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title: "5 Soul Seeks Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 5 Soul Seeks quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Soul Seeks sayings and thoughts."
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> [I am the escaped one, After I was born They locked me up inside me But I left. My soul seeks me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/i-am-the-escaped-one-after-i-was-born-they-locked-me-up-inside-me-but/)

[Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/)

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> [No reason can be asked or given why the soul seeks beauty. Beauty, in its largest and profoundest sense, is one expression…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-reason-can-be-asked-or-given-why-the-soul-seeks-beauty-beauty-in/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [The soul seeks God with its whole being. Because it is desperate to be whole, the soul is God-smitten and God-crazy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ortberg/the-soul-seeks-god-with-its-whole-being-because-it-is-desperate-to-be/)

[John Ortberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ortberg/)

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> [“I am the escaped one. My soul seeks me/ through hills and valley/ I hope my soul/ never finds me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/i-am-the-escaped-one-my-soul-seeks-me-through-hills-and-valley-i-hope/)

[Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/fernando-pessoa-177_escaped_i-am-the-escaped-one-my-soul-seeks-me-th_2960546.jpg)

> [The soul seeks God by faith, not by the reasonings of the mind and labored efforts, but by the drawings of love;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/the-soul-seeks-god-by-faith-not-by-the-reasonings-of-the-mind-and/)

[Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon/)

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