--- title: "22 Emotional Spiritual Quotes by 21 authors" description: "Browse 22 Emotional Spiritual quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Emotional Spiritual sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/henri-nouwen-600_book_the-return-of-the-prodigal-book-came-out_592758.png" --- > [ \[The Return of the Prodigal book\] came out of my emotional and spiritual journey during the four months I was gone from… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/the-return-of-the-prodigal-book-came-out-of-my-emotional-and/) [Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/henri-nouwen-600_book_the-return-of-the-prodigal-book-came-out_592758.png) > [I stay healthy by dealing with things! Seriously, emotional and spiritual health is most important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-canals-barrera/i-stay-healthy-by-dealing-with-things-seriously-emotional-and-2/) [Maria Canals Barrera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-canals-barrera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/372/maria-canals-barrera-29612_emotional_i-stay-healthy-by-dealing-with-things-se_2245806.jpg) > [I love to see people win. You can literally see a person change through achievement on this emotional and spiritual level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-widerstrom/i-love-to-see-people-win-you-can-literally-see-a-person-change/) [Jennifer Widerstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-widerstrom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/jennifer-widerstrom-44866_achievement_i-love-to-see-people-win-you-can-literal_3003082.jpg) > [The best way to create emotional or spiritual distance between me and another person is for them to come up to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trixie-mattel/the-best-way-to-create-emotional-or-spiritual-distance-between-me-and/) [Trixie Mattel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trixie-mattel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/trixie-mattel-6028_best_the-best-way-to-create-emotional-or-spir_2273380.jpg) > [“Maintain a balance life: Nurture your physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/maintain-a-balance-life-nurture-your-physical-emotional-and-spiritual/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/lailah-gifty-akita-11_health_maintain-a-balance-life-nurture-your-phy_2347368.jpg) > [One's age does not guarantee emotional and spiritual maturity and stability. Openness of heart and mind do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-randymar/one-s-age-does-not-guarantee-emotional-and-spiritual-maturity-and/) [Joel Randymar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-randymar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/joel-randymar-16380_aging_one-s-age-does-not-guarantee-emotional-a_944867.jpg) > [“Do you see dignity & grace as a state of emotional and spiritual being or a physical projection of courage and class?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-c-young/do-you-see-dignity-grace-as-a-state-of-emotional-and-spiritual-being/) [Susan C. Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-c-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb2/susan-c-young-156_communication-quotes_do-you-see-dignity-grace-as-a-state-of-e_2925762.jpg) > [Reading is not simply an intellectual pursuit but an emotional and spiritual one. It lights the candle in the hurricane lamp of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/reading-is-not-simply-an-intellectual-pursuit-but-an-emotional-and-2/) [Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/anna-quindlen-467_candle_reading-is-not-simply-an-intellectual-pu_1304904.jpg) > [It is impossible to believe the emotional and spiritual intensity and pure, classic beauty that can be produced by a man, an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/it-is-impossible-to-believe-the-emotional-and-spiritual-intensity-and/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/ernest-hemingway-83_animal_it-is-impossible-to-believe-the-emotiona_696172.jpg) > [I think there are three kinds of songs; it's only my theory: psychological, emotional, and spiritual. When you write psychologically or intellectually,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-sedaka/i-think-there-are-three-kinds-of-songs-it-s-only-my-theory/) [Neil Sedaka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-sedaka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d9/neil-sedaka-10857_intellectual_i-think-there-are-three-kinds-of-songs-i_165539.jpg) > [“Somehow something has gone wrong with poetry in our culture. We have lost touch with its purpose and value, and in doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-orr/somehow-something-has-gone-wrong-with-poetry-in-our-culture-we-have/) [Gregory Orr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-orr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2e/gregory-orr-22188_poetry_somehow-something-has-gone-wrong-with-po_841588.png) > [Laughter, song, and dance create emotional and spiritual connection; they remind us of the one thing that truly matters when we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/laughter-song-and-dance-create-emotional-and-spiritual-connection/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccf/bren-brown-280_celebration_laughter-song-and-dance-create-emotional_1148254.jpg) > [“While