Philosophy Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“And when the soul has yielded to pleasure, its functions and actions grow weak, and any undertaking comes from a nerveless and unsteady source.”

— Seneca

“A soul cannot develop and progress without an appropriate body, because it is the physical body that furnishes the material for its development.”

— Franz Hartmann

“The condition of the soul can be treated independently of the situation one finds oneself in.”

— Nick Cave

“Not so easy is it; walking away from the person that doesn't just hold your soul, but is your soul?”

— E.C. Kelley

“For there is no retreat that is quieter or freer from trouble than a man’s own soul, especially when he has within him such…

— Marcus Aurelius

“The man described for us, whom we are invited to free, is already in himself the effect of a subjection much more profound than…

— Michel Foucault

“As such he cannot experience the nature of the soul. ...”

— Swami Vivekananda

The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and…

— Henri Nouwen

“the human soul is a lonely thing”

— Jack London

The soul of the truly benevolent man does not seem to reside much in his own body. Its life, to a great extent, is…

— Horace Mann

The soul has many motions, body one.

— Theodore Roethke

“He who studies himself at all is ignoble. Only by despising soul as well as body can a man enter true life.”

— David Lindsay