Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. — Democritus (460-370 BC)
The Life of the Body
As the soul is the life of the body, so God is the life of the soul. As therefore the body perishes when the soul leaves it, so the soul dies when God departs from it. — St. Augustine of Canterbury (?-604)
The Dust of Everyday Life
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. — Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
The Organ of the Soul
The human voice is the organ of the soul. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
What Are You Afraid of?
What are you afraid of? You are an immortal being. You are neither a man nor a woman, as you may think, but a soul, joyous, eternal. — Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952)