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:
“The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child’s delight in bright pictures.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“The spirit that I have seen
May be the devil, and the devil hath power
T’assume a pleasing shape.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 26:41.