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The defects of the soul are like wounds in the body — whatever care one takes to heal, the scar still appears, and they are every moment in danger of reopening. – François VI de la Rochefoucault (1613–1680)

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We must not tamper with the organic motion of the soul. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Quotation and Originality,” Letters and Social Aims, 1876

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How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth all the gold in the world, and the merchants say that it is not worth a clipped piece of silver. – Oscar Wilde

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…a soul flowering with spirituality. – Terri Guillemets

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Upturned toward the sun, eyes closed. That color and warmth I see and feel is the soul on fire. If only it remained when again my eyes opened. – Jeb Dickerson, jebdickerson.com

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