#human soul

There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to exist for many centuries and are still in being though they have had no help from the traveler in solving their problems. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#being #centuries #civilized #discovery #exist

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#art #cunning #face #final #gods

I think records and music are more appropriate and more respectful of the human soul than the churches are. And more respectful of the needs of humans to communicate with the aspects of themselves that are neglected by language. ↗

— Will Oldham

#aspects #churches #communicate #human #human soul

The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#apt #beautiful #came #her #human

Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just go to exploring the complexities of the human soul. Everything is valid if it's done with honesty and dignity, and I actually do both of those types of movies in my career. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#both #career #complexities #different #dignity

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul. ↗

— Annette Bening

#about #acting #being #being famous #exploring

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other - to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories. ↗

— George Eliot

#feel #greater #human #human souls #joined

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. ↗

— Mark Twain

#chain #freed #human #human soul #loyalty

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. ↗

— George Eliot

#another #blessed #human #human soul #influence

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul. ↗

— Simone Weil

#human soul #important #least #most #need