the progress we boast of is found within the material and cognitive environments, most of the pain we suffer is found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-a-swenson/while-the-progress-we-boast-of-is-found-within-the-material-and/) [Richard A. Swenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-a-swenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/richard-a-swenson-90390_pain_while-the-progress-we-boast-of-is-found_2145390.jpg) > [“Reading is not simply an intellectual pursuit but an emotional and spiritual one. It lights the candle in the hurricane lamp of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/reading-is-not-simply-an-intellectual-pursuit-but-an-emotional-and/) [Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/anna-quindlen-467_books_reading-is-not-simply-an-intellectual-pu_953665.png) > [We are separated from one another by an unbridgeable gulf of otherness and strangeness which resists all our attempts to overcome it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/we-are-separated-from-one-another-by-an-unbridgeable-gulf-of/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_association_we-are-separated-from-one-another-by-an_1860799.jpg) > [“Knowledge.Grace. True union with the divine. I find that sort of prayer so much more difficult than the other, because it requires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-jarzab/knowledge-grace-true-union-with-the-divine-i-find-that-sort-of-prayer/) [Anna Jarzab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-jarzab/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/anna-jarzab-31002_faith_knowledge-grace-true-union-with-the-divi_1617881.jpg) > [“The heart and the spirit also shed. They shed the emotions and experiences that we no longer need. They shed the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iyanla-vanzant/the-heart-and-the-spirit-also-shed-they-shed-the-emotions-and/) [Iyanla Vanzant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iyanla-vanzant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/iyanla-vanzant-557_death_the-heart-and-the-spirit-also-shed-they_125936.jpg) > [Pain - physical, emotional and spiritual pain - is more than just a condition that needs to be silenced, numbed or "fixed."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karyn-kusama/pain-physical-emotional-and-spiritual-pain-is-more-than-just-a/) [Karyn Kusama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karyn-kusama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/karyn-kusama-4490_capable_pain-physical-emotional-and-spiritual-pa_3115604.jpg) > [In this wonderful book Stephen Buhner shows us that the heart is not a machine but the informed, intelligent core of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-wood/in-this-wonderful-book-stephen-buhner-shows-us-that-the-heart-is-not/) [Matthew Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-wood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/matthew-wood-261390_book_in-this-wonderful-book-stephen-buhner-sh_3151028.png) > [“I am not looking for a "perfect" man. Only one who matches me on an emotional, spiritual, sexual, and intellectual level.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-mosher/i-am-not-looking-for-a-perfect-man-only-one-who-matches-me-on-an/) [Amanda Mosher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-mosher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/amanda-mosher-59678_connection_i-am-not-looking-for-a-perfect-man-only_329612.jpg) > [Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-mull/want-a-reliable-road-to-emotional-and-spiritual-suicide-spend-your/) [Brandon Mull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-mull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/775/brandon-mull-1617_emotional_want-a-reliable-road-to-emotional-and-sp_2831674.png) > [We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-goodier/we-are-stronger-than-we-think-we-have-emotional-spiritual-and-even/) [Steve Goodier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-goodier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/885/steve-goodier-7151_adversity_we-are-stronger-than-we-think-we-have-em_3062262.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emotional-spiritual/#itemlist", "name": "Emotional Spiritual Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[The Return of the Prodigal book] came out of my emotional and spiritual journey during the four months I was gone from Daybreak because of depression.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henri Nouwen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/the-return-of-the-prodigal-book-came-out-of-my-emotional-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/henri-nouwen-600_book_the-return-of-the-prodigal-book-came-out_592758.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/henri-nouwen-600_book_the-return-of-the-prodigal-book-came-out_592758.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/henri-nouwen-600_book_the-return-of-the-prodigal-book-came-out_592758.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[The Return of the Prodigal book] came out of my emotional and spiritual journey during the four months I…” — Henri Nouwen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I stay healthy by dealing with things! 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