Great Souls Quotes - Page 2

• Him I call a Mahatma (great soul) whose heart bleeds for the poor, otherwise he is a Duratma (wicked soul). Let us unite our wills in continued prayer for their good.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Prayer, Heart, Soul

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• You will do the greatest service to the state if you shall raise, not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens: for it is better that great souls should dwell in small houses rather than for mean slaves to lurk in great houses.

  Epictetus

  Mean, House, Soul

  Epictetus (1877). “The Discourses of Epictetus: With the Encheiridion and Fragments”, p.422

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• His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only enjoying that for which it was worthy!

  Queen Victoria

  Husband, Soul, World

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• But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from people.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  People, Soul, Citizens

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2007). “Discourse on the Origin of Inequality”, p.78, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Passion, Design, Soul

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• In the love of narrow souls I make many short voyages but in vain-I find no sea room-but in great souls I sail before the wind without a watch, and never reach the shore.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Wind, Sea, Soul

  Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.10, Heron Dance Press

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• All sorts of Heroes are intrinsically of the same material; that given a great soul, open to the Divine Significance of Life, then there is given a man fit to speak of this, to sing of this, to fight and work for this, in a great, victorious, enduring manner; there is given a Hero, -- the outward shape of whom will depend on the time and the environment he finds himself in.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Hero, Fighting, Men

  Thomas Carlyle (1871). “The Collected Works of Thomas Carlyle”, p.271

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• I felt I had an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of great soul musicians of the past, who made a lot of social and political commentary through their music.

  Aloe Blacc

  Opportunity, Past, Political

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some gentlemen have made an amazing figure in literature by general discontent with the universe as a trap of dulness into which their great souls have fallen by mistake; but the sense of a stupendous self and an insignificant world may have its consolations. Lydgate's discontent was much harder to bear; it was the sense that there was a grand existence in thought and effective action lying around him, while his self was being narrowed into the miserable isolation of egoistic fears, and vulgar anxieties for events that might allay such fears.

  George Eliot

  Lying, Mistake, Self

  George Eliot (2016). “Middlemarch”, p.597, Xist Publishing

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• Everybody dies, but great souls ressurects in our memories.

  Michael Bassey

  Memories, Soul, Dies

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• Features, the great soul's apparent seat.

  William C. Bryant

  Soul, Faces, Seats

  William Cullen Bryant, “The Past”

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• When a Krishna Conscious person is elevated to a responsible position, he never becomes puffed up. Just like a tree when over-laden with fruits becomes humble and lower down. Similarly, a great soul in Krishna Consciousness becomes humbler than the grass and bowed down like the fruitful trees because a Krishna Conscious person acts as the agent of Krishna, therefore he discharges his duty with great responsibility.

  A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

  Humble, Humility, Responsibility

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• With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Wall, Adventure, Consistency

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Self-Reliance, the Over-Soul, and Other Essays”, p.25, Coyote Canyon Press

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• Shivaji was the greatest Hindu king that India had produced within the last thousand years; one who was the very incarnation of lord Siva, about whom prophecies were given out long before he was born; and his advent was eagerly expected by all the great souls and saints of Maharashtra as the deliverer of the Hindus from the hands of the Mlecchas, and as one who succeeded in the reestablishment of Dharma which had been trampled underfoot by the depredations of the devastating hordes of the Moghals

  Swami Vivekananda

  Kings, Hands, Years

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• Great souls forgive not injuries till time has put their enemies within their power, that they may show forgiveness is their own.

  John Dryden

  Forgiveness, Soul, Forgiving

  John Dryden (1882). “Dramatic works”

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• The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk. "Written", perhaps, is not the proper word. It would be more appropriate to say that each letter of the book is marked deep with the heart's blood of the great soul who had renounced all for his love of Christ.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Christian, Jesus, Book

  Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

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• All great soul-winners have been men of much and mighty prayer, and all great revivals have been preceded and carried out by persevering, prevailing knee-work in the closet.

  Samuel Logan Brengle

  Christian, Perseverance, Religious

  Samuel Logan Brengle (2013). “Take Time to Be Holy: 365 Daily Inspirations to Bring You Closer to God”, p.186, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Rob [Reiner] is a teddy bear. He's hell delicious. He's a really good director. He's a great soul. In the movie business, I would call him a movie mom. The only person I hold in equal esteem is Clint Eastwood. Now I have worked with a lot of terrific directors, and I don't mean to be putting any of them below their own station, but these two, I relish working with them.

  Morgan Freeman

  Mom, Mean, Two

  "Morgan Freeman and Virginia Madsen Talk the Magic of Belle Isle, the Dark Knight Rises, and Turning Sideways Into a Play". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. July 4, 2012.

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• The great souls who became mighty in prayer and rejoiced to spend three and four hours a day alone with God were once beginners.

  Samuel Chadwick

  Prayer, Soul, Three

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• When God wants to make a mushroom, he does it overnight, but when He wants to make a giant oak, He takes a hundred years. Great souls are grown through struggles and storms and seasons of suffering. Be patient with the process.

  Rick Warren

  Struggle, Years, Mushrooms

  "Purpose Driven Life". Book by Rick Warren, 2002.

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• A great nose may be an index Of a great soul

  Edmond Rostand

  Soul, May, Noses

  Edmond Rostand (2000). “Cyrano De Bergerac”

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• The world has lost a truly great soul today. Stephen Covey was a man whose 'work was love made visible.' He touched millions of people by the strength of his integrity and the depth of his caring. He was a personal friend, an extraordinary father, and a model for what human beings are truly capable of. Please join us in sending love and prayers to his family.

  Tony Robbins

  Prayer, Father, Integrity

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• There needs not a great soul to make a hero; there needs a god-created soul which will be true to its origin; that will be a great soul!

  Thomas Carlyle

  Hero, Soul, Needs

  Thomas Carlyle (1840). “On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History”, p.171, CUP Archive

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• Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm thy nobility to men.

  Mark Twain

  Kings, Men, Soul

  Mark Twain (2008). “10 Books in 1”, p.383, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Passion, Sacrifice, Law

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