Quotes about Soul
Did my infancy succeed another age of mine that dies before it? Was it that which I spent within my mother's womb?... And what before that life again, O God of my joy, was I anywhere or in any body?
— St. Augustine
A mother's body remembers her babies-the folds of soft flesh, the softly furred scalp against her nose. Each child has it's own entreaties to body and soul.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
— Napoleon Hill
Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.
— Jimmy Carter
When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit.
— Hildegard of Bingen
Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
— Martin Luther
Music connects with the soul. I think it's the quickest art form to the soul.
— Chris Tomlin
Music directly represents the passions of the soul. If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.
— Aristotle
Music imitates (represents) the passions or states of the soul, such as gentleness, anger, courage, temperance, and their opposites.
— Aristotle
Music religious heat inspires, It wakes the soul, and lifts it high, And wings it with sublime desires, And fits it to bespeak the Deity.
— Joseph Addison
There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.
— Washington Irving
I am present at the sowing of the seed of the world. With a geometry of sunbeams, the soul lays the foundations of nature.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson