be acquired. Sometimes again, companionship comes from a saint which is also a great help to us.

and I realized that real nobility is in the soul, not in a name.

Earthly refreshment is at best a sipping from intermittent springs, but God is the ocean!

In a man's letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is shown undisguised in its natural process. Nothing is inverted, nothing distorted, you see systems in their elements, you discover actions in their motives.

Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.

S]how yourself a Christian, by suffering without murmuring; - in patience possess your soul: they lose nothing who gain Christ.