“My only stake was the hook I shot in the moon, trying to capture stardom on my way to heaven. Without bravado.… — Juliet Castle Copy Share Image
“Is there not in these words of our Lord a latent reference to the history of man’s fall, and a designed contrast… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
“You are one thing only. You are a Divine Being. An all-powerful Creator. You are a Deity in jeans and a t-shirt,… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
All of us prepare our own lunch. If we don't like our jobs, if we don't like the state of our relationships,… — Bo Sanchez Copy Share Image
“When we honor our souls' truth, in whatever form that comes to us, and have the courage to follow where it leads,… — Laurie E. Smith Copy Share Image
Hell is to be contemplated strictly as a matter which concerns me alone. As part of the spiritual life it belongs behind… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
“Autobiographical writing acts as a timeless testament to each person’s epic record of adventure, heartache, road to perdition, and achievement of a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Your faith is designed to operate outside of your emotions. When you operate in faith, how you feel has no bearing on… — Dawn M Harvey Copy Share Image
“Question 2: How Do You Want to Grow? When you watch how young children soak up information, you realize how deeply wired… — Vishen Lakhiani Copy Share Image
genius is original, unique; and in whatever form it may develop itself is the greatest gift that can be given to man,… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik Copy Share Image
“This church with which we should be thinking is the home of all, not a small chapel that can hold only a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Every negative complex of emotion conceals a conflict, a problem or dilemma made up of contradictory or opposing motives or desires. Self-observation… — Adi Da Samraj Copy Share Image
“God knows no good resides in man; no flesh can please Him. It is corrupted beyond repair. Since it is so absolutely… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
“The flesh,' as Saint Paul used the term, refers, ironically, not to our bodies but to fallen human nature. The 'carnal' spirit… — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image
Men live a moral life, either from regard to the Diving Being, or from regard to the opinion of the people in… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
“To make bread or love, to dig in the earth, to feed an animal or cook for a stranger—these activities require no… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
“The spiritual life is a gift. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit, who lifts us up into the kingdom of… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Be brave! Be strong! Be fearless! Once you have taken up the spiritual life, fight as long as there is any life… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“I find this to be true of my spiritual life, and maybe it applies to yours as well: I think about things… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
Holiness consists in doing God’s will joyfully. Faithfulness makes saints. The spiritual life is a union with Jesus: the divine and the… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
We praise Him, we bless Him, we adore Him, we glorify Him, and we wonder who is that baritone across the aisle… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
This is the secret of spiritual life: to think that I am the Atman and not the body, and that the whole… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The purpose of spiritual life is not to create some special state of mind. A state of mind is always temporary. The… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“Learn that trust precedes faith. Faith is a little like putting your car into gear, and right now you cannot exercise faith,… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Quietistic meditation is easier, naturally, but a person who practices it will turn out to be just as insecure and petty as… — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean, do not be disturbed because of your imperfections, and always rise… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts.… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“Perhaps we are slow to see any good in us because we don’t understand how bad we were. Your tiny spiritual life… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Living a spiritual life requires a change of heart, a conversion. Such a conversion may be marked by a sudden inner change,… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“All the beauty a woman can display is only a combination of flesh and blood. Śrī Śaṅkarācārya has advised all persons not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“True freedom is when all the stories, all the insights, all the realizations, concepts, beliefs and positions dissolve. What remains is what… — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you're not occupied, and certainly not… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Learning how to love is the goal and the purpose of spiritual life - not learning how to develop psychic powers, not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are less justified in saying that the thinking life of humanity is a miraculous perfectioning of animal and physical life than… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
The interesting part of my spiritual life is studying as much as you can. Islam and Buddhism and Hinduism and Shamanism and… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
Sometimes it seems to me that God 's way of dealing with me is not to let me see much of my… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
“Jealousy is a very destructive emotion, Adam One used to say. It’s part of the stubborn Australopithecine heritage we’re stuck with. It… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I haven't any language weak enough to depict the weakness of my spiritual life. If I weakened it enough it would cease… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It doesn't really even bother me about popularity. I live a spiritual life. I don't live a carnal life. If I was… — Anthony Macias Copy Share Image
I'm an actress and mom, and I probably don't have enough of an active spiritual life. And I don't know why people… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
