“People in the world ask for forgiveness, but [true] ‘pratikraman’ does not happen by doing that. That is like when people casually… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Natural knowledge, seeking to satisfy natural wants, has found the ideas which can alone still spiritual cravings. I say that natural knowledge,… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth… — Mary Antin Copy Share Image
Maori get pigeonholed into the idea they're spiritual and telling stories like 'Whale Rider' and 'Once Were Warriors,' quite serious stuff, but… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
I went whenever I could, and always my eyes lifted to the hills. I was to find a spiritual and physical satisfaction… — Alfred Wainwright Copy Share Image
“We live here for five to fifty years (in this world, in the relative) and we are searching for beautiful houses there,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual. Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
Acquisition of knowledge is not the end, but the means to the end; the end consists in the attainment, thanks to this… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
If you pay attention to those aspects of God that demonstrate love, truth, beauty, intelligence, order, and spiritual evolution, those aspects will… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
The influence of a woman can be very great, especially now, in the present order or disorder of society, in which there… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
I'm a great mother because of my intentions on being a great mother; I'm a good friend because I'm loyal; I'm a… — Lauren London Copy Share Image
“the aim of spiritual formation is the transformation of the self, and that it works through transformation of thought, transformation of feeling,… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“There is nothing but dependency in the worldly life. Constant dependency! Animals are dependent, humans are dependent too; how can we afford… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The very essence of the Sufi spiritual tradition requires you to purify your heart, to liberate yourself from your ego and to… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
The Wayshower is a compelling, multi-layered and complex spiritual journey about a guilt-ridden man searching to understand his connection to his guru… — Arielle Ford Copy Share Image
It's not like we're all animalistic people trying to become more spiritual. We're really living spirit, trying to find out how to… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
I believe we are going to have to prepare ourselves for the difficult and patient task of outgrowing rigid and intransigent nationalism,… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The US has developed two coordinate governing classes: the one, called 'business,' building cities, manufacturing and distributing goods, and holding complete and… — Thurman Arnold Copy Share Image
When faced with demanding situations, can you keep your heart as light as a feather? Can you laugh your way through challenges… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
All beings exist in an invisible state and then come to a state of visibility. Change occurs only on the surface, for… — Rama Swami Copy Share Image
As we see this work move forward and move on, I would only declare to you as I stand before you today… — David B. Haight Copy Share Image
Spiritual Love is born of sorrow. . . . For men love one another with spiritual love only when they have suffered… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
“Happiness is just a state of mind, you don’t need any artificial or superficial matter to experience happiness. I believe that happiness… — Nynke Visser Copy Share Image
The motive for purifying yourself - that you feel spiritually impure - will prevent any genuine gain until you learn to love… — Thaddeus Golas Copy Share Image
Contemplation in the age of Auschwitz and Dachau, Solovky and Karaganda is something darker and more fearsome than contemplation in the age… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
We cannot be content with an evangelism which does not lead to the drawing of converts into the church, nor with a… — John Stott Copy Share Image
To discipline ourselves through fasting brings us in tune with God, and fast day provides an occasion to set aside the temporal… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
“The circumstance of the mind is equivalent to the circumstance of your reality and a pure sign of the justification of the… — Will Barnes Copy Share Image
“Shukladhyan (internal state that renders the constant awareness of ‘I am pure Soul’) is the direct cause for moksha (liberation). Dharmadhyan (absence… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
It's not easy to sit and trust that in solitude God will speak to you - not as a magical voice but… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Our hope for creative living lies in… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
'Duch' means spirit and 'ovny' is kind of the adjectival ending, so the word itself means spiritual. It's my father's name, obviously.… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I was interested in what was over there, what was behind life.… — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
. . . just as God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance, as we become more like Him,… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The profound political changes we need in order to heal our planet will not come about through fragmented problem solving or intellectual… — Petra Kelly Copy Share Image
I had seen so many begin to pack their lives in cotton woool, smother their impulses, hood their passions, and gradually retire… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“One creates ownership and then does egoism towards it, that is why suffering arises. No one is a boss/owner of anyone. Whose… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“She placed her arms and hands strategically over the areas of her body that she felt uncomfortable with, but he moved closer,… — Tracey-anne McCartney Copy Share Image
The hardest spiritual work in the world is to love the neighbor as the self - to encounter another human being not… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
“What is the violent intent (bhaav-hinsa)? Violence (hinsa) against your real Self through anger-pride-deceit-greed; meaning anger-pride-deceit-greed that causes bondage to your Self,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image