A man who would interpret the scriptures must have the spiritual discipline. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines. — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
“In the afternoon the digestion of the meal deprives me of the incomparable lightness which characterizes the fast days.” — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
Together with worldly education, you have to cultivate the human values and undertake spiritual discipline. — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
“Every time I have fasted I have found my worship experience sweeter, the illumination of God’s Spirit brighter and the hunger for… — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Fasting is more about longing for the power and presence of Jesus than restricting our appetites.” — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
Writing for me is a form of spiritual discipline and creative vision, a means of being in the world and giving one's… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“Fasting is not an option but an assumed practice for the serious-minded follower of Jesus.” — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
“Fasting is an act of humility that spotlights our weaknesses and reveals dependence on things rather than on God.” — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
Common sense is the fundamental factor in all spiritual disciplines. No rule is an eternal rule. Rules change from place to place,… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
“The Disciplines of Christ-likeness The third side of our triangle is made up of spiritual disciplines. These are special activities, many engaged… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“So the Spiritual Disciplines are those personal and interpersonal activities given by God in the Bible as the sufficient means believers in… — Donald S. Whitney Copy Share Image
The Spiritual Disciplines are things that we do. We must never lose sight of this fact. It is one thing to talk… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
This is the greatest stumbling block in our spiritual discipline, which, in actuality, consists not in getting rid of the self but… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I have long profited from Adele Ahlberg Calhoun's gifts in the field of spiritual development, and I am delighted that she has… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I find when most people are honest about their spiritual pilgrimage, they admit to the difficulty of maintaining the habit of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of people talk about the spirituality of Buddhism, and it is a spiritual discipline. But in Shambhala there also is… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
“Tom Landry, coach of the Dallas Cowboys football team for most of three decades, said, “The job of a football coach is… — Donald S. Whitney Copy Share Image
“It is a self-evident truth that those who persist in spiritual disciplines grow in grace, and those who don’t persist, don’t grow.… — Erik Raymond Copy Share Image
Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Ask and you shall receive; everyone that asks receives. This is the fixed eternal law of the kingdom: If you ask and… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
A man's social and spiritual discipline must answer to his corporeal. He must lean on a friend who has a hard breast,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Not everyone can have the same devotion. One exactly suits this person, another that. Different exercises, likewise, are suitable for different times,… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
“In solitude we can come to the realization that we are not driven together but brought together. In solitude we come to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Some people find the experience and practice of compassion as a spiritual discipline to be a more direct route to the transformation… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
“The second cause whence these rebellions sometimes proceed is the devil, who, in order to disquiet and disturb the soul, at times… — Juan de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“The flesh resists this daily humiliation, first by a frontal attack, and later by hiding itself under the words of the spirit… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Generally, it is greed, fear and curiosity which make us live outwardly. A French scientist who worked in America, Alexis Carrel, said… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
“Spiritual disciplines more easily introduced into daily activities ▪ School calendar formulated to dates that work best for our family’s needs ▪ … — Alicia Kazsuk Copy Share Image
“The pain of regret is far worse than the pain of discipline. We will never have the anointing, the ministry or the… — Nathan Whitley Copy Share Image
“When pursued it becomes clear that this separation between one's self and the Church usually stems from deep unresolved pain or dissatisfaction… — Janet O. Hagberg Copy Share Image
“So do not expect always to get an emotional charge or a feeling of quiet peace when you read the Bible. By… — Geoffrey Thomas Copy Share Image
“As we mature in faith, our willingness is tested, expanded, and refined. We become more conscious of our limitations and turn to… — Jeannette A. Bakke Copy Share Image