“In our social world we have only a thin layer of topsoil-tolerance-for people and cultures that are different from our own. When… — Gary Holthaus Copy Share Image
When people ask the Dalai Lama, "Is Buddhism a religion?" he answers, "Yes, it is." Then they ask, "What kind of religion… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
Prison life taught him how little one can get along with, and what extraordinary spiritual freedom and peace such simplification can bring.… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“You seem disappointed that I am not more responsive to your interest in "spiritual direction". Actually, I am more than a little… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“In your roughest time, when everything looks so cloudy and deserted, don't look to man, don't look to a woman, don't look… — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
“If you are going to doubt someone, then do so all the way to the end. The Lord calls that awareness. Do… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I really don't know why people have so much trouble now writing about religious faith. It is true that clichés can override… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Let us encourage the generosity which is typical of the young and help them to work actively in building a better world.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Traditional spirituality often made pleasure, joy, good feelings. the things to overcome. It said you couldn't just indulge in your desires; that… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
“We have become disconnected from our true selves, and naturally, this has produced a deep sense of lack in our lives, causing… — Joseph P. Kauffman 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
“When you weep, Jesus weeps with you. And together you enter into the dance of tears. The dance of tears with Jesus… — Catherine Martin Copy Share Image
The development of our spiritual nature should concern us most. Spirituality is the highest acquisition of the soul, the divine in man;… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair. Gratitude will act… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
If you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be. The… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; friendships formed… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
You exist in time, but you belong to eternity- You are a penetration of eternity into the world of time-You are deathless,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To everything there is a bright side and a dark side; and I hold it to be unwise, unphilosophic, unkind to others,… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
Man is spiritual being -- a soul, in other words -- and that this soul takes on different bodies from life to… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
The plants that produce visions can function- for those of us who have inherited the New World Order of barren materialism, cut… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
“When is it considered a true desire of moksha (ultimate liberation)? When it remains a constant stream. But here, in one direction… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
There is no holy life. There is no war between good and evil. There is no sin and no redemption. None of… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“What our Heavenly Father wants us to do about our spiritual failures is like what our earthly father wants us to do… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
My mom is not religious, but she's a very spiritual, magical kind of lady. One time, when I was younger, my mom… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
“A father will not keep looking for faults in his children if he is very religious/pious. One should not see faults in… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
No matter how difficult something you or a loved one faces, it should not take over your life and be the center… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Our work is the embodiment of our will. The spiritual manifestation of this work is its effect. When such work is properly… — Viktor Schauberger Copy Share Image
It is a great tragedy that science, this wonderful process for finding out what is true, has ceded the spiritual uplift of… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
If we keep the path of virtue undefiled through devout and true knowledge, and do not deviate to either side, we will… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
“When we see one another as different aspects of ourselves—as ourselves experiencing a different situation and circumstance—we develop a love, a connection,… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
I think joy and sweetness and affection are a spiritual path. We're here to know God, to love and serve God, and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“The books I liked became a Bible from which I drew advice and support; I copied out long passages from them; I… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
The fourth paradigm forces us at every point to discern between the creationally valid and the sinfully perverse and thus confronts us… — Albert M. Wolters Copy Share Image
Tolerance is not a spiritual gift; it is the distinguishing mark of postmodernism; and sadly, it has permeated the very fiber of… — John Stott Copy Share Image
The nature of the mind is such that if certain mental qualities are developed on a sound basis, they not only remain,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When one talks about being like a dead corpse in the hands of a spiritual teacher it means being able to surrender… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
Every day we should stand in awe of Him, as He is with us, and do what is pleasing before Him. If… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
I think the important thing to understand first and foremost about Michael Jackson is that he was the international emblem of the… — Cornel West Copy Share Image