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“You can kill the body, Mr. Hands, but not the spirit;” Robert Louis Stevenson, “Treasure Island” - 1883

“There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.” Ronald Reagan, “State of the Union Address” - 6 February 1985

“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigour.” Thomas Jefferson, “Notes on the State of Virginia” - 1785

“There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple. If the ill spirit have so fair a house, good things will strive to dwell with't.” William Shakespeare, “The Tempest” - 1623

“O, that a mighty man of such descent, of such possessions, and so high esteem, should be infused with so foul a spirit!” William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew” - 1623

“Well, let them practise and converse with spirits: God is our fortress, in whose conquering name let us resolve to scale their flinty bulwarks.” William Shakespeare, “Henry VI, Part 1” - 1623

“Between Silver and myself we got together in a few days a company of the toughest old salts imaginable—not pretty to look at, but fellows, by their faces, of the most indomitable spirit.” Robert Louis Stevenson, “Treasure Island” - 1883

“The only true world solution today is governments guided by true religion—of the spirit.” Malcolm X, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” - 1965

“Pluck up a spirit, and do not be all the time sighing and murmuring!” Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Scarlet Letter” - 1850

“And all the while one spirit uttered this, The other one did weep so, that, for pity, I swooned away as if I had been dying, And fell, even as a dead body falls.” Dante Alighieri, “Divine Comedy” - 1320

“I have sought but a kindred spirit to share it, and I have found such in thee.” Walter Scott, “Ivanhoe” - 1820

“Of all that is written, I love only what a person hath written with his blood. Write with blood, and thou wilt find that blood is spirit.” Friedrich Nietzsche, “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” - 1891

“Wisdom is the understanding of celestial things to which the Spirit is brought by Love.” Honoré de Balzac, “Séraphîta” - 1834

“I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a...” Frederick Douglass, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” - 1845

“We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now, that our spirit is stronger, and cannot be broken.” Barack Obama, “Inaugural Address” - 20 January 2009

“A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.” Sun Tzu, “The Art of War” - 5th century BC

“We have no need for genius—genius is dead. We have need for strong hands, for spirits who are willing to give up the ghost and put on flesh… ” Henry Miller, “Tropic of Cancer” - 1934

“He who has a conception of what it means to live upon spirit knows also what the hunger of doubt is, and that the doubter hungers just as much for the daily bread of life as for the nutriment of the spirit.” Søren Kierkegaard, “Fear and Trembling” - 1843

“Now Americans deserve to have this same spirit directed toward addressing problems here at home.” George W. Bush, “State of the Union Address” - 29 January 2002

“You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall, receding into the shadows of fear and self-doubt.” Oprah Winfrey, “What I Know For Sure” - 2014

“She told the story, however, with great spirit among her friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in anything ridiculous.” Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice” - 28 January 1813

“When love has fused and mingled two beings in a sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned; they are no longer anything more than the two boundaries of the same destiny; they are no longer...” Victor Hugo, “Les Misérables” - 1862

“We don't have a great war in our generation, or a great depression, but we do, we have a great war of the spirit.” Chuck Palahniuk, “Fight Club” - 1996

“I'm breaking my attachment to physical power and possessions . . . because only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.” Chuck Palahniuk, “Fight Club” - 1996

“And it is you, spirit—with will and energy, and virtue and purity—that I want: not alone your brittle frame.” Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre” - 16 October 1847

“Food is good for the nerves and the spirit. Courage comes from the belly—all else is desperation.” Charles Bukowski, “Post Office” - 1971

“It is required of every man . . . that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellowmen, and travel far and wide; and if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.” Charles Dickens, “A Christmas Carol” - 1843

“centuries of chains and lashes will not kill the spirit of man nor the sense of truth within him.” Ayn Rand, “Anthem” - 1938

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