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My Soul Quotes

What's left when everything else falls away.

These quotes wrestle with staying true to yourself, whether that means resisting compromise for the sake of image or choosing ego over something deeper. For more on inner reflection, see Reflection quotes.

Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.

Quotes by Adelbert von Chamisso

I wish I came from a more pure place. I don't have something to say from the bottom of my soul. I just know how to take stuff I like and repackage it in a slightly different way.

Quotes by Adam Brody

I fed my ego, but not my soul.

Quotes by Yakov Smirnoff

I would rather my soul broil in hell than I do you any harm.

Quotes by William Kidd

Depth Quotes

It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

Quotes by William Ernest Henley

Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul.

Quotes by Wavy Gravy

Fortunately, I've never been very conscious and inhibited of what I have to do. The camera's my soul mate.

Quotes by Vidya Balan

I wear clothes reflecting the color of my soul!

Quotes by Varg Vikernes

Many times I looked in the mirror and didn't see anything. Couldn't see anything. I didn't see anything in the mirror. It was me, but I didn't truly know my soul, my spirit.

Quotes by Tyrann Mathieu

Emotion Quotes

Rock'n'roll saved my soul.

Quotes by Thurston Moore

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.

Quotes by Thomas Holcroft

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.

Quotes by T. S. Eliot

When I first began to combine letters other than Hebrew, I read every book in German that came my way, and from these I certainly received according to the nature of my soul.

Quotes by Shmuel Yosef Agnon

To say that my anxiety is reducible to the ions in my amygdala is as limiting as saying that my personality or my soul is reducible to the molecules that make up my brain cells or to the genes that...

Quotes by Scott Stossel

Identity Quotes

What crushed my soul was hanging out with bitter, desperate comics backstage. They're a different breed than the bitter yet eager psyches in the wings of an improv theatre. Struggling stand-ups have externalized self-loathing into an art form. They're a...

Quotes by Scott Adsit

My soul needs music all the time.

Quotes by Sanjay Leela Bhansali

My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet.

Quotes by Samuel Hoffenstein

May my soul bloom in love for all existence.

Quotes by Rudolf Steiner

My DVR, like, sees inside my soul, and inside my soul is a 65-year-old retired woman. So there's Food Network, HGTV and 'Golden Girls' reruns. And 'Roseanne.'

Quotes by Ross Mathews

Reflection Quotes

I truly love everything about India. I love the fact I can uplift my soul, energy to higher heights.

Quotes by Rohan Marley

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the emotional core of these my soul quotes?
These quotes explore authenticity and the cost of compromise, weighing ego against something deeper and more lasting.
Is there a quote about resisting change for approval?
Yes, one reflects on refusing to tone down a distinctive persona just to fit conventional expectations, framing that refusal as protecting the soul.
Do any quotes contrast ego with something more meaningful?
Yes, one candidly admits to feeding ego rather than something deeper, offering an honest, self-aware moment.
Is there a quote about devotion or loyalty?
Yes, one expresses a dramatic willingness to endure personal cost rather than cause harm to someone else.
Where can I read more reflections on identity?
Visit our Identity quotes page for related content.

Curious about identity and authenticity? Browse Identity quotes, or explore emotional depth further in Depth quotes.