Spiritual Quotes · Page 177

When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.

— Ajahn Chah

Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength.

— Kano Jigoro

I am not a human being having a spiritual experience. I am a spiritual being having a human experience.

— Julie Aziz

“Spiritual warriors are truth speakers and light keepers, not fearmongers or cheerleaders.⁠”

— Anthon St. Maarten

When you let go of your attention for a little while, do not think you may recover it whenever you please.

— Epictetus

“Awakening your spiritual self is like having a second childhood with faulty parents, broken bones and proverbial brussel sprouts.”

— Christopher Hawke

“The best warrior is the one who succeeds in transforming an enemy into a friend.”

— Paolo Coelho

“A wild heart is not something you can always see -- and yet it is our greatest spiritual possession.”

— Brené Brown

Smell is the primordial sense, more powerful, more primitive, more intimately tied to our memories and emotions than any other. A scent…

— Donna Karan

It takes the same energy to complain as it does to compliment. When there is a short circuit, there is a complaint,…

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

Fighting the wounds of the past will only deepen those wounds. Relaxation is the method that heals the wounds of the mind,…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

This is the greatest stumbling block in our spiritual discipline, which, in actuality, consists not in getting rid of the self but…

— Thomas Merton

Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about… say yes quickly, if you know, if you’ve known it from before the…

— Rumi

To learn a new language is, therefore, always a sort of spiritual adventure; it is like a journey of discovery in which…

— Ernst Cassirer

Indeed, it has affirmed my belief that our purpose as spiritual beings is to follow our bliss, seek our passions, and live…

— Aron Ralston

It is a lesson we all need - to let alone the things that do not concern us. He has other ways…

— Katharine Drexel

I take things very seriously, and I give myself time to come down and to ramp up, and it's an inside spiritual…

— Giancarlo Esposito

“Criticizing anyone is tantamount to criticizing their worship or devotion (aradhana). It is a grave mistake. It is fine if you cannot…

— Dada Bhagwan

I got Twin Peaks, and the part was basically written for me, which was a really big shock. I think everything really…

— Sherilyn Fenn

“In any ten step instruction manual and every book of doctrines, there is complex advice that serves the very simple function of…

— Vironika Tugaleva

“I’m tired of being a skeptic, I’m irritated by spiritual prudence and I feel bored and parched by empirical debate. I don't…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Some people are ignorant of the world but educated in Scripture, and are therefore prone to missing the relevance of Scripture -…

— Criss Jami

Although I have no objection to accepting the existence of relatively constant psychic contents that survive personal ego, it must always be…

— Wolfgang Pauli

Sanctification is that inward spiritual work which the Lord Jesus Christ works in a man by the Holy Spirit when He calls…

— J. C. Ryle

The battle isn't ours it's the lords & He's already won so go ahead and praise him in advance.

— Anonymous

You never seem to hear about psychic occult attack in spiritual literature. This knowledge has been conveniently forgotten.

— Frederick Lenz

You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Aboriginal people are key because they have a different sense of where we belong and how we interact with nature.

— David Suzuki

“Understanding spirituality means that every day anger, pride, deceit and greed continue to decrease, will not increase.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Sustaining a loving heart, even for a moment, makes one a spiritual being.

— Gautama Buddha

In the spiritual life, you must take one step forward each day in a vertical line, from the bottom up.

— Pio of Pietrelcina

Maybe I'm being philosophical and spiritual, but I believe that if you put negative energy out there that that is what will…

— Persis Khambatta

“If you can't focus then how do you expect to make your dreams come true?”

— The Prolific Penman

This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.

— Seneca the Younger

Yoga is not just about living better. It is about exploring the very source of life.

— Jaggi Vasudev

The unique personality which is the real life in me, I cannot gain unless I search for the real life, the spiritual…

— Felix Adler

If we do not work for individual transformation, talking about world peace is just entertainment.

— Jaggi Vasudev

Most people are unhappy; and they are unhappy because there is no love in their hearts.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“My life is never influenced by death because I am full of resurrections after so many spiritual and emotional demises”

— Munia Khan

The egos job: To come up with excuses as you move forward--more and more, subtler excuses.

— Swami Premodaya