Spirit
The English word spirit (from Latin spiritus "breath") has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body. The word spirit is often used metaphysically to refer to the consciousness or personality. The notions of a person's spirit and soul often also overlap, as both contrast with body and both are understood as surviving the bodily death in religion and occultism, and "spirit" can also have the sense of "ghost", i.e. a manifestation of the spirit of a deceased person.
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Famous quotes containing the word spirit:
“O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 17:22.
“Ev’ry time I feel the Spirit movin’ in my heart, I will pray.”
—African-American hymn-writer. “Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit,” l. 1.