When the soul is full of peace and joy, outward surroundings and circumstances are of comparatively little account. ~ Hannah Whitall Smith

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful, which God has implanted in the human soul. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nothing in this world is so marvelous as the transformation that a soul undergoes when the light of faith descends upon the light of reason. ~ W. Bernard Ullatorne

Strong is the soul, and wise, and beautiful: The seeds of godlike power are in us still: Gods are we, bards, sains, heroes, if we will. ~ Matthew Arnold, Written in Emerson's Essays

There is no easy or quick plan to happiness, there is no single spot where you can start. Where you are right now is the best place to begin. Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul. ~ Mark Twain

We see the world piece by piece, as the sun, the moon, the animal, the tree; but the whole, of which these are the shining parts, is the soul. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tis the set of the soul that decides the goal. /And not the calm or the strife. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Winds of Fate

Live carefully. The soul you save may be your own. ~ Virginia Chase

A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence. ~ Friedrich von Schiller

In the greatest confusion there is still an open channel to the soul. It may be difficult to find because by midlife it is overgrown, and some of the wildest thickets that surround it grow out of what we describe as our education. But the channel is always there, and it is our business to keep it open, to have access to the deepest part of ourselves. ~ Saul Bellow

A traveler am I and a navigator, and every day I discover a new region within my soul. ~ Kahlil Gibran

One cannot understand the rhythms and meanings of the outer world until one has mastered the dialects of the body. ~ Timothy Leary

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