There are four questions of value in life… What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

No force stronger than our spirit and enthusiasm.

Human beings suffer agonies, and their sad fates become legends; poets write verses about them and playwrights compose dramas, and the remembrance of past grief becomes a source of present pleasure – such is the strange alchemy of the spirit.

This is the core of the human spirit … If we can find something to live for – if we can find some meaning to put at the center of our lives – even the worst kind of suffering becomes bearable.

I think people need something to believe in, because they don’t want to have control over their own lives. They’d rather be able to blame it on an unknown being, or a greater god, or a greater spirit of sorts. And I think it’s easier for them to blame it on that.

A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace.

I believe it to be clear evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word of God is really precious to a person’s soul.

The incorruptible things are all within the narrow gate. The peace of God which passed all understanding – the bright hope of good things to come – the sense of the Spirit dwelling in us – the consciousness that we are forgiven, safe, insured, provided for in time and eternity, whatever may happen – these are true gold, and lasting riches.

The spirit of irony … the whiskey of the mind.

Grief, which disposes gentle natures to retirement, to inaction, and to meditation, only makes restless spirits more restless.

Here ’neath veils, my Saviour darkly I behold; To my thirsting spirit all thy light unfold; Face to face in heaven let me come to thee, And the blessed vision of thy glory see

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.

The fence and the boundary line are the symbols of the spirit of justice. They set the limits upon each man’s interest to prevent one from taking advantage of the other.

Let thy good spirit enter my heart and there be heard without utterance, and without the sound of words speak all truth.

All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the Spirit

John Barleycorn makes his appeal to weakness and failure, to weariness and exhaustion. He is the easy way out. And he is lying all the time. He offers false strength to the body, false elevation to the spirit, making things seem what they are not and vastly fairer than what they are.

The more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace

Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness; as few great pilgrims become eminent saints.

A pure, sincere, and stable spirit is not distracted though it be employed in many works; for that it works all to the honor of God, and inwardly being still and quiet, seeks not itself in any thing it doth

A lover of Jesus and of the truth can lift himself above himself in spirit.

All of our saddest songs have somewhere in them at least a glimmer of resolve – Street Spirit has no resolve. It is the dark tunnel without the light at the end

Far up above, aliens hover Making home movies for the folks back home Of all these weird creatures that lock up their spirits Drill holes in themselves and live for their secrets.

Lady Maccon cogitated. She would like to encourage this new spirit of social-mindedness. If Felicity needed anything in her life, it was a cause. Then she might stop nitpicking everyone else.

If the coach on the sidelines is not that strong, transmitting the kind of spirit he has, players won’t always handle it well. Life becomes difficult. But, with Mourinho, everything is good. He knows when to be among his players, as ‘one of us’ making jokes as a friend, and when to be strong and distant, even severe

When I feel good, the crowd is behind me, have a great spirit, I think I can be very tough to beat.

Art is great. At its best, it engages the intellect and challenges the spirit; it connects us across history and reminds us of our humanity

There is no death. The body withers but the spirit still lives.

I can’t wait until I touch the stage, I’m going to catch the spirit and lose my mind.

Therefore we say that a lying Spirit has been in the mouth of the writers of the books of the Bible

Commerce diminishes the spirit, both of patriotism and military defence

It is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Holy Spirit, and the thirst for more charity is the effect of this more abundant reception

Have you ever stopped to think how weird it is that you have to take malaria pills to go to places where the population doesn’t take them, or that you get injections for yellow fever, cholera, typhus and hepatitis? None of the locals are immune to these things. They just suffer them. Drug companies can find prophylactics for rich Western holiday-makers, but not for people who live with disease the other 50 weeks of the year

They haven’t any spirit in them – no proud dreams and no proud lusts; and a man who hasn’t one or the other-Lord! What is he but funk and precautions.

If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit

The ego cannot survive without judgment. The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal.

Remember that you are a spirit having a human experience.

The woman bent down to pick up the fallen pomegranate from the grass. It was ripe, it had burst open in the fall, stained her white dress. The vision of the laden barge, the pale island, the flowery meadow returned to her loving spirit along with the Creator’s words: ‘This is my body… Take and eat.

Writing tends to cheer me; it always soothes my spirit and blesses me with the gift of an innocent, tender, childlike day. It is the sensation of having spent a few hours in my homeland, with my customs, free whims, my total freedom.

The greatest merit of the critical spirit is that it tends to cure fanaticism, and it is logical enough that in our own fanatical times the critical spirit should tend to disappear.

The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.

Body and spirit, I surrendered whole, To harsh Instructors- and received a soul.

It is true that we aspire to our ancient land. But what we want in that ancient land is a new blossoming of the Jewish spirit.

The spirit in which the offer was made must of necessity contribute to improving and alleviating the situation of the Jewish people without our renouncing one iota of the great principles upon which our movement is based.

A novel is a work of poetry. In order to write it, one must have tranquility of spirit and of impression.

Love is not a condition of the spirit but a sign of the zodiac.

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

We must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism and sacrifice as we would show were we at war

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance

Death is a dialogue between the spirit and the dust.

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

We are the children of the earth and removed from her our spirit withers.

The other great heritage is Christian ethics – the basis of action on love, the brotherhood of all men, the value of the individual, the humility of the spirit. These two heritages are logically, thoroughly consistent.

My father was always in good spirits, he loved football. It makes me a bit sad because if he could enjoy seeing me now, what I have achieved, that would be a highlight in his life. But I’m sure that he watches over me from above.

