The human interest, and the natural interest, and the spiritual interest of this planet need to begin to take a priority over… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
“. . . the sole aim of Okinawa Karate is to teach A person to handle violence and violent individuals; whether it… — Soke Behzad Ahmadi Copy Share Image
“The world is not useless but one should know how to get the work done out of it. Because everyone is 'God',… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The spiritual discipline of simplicity is not a lost dream, but a recurrent version throughout history. It can be recaptured today. It… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
I believe the gift of acting is a gift from God, my oath to God, and I want to make sure on… — Louis Gossett, Jr Copy Share Image
“Who is considered a person [vyakti]? The one who has manifested (expressed) a little in the embodied self [vyakt] can be known… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“A Gnani (Enlightened one) never wastes his time in counting money; upayog (applied awareness of Self) gets wasted in doing so. Upayog… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How does the antahkaran (inner complex of mind, intellect, chit and ego) suddenly originate? It is a scientific circumstantial evidence. Mind arises… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“From the time one gets married he tries to improve his wife, but neither of the two improves till death. Instead, if… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“If you want to wander in the worldly life, if you want to remain in action (by being a doer), then put… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Spirituality has to play an important role, particularly in resistance movements. The institutions we are fighting against - corporations and governments -… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
Because addiction is a developmental problem, the developmental stage is important, things like employment are important, things like having a sense of… — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
I am a lazy man. Laziness keeps me from believing that enlightenment demands effort, discipline, strict diet, non-smoking, and other evidences of… — Thaddeus Golas Copy Share Image
Materialism blinds us to our spiritual poverty. Jesus rebuked the Laodicean Christians because although they were materially wealthy, they were desperately poor… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“Graha (things getting accumulated) are not to be reduced. Parigraha, murchha-bhaav (being swooned by material objects or by living beings) needs to… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Where men are forbidden to honour a king, they honor millionaires, athletes, or film stars instead; even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My spiritual high naturally dissipated. At some point you've got to come out of the clouds and live real life. Again, it's… — Pattie Mallette Copy Share Image
I always tell my Western friends that it is best to keep your own tradition. Changing religion is not easy and sometimes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong with duality as long as it does not create conflict. Multiplicity and variety without strife is joy. In… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
“Non-violence (Ahimsa) is a very big thing. There is no non-celibacy (sexual pleasures) in Non-violence. There is no possession (parigraha) in Non-violence.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Everything is mandatory in the world. Dying is mandatory, and being born is mandatory. So discover that which is of your own… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Moses warned them [Israelites] that the leading spiritual danger they would face on entering the [promise] land would be forgetting the Lord.… — Max Anders Copy Share Image
When I was just a twenty-something, I came to Newark, and I found a connection to the city in a spiritual way.… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
I am deeply spiritual; I revel in those things that make for good - the things that we can do to shed… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
The people who inspire me most are those who are willing to see the world from a loving perspective. People who perceive… — Gabrielle Bernstein Copy Share Image
For me, living a balanced life means nurturing the academic, physical, and spiritual aspects of my life so I can maintain a… — Denise Morrison Copy Share Image
“What does relative religion say? Within the relative (dependent), look for that which is free from dependency. If nature’s grace befalls upon… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“When no poison of any kind remains in your eyes, when a liberated laughter is seen, then people will do your darshan… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only in tasks of war. While we are… — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
“Depression arises when one uses his power and authority. Whatever authority there is, it is there for giving happiness to others. Authority… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Faith is our direct link to universal wisdom, reminding us that we know more than we have heard or read or studied… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
In the spiritual body moreover, man appears such as he is with respect to love and faith, for everyone in the spiritual… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
Of all the afflictions that burden the human race, there is not one, whether spiritual or bodily, that cannot be healed by… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
In this life, your so-called ordinary life, you must be rooted; and in your inner space, in the spiritual life, you must… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is the shared bad faith by which individuals help each other sustain the illusion that they can shirk their spiritual destiny… — Merold Westphal Copy Share Image
Only the wounded healer is able to heal. As long as we think that spiritual leaders need to be perfect, we live… — Angelina Love Copy Share Image