„Prison kills your spirit, straight up. It kills your spirit. There is no creativity, there’s none of that.“

— Tupac Shakur
„Criticism at its best is re-creative, not spirit-killing.“
— Camille Paglia
„Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.“
— Stephen King
„The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre work.“
— Ayn Rand
„Be neither insufficiently spirited nor over spirited. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit.“
— Miyamoto Musashi
„Your spirit is the true shield.“
— Morihei Ueshiba
„Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.“
— Paramahansa Yogananda
„I understood that centuries of chains and lashes will not kill the spirit of man nor the sense of truth within him.“
— Ayn Rand
„Knowledge is your weapon… Kill them with it.“
— Jim Butcher