Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.

If we attempt to sink the soul in matter, its light is quenched.

The soul was not made to dwell in a thing; and when forced to it, there is no part of that soul but suffers violence.

Humiliate the reason and distort the soul...

A soul is a troublesome possession, and when man developed it he lost the Garden of Eden.

But the problem is to make the soul into a monster

Every disordered soul is its own punishment.

Why break hearts or blow minds when you can rot souls?

"There are two reasons why man loses contact with the regulating center of his soul. One of them is that some single instinctive drive or emotional image can carry him into a one-sidedness that makes him lose his balance. This also happens to animals; for example, a sexually excited stag will completely forget hunger and security. This one-sidedness and consequent loss of balance are much dreaded by primitives, who call it, "loss of soul." Another threat to the inner balance comes from excessive daydreaming, which in a secret way usually circles around particular complexes. In fact, daydreams arise just because they connect a man with his complexes; at the same time they threaten the concentration and continuity of his consciousness.

The second obstacle is exactly the opposite, and is due to an over-consolidation of ego-consciousness. Although a disciplined consciousness is necessary for the performance of civilized activities (we know what happens if a railway signalman lapses into daydreaming), it has the serious disadvantage that it is apt to block the reception of impulses and messages coming from the center. This is why so many dreams of civilized people are concerned with restoring this receptivity by attempting to correct the attitude of consciousness toward the unconscious center of Self."

Your soul has fallen to bits and pieces. Good. Rearrange them to suit yourself.

Let's give this entity which you call soul another name. Soul has too many incorrect meanings for humans, too many verbal reverberations, too many contrary definitions.

Sometimes, for the soul to thrive, the heart needs to be broken, son.

Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

If the body were to take the soul to court for the pains and suffering it had endured throughout its life, then if he were to be on the jury for the case he would gladly cast his vote against the soul inasmuch as it had destroyed some parts of the body by negligence or dissipated them by drunkenness, and had ruined and ravaged other parts by its pursuit of pleasures - just as he would blame the careless user if a tool or utensil were in a bad condition.