Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Creo que son los males del alma, el alma. Porque el alma que se cura de sus males, muere.
Voces (1943)
“Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.”
As quoted in Daughters of the Promised Land, Women in American History (1970) by Page Smith, p. 273
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Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter
Source: Peace of Soul (1949), Ch. 1, p. 1 (the opening paragraph of the book)
“O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul.”
Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet (1688–1740) politician, died 1740
Quoting for posterity the remarks of an unnamed soldier at the Battle of Blenheim (13 August 1704), as reported by William King in Political and Literary Anecdotes of His Own Times http://books.google.com/books?id=ShklAAAAMAAJ&q=%22O+God+if+there+be+a+God+save+my+soul+if+I+have+a+soul%22&pg=PA8#v=onepage (1818)
“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
1960s, Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
Context: Now, it should be incandescently clear that no one who has any concern for the integrity and life of America today can ignore the present war. If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read: Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the deepest hopes of men the world over. So it is that those of us who are yet determined that America will be — are — are led down the path of protest and dissent, working for the health of our land.
