soul

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Matthew 11:29-30, KJV

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

Matthew 12:17-18, KJV

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Matthew 16:26, KJV

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Matthew 22:37-40, KJV

And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

Luke 2:33-35, KJV

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Luke 12:19-21, KJV

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. 33This he said, signifying what death he should die. The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

John 12:27-36, KJV

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:45, KJV

"If we both see that to be true that You sayest, and both see that to be true that I say, where, I pray You, do we see it? Neither I in You, nor You in me; but both in the unchangeable Truth itself, which is above our souls."

Augustine, Confessions

and into this world He came to save sinners, unto whom my soul confesses, and He heals it, for it hath sinned against Him.

Augustine, Confessions

Angels fell away, man's soul fell away, and thereby pointed the abyss in that dark depth, ready for the whole spiritual creation, hadst not You said from the beginning, Let there be light, and there had been light, and every obedient intelligence of Your heavenly City had cleaved to You, and rested in Your Spirit, Which is borne unchangeably over every thing changeable.

Augustine, Confessions

But let my soul praise You, that it may love You;

Augustine, Confessions

But when a deep consideration had from the secret bottom of my soul drawn together and heaped up all my misery in the sight of my heart;

Augustine, Confessions

For this cause my soul was sickly and full of sores, it miserably cast itself forth, desiring to be scraped by the touch of objects of sense. Yet if these had not a soul, they would not be objects of love.

Augustine, Confessions

Nor was it above my soul, as oil is above water, nor yet as heaven above earth: but above to my soul, because It made me; and I below It, because I was made by It. He that knows the Truth, knows what that Light is; and he that knows It, knows eternity.

Augustine, Confessions

Now to You l speak, O my soul, You are my better pare: for You quicken and give life to the mass of my body, giving it life, which no body can give to a body: but Your God is even unto You the Life of Your life.

Augustine, Confessions

What then do I love, when I love my God? who is He above the head of my soul? By my very soul will I ascend to Him. I will pass beyond that power whereby I am united to my body, and fill its whole frame with life. Nor can I by that power find my God; for so horse and mule that have no understanding might find Him;

Augustine, Confessions

What then takes place in the soul, when it is more delighted at finding or recovering the things it loves, than if it had ever had them?

Augustine, Confessions

Before thee the soul is hourly decaying and growing

Rumi

By the help of his grace I am become safe, because The unseen king saith to me, 'Thou art the soul of the world.' The essence of the meaning of 'He' has filled my heart and soul.

Rumi

He will flee from you, so that if you limn his picture, The picture will fly from the tablet, the impression will flee from the soul.

Rumi

I desire continually to fling heart and soul at thy feet; Dust on the head of the soul which is not the dust of thy feet!

Rumi

See the body's house, and see my soul, This made drunken and that desolate by the cup of his love

Rumi

Set not thine heart upon this material abode, For thou wilt not find therein delight for thy soul

Rumi

Tis the rays of the soul's mirror that bring the world to view

Rumi

Why can the living spirit be never seen by the spirit? Soon as the soul 'gins to speak, then can the soul speak no more!

Schiller, Language

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls.

Shakespeare, Othello, Act 3, Scene 3