The human spirit fails, except when the Holy Spirit fills.

Every day, we’ve got to do something physical. It’s mind, body and spirit.

There’s a spirit that grabs me, and it’s in every one of you guys, but the questions is, how much time are we wasting?

Coquetry, it’s a triumph of the spirit over the senses.

The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.

Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.

What people have to realize is that if one has a firm belief in God and the spirit then one does not make statements that are negative and untrue.

A strong spirit transcends rules.

A teacher is one who has a program – arithmetic, reading, writing, and so on – fulfils it conscientiously, and feels that he has done his job. An educator tries to give children something else in addition: spirit.

Above all trust in the slow work of God. Only God could say what this new spirit gradually forming within you will be. Give our Lord the benefit of believing that His hand is leading you, and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete.

That which had pleased me once, troubled by spirit.

Life is the spirit incarnate in time.

“Let the light of Christmas — the spirit of selflessness, love and above all hope— guide us in the times ahead.

I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God’s Will, united in spirit and in aim.

With a growing spirit of mutual understanding on so many levels, we stand ready to face the global challenges ahead, knowing that when we work together we can produce effective and enduring results.

The ceremonies you have seen today are ancient, and some of their origins are veiled in the mists of the past. But their spirit and their meaning shine through the ages never, perhaps, more brightly than now.

Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.

The revolution is made through human beings, but individuals must forge their revolutionary spirit day by day.

People look to me to see what the spirit of the Seventies is.

If we hold this thought, work with this thought, and live with this thought, it will generate a spirit that will increase our energy and quicken our drive

uplifts Doctors can heal the body, but it is music that uplifts the spirit.

There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter.

I believe that the message of Apollo XI was that in the spirit of Apollo, a free and open spirit, you can attack a very difficult goal and achieve it, if you can all agree and work together to achieve that goal.

We should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit.

How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.

The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

The best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the projection of our shadow onto others

Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions… Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity.

History in general is therefore the development of Spirit in Time, as Nature is the development of the Idea is Space.

Madness is a special form of the spirit and clings to all teachings and philosophies, but even more to daily life, since life itself is full of craziness and at bottom utterly illogical

Psychological or spiritual development always require a greater capacity for anxiety and ambiguity

Those who do not want to be partakers of the American spirit ought not to settle in America

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen

I am the miracle.

How wrong are those simpletons, of whom the world is full, who look more at color than at the figures which show spirit and movement.

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?

A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself.

Pliability is life; rigidity is death, whether one speaks of man’s body, his mind, or his spirit

Let the spiritual grow up through the common. Live content with small means; seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion. Be worthy, not respectable, wealthy, not rich; study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

Death—and a violent death—for these poor unfortunates! The thought wrung Tom’s heart-strings. The spirit of compassion took control of him, to the exclusion of all other considerations; he never thought of the offended laws, or of the grief or loss which these three criminals had inflicted upon their victims, he could think of nothing but the scaffold and the grisly fate hanging over the heads of the condemned. His concern made him even forget, for the moment, that he was but the false shadow of a king, not the substance.

For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime

During the year 1894, Pierre Curie wrote me letters that seem to me admirable in their form. No one of them was very long, for he had the habit of concise expression, but all were written in a spirit of sincerity and with evident anxiety to make the one he desired as a companion know him as he was.

If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity.

Persuaded that if ever a crisis should arise to call forth the good sense and spirit of the People, no deficiency in either, will be found.

The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.

Ninety-nine percent of the time humans have lived on this planet we’ve lived in tribes, groups of 12 to 36 people. Only during times of war, or what we have now, which is the psychological equivalent of war, does the nuclear family prevail, because it’s the most mobile unit that can ensure the survival of the species. But for the full flowering of the human spirit, we need groups, tribes.

Changes in societal structure and in art would possess more credibility if they had their origins in the soul and spirit. If people read the words of the prophets with closer attention, they would find the keys to life.

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.

Many things in life inspire philanthropy, such as your faith in humanity and your belief in the human spirit to overcome.

There is a lesson in almost everything that you do, and getting the lesson is how you move forward. It is how you enrich your spirit.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body.

I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world

Life’s blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.

It’s important to keep the eccentric spirit alive, because when that goes, the work will go.

Greatness of spirit is accompanied by simplicity and sincerity

I know God is in charge. Not me, I’m nothing. I wouldn’t be anything except for the power of the spirit of God.

Being judgmental and condemning is not one of the gifts of the Spirit.

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than man, which is the touchstone of highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.

You know, T can stand for anything. T stand for working hard. T stand for loving thy neighbor. T stand for feeding the hungry. T stand for just working, working, working, being happy on the set, you know, lifting everybody’s spirits. T stands for just a nice guy.You know, T can stand for anything. T stand for working hard. T stand for loving thy neighbor. T stand for feeding the hungry. T stand for just working, working, working, being happy on the set, you know, lifting everybody’s spirits. T stands for just a nice guy.

The field was wet, the lane was wet, and the spirits of my mechanic and helper were damp

This fable shows that ornaments of the spirit are preferable to a beautiful body.

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

The human spirit must prevail over technology.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit

Our body is dependant on Heaven and Heaven on the Spirit.

We might say that the earth has a spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil, its bones the arrangement and connection of the rocks of which the mountains are composed, its cartilage the tufa, and its blood the springs of water.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.

There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes.

If you say something that doesn’t truly come from your spirit and your soul … it’s an injustice to your position. And so, I’m really myself every single day.