A collection of inspirational quotes on soul and inner spirit to remind you of who you really are.

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Inspirational Quotes On Soul And Inner Spirit

The word 'soul' usually has religious connotations and refers to the essence of a living being. In certain traditions, inanimate objects are also thought to have souls, while other traditions believe that human beings have immortal souls that continue to exist even after death. While there is reference to something like soul in almost all prominent religions to some extent, there is no scientific evidence of its existence. Yet, it is difficult for us human beings to accept that there is nothing after death, that we simply cease to exist, which might explain why so many people believe in the notion. However, in literature and popular culture, the word 'soul' is often used to mean something deeper than one's heart or mind without any spiritual connotation. Read through the below quotes by spiritual leaders, philosophers, writers and celebrities to see if they inspire some kind of soul-searching in you.

But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.

But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.
William Shakespeare

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.
William Shakespeare

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
Pablo Neruda

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.

Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.
Emily Dickinson

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.
Rumi

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Mahatma Gandhi

Books are the mirrors of the soul.
Virginia Woolf

What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.

What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.
Neil Gaiman

What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul

What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul
Victor Hugo

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.
Jane Austen

If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose

If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose
Charles Bukowski

Don't Gain The World & Lose Your Soul, Wisdom Is Better Than Silver Or Gold.

Don't Gain The World & Lose Your Soul, Wisdom Is Better Than Silver Or Gold.
Bob Marley

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.
Rumi

Some lose all mind and become soul,insane.
some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual.
some lose both and become accepted

Some lose all mind and become soul,insane. some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual. some lose both and become accepted
Charles Bukowski

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.
William Shakespeare

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.
Joyce Carol Oates

My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.

My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
Rumi

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Pablo Picasso

Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.

Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.
Guy de Maupassant

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.
Franz Kafka

Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.

Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.
Nicholas Sparks

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
Zora Neale Hurston

The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.

The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.
Charles Bukowski

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.
Kate Chopin

You can't lie to your soul.
Irvine Welsh

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
Daniel Defoe

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?
John Keats

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.
Marilyn Monroe