The soul is the spark we carry everywhere—resilient, tender, sometimes hidden, but always waiting to shine. These words invite us to care for it, honor it, and let it breathe. ✨

Good for the body is the work of the body and good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the either. ~ Henry David Thoreau

The man, most man, works best for men: and, if most man indeed, he gets his manhood plainest from his soul. ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Brevity is the soul of wit. ~ William Shakespeare

Your soul suffers if you live superficially. ~ Albert Schweitzer

What do you suppose will satisfy the soul except to walk free and own no superior? ~ Walt Whitman

You should never risk your integrity or your soul for any amount of money. ~ Charles Jackson

Re-examine all that you have been told in school, or in church or in any book. Dismiss whatever insults your soul. ~ Walt Whitman

The soul is known by its acts. ~ St. Thomas Aquinas

Sorrow is the rust of the soul and activity will cleanse and brighten it. ~ Samuel Johnson

A soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. ~ Emily Dickinson

Be careless in your dress, if you will, but keep a tidy soul. ~ Mark Twain

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul. ~ Thomas Merton

Whenever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. ~ Emily Brontë