We are drawn to artists who tell us that art is difficult to do and takes a spiritual effort, because we are… — John Updike Copy Share Image
All of our life is but a mass of small habits - practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual - that bear us irresistibly… — William James Copy Share Image
“You have to see just one thing the “positive”. The world is on the path of the positive and the negative. Sooner… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“There are three kinds of ‘alcohols’ [intoxications]. 1. (Intoxication due to) sexual desires. 2. Drinking alcohol, 3. The alcohol of egoistical intoxication;… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The spiritual thirst that is latent in everybody can never come to a place of fulfillment unless people begin to think of… — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
People have had to make up for their spiritual impoverishment by accumulating material things. When spiritual blessings come, material blessings seem unimportant.… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
True happiness cannot be found in things that change and pass away. Pleasure and pain alternate inexorably. Happiness comes from the Self… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Tariqah [The Spiritual Path] without the Sharia [Islamic Law] is like having a pistachio tree without the shell. Or a walnut, a… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
“As all material creation consists of out-births of things spiritual, the spiritual world being the world of causes, and the natural world… — John Daniel Copy Share Image
Pain is not the same as suffering. Left to itself, the body discharges pain spontaneously, letting go of it the moment that… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Two people have been living in you all your life. One is the ego, garrulous, demanding, hysterical, calculating - the other is… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
To many, Indian thought, Indian manners; Indian customs, Indian philosophy, Indian literature are repulsive at the first sight; but let them persevere,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“There is beauty all around us, and the light finds us when we realize, we are all part of that beauty and… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
Some of the sweetest spirits are housed in frail frames. Great spiritual strength is often developed by those with physical challenges precisely… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
To transcend means to "go beyond," but this need not compel us to an ornate dualist view that regards transcendent levels of… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
I feel very German - and who can make himself a judge over what is German and what is not - in… — Walter Gropius Copy Share Image
Insight is the God given ability for you to know your Identity, your Kingdom ID; your spiritual DNA; your uniqueness in the… — Chuck Pierce Copy Share Image
Becoming integrated and whole is the spiritual path. The body is your vehicle. Your job is to learn about yourself from your… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“People of Hindustan have been called divine form of God. You have lost awareness, but you are still God. So then, why,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Illusory vision (mithyatva) shows inconvenience and Right vision (samyak drashti), the vision of the Self (atma drashti) turns inconvenience into convenience.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
When I say be creative I don't mean that you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe that it's terribly important to have a movement that is spiritual, not in the supernatural sense, but in the sense… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“Spiritual Maturity is not how much of the bible you think you know, or how well you can recite prayers, but rather,… — Andrew Chong Copy Share Image
Between beauty of expression and power of expression there is a difference of function. The first aims at pleasing the senses, the… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
“What is worth doing and what is not worth doing in this world? What is worth knowing and what is not worth… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The thrill of a fish at the end of the line, that thing that sparks from the dark water to spinal cord,… — Christopher Camuto Copy Share Image
“The moment we accept our pain is the moment we release our suffering. Suffering is created when we offer life resistance, and… — Alaric Hutchinson Copy Share Image
“The lesser the artadhyan (mournful contemplation hurting the self) and raudradhyan (wrathful contemplation hurting the self and others); lesser are the worldly… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I have always considered myself to be spiritual in a way that has less to do with religion and more with an… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a child, I've just had this sense that I'm connected to the spiritual world. I thought everyone else… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
Writing for me is a form of spiritual discipline and creative vision, a means of being in the world and giving one's… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
My identity and my security are not in my spiritual progress. My identity and my security are in God’s acceptance of me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Various religious systems have been given to humanity at different times, each suited to meet the spiritual needs of the people among… — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
“Is it not the disparity of wealth that consumes the willing soul. Rather, the golden keys of opportunity clamor softly with fraught… — Joel T. McGrath Copy Share Image
Grace is openness. By remaining open, you let go of your ego and narrow-minded views, and allow divine grace to express itself… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
I wouldn't call myself religious. I'm spiritual. Everybody's a bit more so as you get older. I'm a cultural Catholic; it's inescapable,… — Garry Hynes Copy Share Image
No church group that knows spiritual warfare has wiener roasts or even passion plays. There is a real warfare. I have said… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
Every man has a feminine side, and every woman a masculine side. It is important to use discipline with intuition, and to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image