100 Soul Quotes To Heal And Inspire

Top 10 Quotes – Short – Famous – Inspirational – Deep – Takeaways – Further Readings

Here are 100 of the best soul quotes you’ll ever find.

With amazing authors:

• Rumi
• Leo Tolstoy
• Khalil Gibran
• Henri Amiel
• Aristotle
• Jordan Peterson
• Einstein
• Buddha
• Seneca
• And many more

These quotes will speak the truth.

And others will be so profound you’ll need to read them twice (or at least, I did…).

I hope you’ll love them as much as I do.

Enjoy!

Top 10 Soul Quotes

My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there. Rumi

Order your soul. Reduce your wants. Saint Augustine

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison. Philip Stanhope (4th Earl of Chesterfield)

Your soul is both your judge and your place of sanctuary. Your own soul is your highest judge. Manu

When we die, our souls become free. Heraclitus

Remember, you are not your thoughts or emotions. You are the eternal soul, pure and divine. Sai Baba

Our soul’s perfection is our life’s purpose; any other purpose, keeping death in mind, has no substance. Leo Tolstoy

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. Francis Bacon

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Khalil Gibran

Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

Short Soul Quotes

The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires. Rumi

Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul. Thomas Mann

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Aesop

Simplicity is the nature of great souls. Papa Ramadas

Beauty is a nectar which intoxicates the soul. T.C. Henley

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Marcus Aurelius

Gratitude is the wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk. Rumi

Let go of the ego. Hold onto the soul. Maxime Lagacé

Ego says ‘hurry up’. Your soul says ‘this is fine’. Maxime Lagacé

A decision aligned with your soul brings you closer to inner stillness. Cory Muscara

If you want to save your soul, forget about your comfort. Leo Tolstoy

Addiction is a revolt of the soul. Yehuda Berg

The human body is the best picture of the human soul. Tony Robbins

The growth and development of the soul is more important than power and glory. Henri Amiel

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. Moshe Dayan

Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place. Rumi

To live alone is the fate of all great souls. Arthur Schopenhauer

Beauty awakens the soul to act. Dante Alighieri

Materialism is KFC for the soul. Johann Hari

Your ego wants competition. But your soul needs connection. Maxime Lagacé

Famous Soul Quotes

Your soul is the whole world. Hermann Hesse (Siddhartha)

We need silence to be able to touch souls. Mother Teresa

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process. Vincent van Gogh

Happiness is a quality of the soul…not a function of one’s material circumstances. Aristotle

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most. Shannon L. Alder

Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul. Alice Walker

Within us is the soul of the whole, the wise silence, the universal beauty, the eternal One. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. Henry Ward Beecher

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. Booker T. Washington

Don’t gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold. Bob Marley

Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body. François de La Rochefoucauld

A country becomes really a soul only in consciously serving the intellectual life. Albert Einstein

The soul is healed by being with children. Fyodor Dostoevsky

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. Rumi

The soul of the individual is the only real, true, and valuable thing. Jordan Peterson (Source)

True religion is real living; living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness. Albert Einstein

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. Hermann Hesse

There is nothing more useful in combating the tragedy of life than to struggle with all your soul on behalf of the good. Jordan Peterson

Inspirational Soul Quotes

Nothing can disturb the calm peace of my soul. Jiddu Krishnamurti

Believe with all your heart and soul, the place you are is your final goal. Unknown

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences or trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller

There is nothing more harmful to you than improving only your material, animal side of life. There is nothing more beneficial, both for you and for others, than activity directed to the improvement of your soul. Leo Tolstoy

A man consists of body and soul. Thus often, especially in his youth, he is interested only in his body, but nevertheless, the most essential part of every man is not his body, but his soul. It is your soul that you must take care of, not your body. You must learn this over time, and remember that your real life is in your spirit, that is, in your soul. Save it from everyday dirt and do not let your flesh guide it; subdue your body to your soul, and then you will fulfill your destiny and live a happy life. Marcus Aurelius

Suffering is due to our disconnection with the inner soul. Meditation is establishing that connection. Amit Ray

Improve your own soul, and be confident that only in so doing can you contribute to the improvement of the larger society of which you are part. Leo Tolstoy

The condition of wisdom is purity; the consequence of wisdom is the peace of your soul. Leo Tolstoy

I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within. Rumi

A person will understand his place in the world only when he understands his soul. Chinese wisdom

