#spirit

If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

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Music is not man's invention, but his heritage from the blessed spirits. ↗

— Tomas Luis de Victoria

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It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true. ↗

— Gore Vidal

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What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit. ↗

— John Updike

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Religion is run by thought police. 'Obey. Listen. This is what you do. Don't ask questions. Go die for your country.' The spirituality says, 'Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you're doing while you're doing it.' ↗

— Tommy Chong

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Australia and Canada were settled by adventurers, they had to break new ground. I think that is indelibly etched on our cultural spirit. ↗

— Tom Cochrane

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The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. ↗

— Sitting Bull

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I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief. ↗

— Sitting Bull

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If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place. ↗

— Sitting Bull

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