Spiritual Quotes · Page 159

“When does the 'tuber of greed' sprout? When one has saved ninety-nine!”

— Dada Bhagwan

One's distance from Heaven is in proportion to the measure of one's self-love.

— Emanuel Swedenborg

Tony's [Blair] convinced I'm going to find God. I do have spiritual moments, but I don't think it's God.

— Alastair Campbell

“The one with karma is known as mortal (jiva) and the one without karma is known as Soul (Self; immortal).”

— Dada Bhagwan

“The one who never rebukes his underhand will have no boss in this world!”

— Dada Bhagwan

“There is tremendous energy in the word ‘yes’ and tremendous weakness in the word ‘no’.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Be present as the watcher of your mind- of your thoughts and emotions as well as your reactions in various situations”

— Eckhart Tolle

Maintaining the relationship. But there's also physical temptation and being on the same spiritual level, which can be difficult.

— Kevin Jonas

Every flower of the field, every fiber of a plant, every particle of an insect carries with it the impress of its…

— 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Blount

“The truth is there are always three choices: the right one, the wrong one and the one that is called "No Choice".…

— Galina Nelson

“To become God (Khuda) one does not need weapons. One needs to recognize his [True] Self (Khud). The one who knows one’s…

— Dada Bhagwan

Now, you believe you are a material person dabbling with. But essentially, you are a spiritual being dabbling with the material world…

— Jaggi Vasudev

I want to thank you, especially those people who are agnostic or atheist. I don't mean any offense by the things I…

— Sandra Cisneros

Bodily and spiritual affliction are the surest sign of Divine predilection. Gratitude for suffering is a precious jewel for our heavenly crown...…

— Gertrude the Great

“Where there is lack of ‘Gnan’ (Knowledge and experience of the Self; real Knowledge) there is worldly existence and where there is…

— Dada Bhagwan

For ritual allows those who cannot will themselves out of the secular to perform the spiritual, as dancing allows the tongue-tied man…

— Andre Dubus

Human sexuality includes more than hormones, organs, and orgasms; it runs through the psychic and spiritual ranges of our lives. We experience…

— Lewis B. Smedes

The creative process ignites our imagination, and I believe that that same imagination is what will propel us forward with issues of…

— Terry Tempest Williams

I see the main problem as a spiritual one, not a resource problem, or a problem with this or that government, but…

— Alberto Villoldo

“You are joy-seeking beings who have come forth into what we see as the perfect environment for desire to be born within…

— Abraham Hicks

A time comes when silence is betrayal. That time has come for us in relation to Vietnam. A nation that continues year…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Our assumption is that God has not revealed all there is to know in the spiritual area any more than he has…

— Charles H. Kraft

I've sworn off agnosticism, which I now call cowardly atheism. I've come to the position that in the complete absence of any…

— James Cameron

“People that can’t control their behavior have a problem with discipline. But lack of discipline over the body originates in a restless…

— Robin Sacredfire

I promise you that one day you will stand aside and look at your difficult times, you will realize that he was…

— Thomas S. Monson

I do firmly believe that universal forces are at work that pull us inexorably toward the deserving results of our actions.

— Robert Ringer

I don't go to church regularly. I wouldn't say I was religious, but more spiritual.

— Julian Ovenden

“I intuitively knew what Quakers have always known: that silence is God’s primary love language.”

— Amos Smith

In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.

— Chinmayananda Saraswati

Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God.

— Ambrose

The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.

— Isabelle Eberhardt

“When there is greed within; a person shall fall into societal influence.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“If we cannot be happy in spite of our difficulties, what good is our spiritual practice?”

— Maha Ghosananda

In religious circles, depression is often deemed to be a spiritual condition that can be cured with prayer.

— Tony Campolo

“I firmly disbelieve in death. A spirit never dies. Where it wanders when it leaves the flesh, is a cognitive proposition.”

— Kellie Elmore

The nature of the spiritual life is that we are certain in our uncertainty.

— Oswald Chambers

I'm not a practicing kabbalist. I'm not a spiritual master. I'm not a rabbi. I don't - but it's part of who…

— John Zorn

The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity.

— Sholem Asch

Look at me. My concerns-are they spiritual, do you think, or carnal? Come on. We've read our Shakespeare.

— Amy Hempel

We must find a way to replace yearning for what life has withheld from us with gratitude for what we have been…

— Kent Nerburn