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The Spirit

«Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's breath.»
«If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.»
«If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.»
«Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat and worry with laughter at your predicaments, thus freeing your mind to think clearly toward the solution that is certain to come. Never take yourself too seriously.»
«I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his ''divine service.''»
«I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.»
«Do you know what astonished me most in the world? The inability of force to create anything. In the long run, the sword is always beaten by the spirit.»
«It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are-not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within-that you can begin to take control»
«History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of the spirit of tyranny»
«I have been wounded but not yet slain. I shall lie here and bleed awile. Then I shall rise and fight again. The title of champion may from time to time fall to others more than ourselves. But the heart, the spirit, and the soul of champions remains in Green Bay.»

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