Whenever enyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it
—René Descartes
The schematicism by which our understanding deals with the phenomenal world … is a skill so deeply hidden in the human soul that we shall hardly guess the secret trick that Nature here employs.
—Immanuel Kant
The soul never thinks without a mental picture.
—Aristotle
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
—Aristotle
‘Tis not a vain thing to praise him. We cannot spend time better for our souls. It doth good to the heart in that manner to be lifted up unto God.
—Jonathan Edwards
Surely when we see our Lord Jesus we shall not ask Him to forgive us for our foolish over-caring, but rather that we cared so little, cared so coldly that souls are perishing for whom He died.
—Amy Carmichael
Clearness and glory, Lord,
Art Thou to me;
Light of my soul, lead on,
I follow Thee.
All through the moonless night,
Making its darkness bright,
Thou art my Heavenly Light—
Praise, praise to Thee.
—Amy Carmichael
Even in the midst of various temptations, those that are enabled in patience to possess their souls, can witness, not only quietness of spirit, but triumph and exultation.
—John Wesley
Art thou totally unclean in soul and body? Here is the fountain for sin and uncleanness! Arise, and wash away thy sins! Stagger no more at the promise through unbelief! Give glory to God! Dare to believe!
—John Wesley
Let love not visit you as a transient guest, but be the constant ruling temper of your soul. See that your heart be filled at all times and on all occasions with real, undissembled benevolence; not to those only that love you, but to every soul of man.
—John Wesley
So fear not, you who are like Joseph when the archers shot at him and wounded him (for the archers know all the tenderest places in our souls at which to shoot). Trust the love that upheld Joseph.
—Amy Carmichael
Many are asking, Are Missions worthwhile? Surely they are, if such souls are worth winning.
—Amy Carmichael
An hour at the foot of the Cross steadies the soul as nothing else can.
—Amy Carmichael
O the grace and mercy of Christ which are still ready for me, a poor persevering sinner, who have so long trifled with the concerns of my soul’s salvation.
—William Wilberforce
Happy, happy souls! which the grace of God has visited, ‘has brought out of darkness into his marvellous light’, and ‘from the power of Satan unto God’.
—William Wilberforce
There is no need to be overcome, whatever happens. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength (Judg. 5:21).
—Amy Carmichael
Praise the Lord, O my soul for all his goodness.
—William Wilberforce
O may I desire to praise God and Christ and present body and soul a reasonable service of sacrifice.
—William Wilberforce
He who has been smitten with the love of God & the wonder of the cross can never again be tolerant in things that touch his soul & the souls of his fellow men. He will live beside, be patient with, minister to, pray for & love anyone, but never will he compromise the truth
—Tozer
The teaching of the New Testament is that God and spiritual things can be known finally only by a direct work of God within the soul. The true understanding of God must be by personal spiritual awareness. The Holy Spirit is indispensable.
—AW Tozer
The human soul is not a hard-baked vessel with a fixed size; it is a living thing capable of growth & expansion as it interacts with the gracious actions of the Holy Spirit.
—AW Tozer
We might well pray for God to invade & conquer us, for until He does we remain in peril. The strength of our flesh is an ever present danger to our souls. Deliverance can come only by the defeat of our old life. Safety & peace come only after we have been forced to our knees.
The Holy Spirit is the true conservator of orthodoxy & will invariably say the same thing to meek & trusting souls.
—AW Tozer
The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
—Marcus Aurelius
I poured out my soul for all the world, friends, and enemies.
—David Brainerd
I never feel comfortably, but when I find my soul going forth after God: if I cannot be holy, I must necessarily be miserable forever.
—David Brainerd
My soul seemed so to reach and stretch towards the mark of perfect sanctity, that it was ready to break with longings.
—David Brainerd
My soul breathed after God,—‘When shall I come to God, even to God, my exceeding joy?’ Oh for his blessed likeness!
—David Brainerd
My soul felt a pleasing, yet painful concern, lest I should spend some moments without God. O may I always live to God!
—David Brainerd
Felt an abasing sense of my own impurity and unholiness; and felt my soul melt and mourn, that I had abused and grieved a very gracious God, who was still kind to me, notwithstanding all my unworthiness.
—David Brainerd