68 Quotes About Human-spirit



  • Author Lisa Kleypas
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    Aristotle taught that stars are made of a different matter than the four earthly elements— a quintessence— that also happens to be what the human psyche is made of. Which is why man’s spirit corresponds to the stars. Perhaps that’s not a very scientific view, but I do like the idea that there’s a little starlight in each of us.

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  • Author Ken Kesey
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    This world… belongs to the strong, my friend! The ritual of our existence is based on the strong getting stronger by devouring the weak.

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  • Author John Marsden
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    I guess you can't live at full-on intensity forever. Lying on the bed of my cell in the dark, trembling, waiting for the soldiers to come in and shoot me - you just can't keep doing that. There's something in the human spirit that won't let you live that way.

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  • Author Faiqa Mansab
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    You taught me to think, and you put ideas in my head. People read to forget. Books don't change the world, ji. You didn't tell me that. You talked of the dignity of the human spirit to a hijra.

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  • Author Toni Sorenson
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    You are not your body, not your appearance. Those are only your packaging. When the physical parts of you wear out, you live on, unencumbered by the weight of flesh and beauty. You are free to soar because you were never those things. You are something more, something eternal.

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  • Author Toni Sorenson
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    You have within you, something magical. It can’t be seen. It can only be felt from within. But it exists are surely as you exist. It is your spirit—your human spirit.

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