But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The divine spirit inside the building is eternal, so the enclosure doesn't have to be.
Tadao Ando

Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain.
Douglas Horton

Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!
Pat Riley

There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.
Pat Riley

I left in love, in laughter, and in truth, and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit.
Bill Hicks

The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
Thomas Huxley

I mean the flesh, never fade! The flesh never leave the creation, see, because with that divine spirit the flesh cannot fade. If the spirit is weak then the flesh fade, seen?
Peter Tosh

Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.
Miyamoto Musashi

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society.
Henrik Ibsen

The only currency I value is the coin of the spirit. That's very important in my life.
Kinky Friedman

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.
Herbert Spencer

For myself, therefore, I desire to declare that the principle that will govern me in the high duty to which my country calls me is a strict adherence to the letter and spirit of the Constitution as it was designed by those who framed it.
Martin Van Buren

Mutual forbearance and reciprocal concessions: thro' their agency the Union was established - the patriotic spirit from which they emanated will forever sustain it.
Martin Van Buren

We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
Nikki Giovanni

Man is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
Morgan Freeman

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
Charles de Montesquieu

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
Anton Chekhov

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.
Honore de Balzac

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.
George Herbert