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things. Denis Diderot

A person always has a place to be safe from all of his misfortunes, and this place is his soul. Leo Tolstoy

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. Swami Vivekananda

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it. Buddha

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. Rumi

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. Maya Angelou

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Marcus Aurelius

To live happily is an inward power of the soul. Marcus Aurelius

The ego hates quiet walks. But your soul needs them. Maxime Lagacé

When you let go of fear of the future, your soul feels light. Courtney Carver

Try to live with the part of your soul which understands eternity, which is not afraid of death. And that part of your soul is love. Leo Tolstoy

A room without books is like a body without a soul. Cicero

Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else. Swami Vivekananda

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness. Joan Miró

Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations. Paramahansa Yogananda

Deep Soul Quotes

Water cleanses the body, truth cleanses the mind, and silence cleanses the soul. Maxime Lagacé

A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ. John Steinbeck

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul? John Keats

By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear. George Herbert

Don’t think that you can find peace for your soul without faith. Leo Tolstoy

There is only one law, both in your personal and social life: if you want to improve your soul, you should be ready to sacrifice it. Leo Tolstoy

Kindness is for your soul as health is for your body: you do not notice it when you have it. Leo Tolstoy

You should think in such a way that everybody could look into your soul and see what is transpiring there. Seneca

What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul? Alan Watts

Just as science is the intellect of the world, art is its soul. Maxim Gorky (Untimely Thoughts)

It seems to us that the most important work in the world is the work which is visible, which we can see: building a house, plowing the land, feeding cattle, gathering fruits; and that the work which is invisible, the work done by our soul, is not important. But our invisible work at the improvement of our soul is the most important work in the world, and all other visible kinds of work are useful only when we do this major work. Leo Tolstoy

As you get wiser, you realize materialism only enrich the rich and impoverish your soul. Maxime Lagacé

The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it. Eric Hoffer

Either pain affects the body or it affects the soul. But the soul can choose not to be affected, preserving its own serenity, its own tranquility. Marcus Aurelius

Those who are disappointed or concerned or afraid, or who are involved in passions, cannot free their souls. Confucius

The process of life should be the birth of a soul. This is the highest alchemy, and this justifies our presence on earth. Henri Amiel

People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul. Carl Jung

To dispose a soul to action we must upset its equilibrium. Eric Hoffer

The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul. David O. McKay

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. Daniel Defoe

When we have passed a certain age, the soul of the child we were and the souls of the dead from whom we have sprung come to lavish on us their riches and their spells. Marcel Proust

Sometimes what we perceive as an old soul is someone who was forced to grow up way too soon. Neil Strauss

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Aristotle

Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter. Harold Kushner

If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit. Thomas Merton

The human soul degrades itself when it is overpowered by pleasure or pain. Marcus Aurelius

Conclusion

I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul. Rumi

Key Takeaways

• Your true self. You’re not your job, your house, your car, your hair, your roles, your possessions. Your soul is your true self. Pro tip: Even what you’re thinking right now is not your true self.
• A quiet mind. A clear soul is revealed when you’re silent. And stillness helps you hear it. Pro tip: Start your day with 10 minutes of meditation.
• Nourishment. What nourishes your soul lasts longer than what pleases your senses. Pro tip: Avoid the shallow. Go deeper. And slower.
• Connection. Value your connection with others, nature, and purpose – they strengthen your soul. Pro tip: Spend time each day with people you love and at least 15 minutes outside (in a park, ideally).
• Listen. Your soul is full of wisdom, so listen to it more often. It already knows the way. Pro tip: The more self-trust you have, the more aligned you’ll feel with your soul.

Further Readings

• Topic: Happiness
• 77 Zen Quotes To Bring Stillness Into Your Life
• 100 Self-Esteem Quotes To Improve The Way You See Yourself
• 75 Inspiring Quotes About Living In The Present Moment
• 100 Smile Quotes To Make Your Day Better 😊
• 7 Ways to Strengthen Your Spirit, Soul, and Body | Joyce Meyer Ministries (joycemeyer.org)
• 10 Tips Slower, Simpler, More Soulful Living — Anna Kettle (annakettle.com)

I hope you enjoyed these inspiring quotes about the soul. If you did, please share them with a friend today!

Do you feel connected to your soul? What’s your favorite soul quote? And remember: words can transform your life, if you find the right ones.

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