Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Breathing is made up of two stages: inhaling, the intake of air, and exhaling, the letting out of air. The spiritual life… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Like a great waterwheel, the liturgical year goes on relentlessly irrigating our souls, softening the ground of our hearts, nourishing the soil… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
... since birth control roots in a species of selfishness, the spiritual life of the user of contraceptives is also weakened. Women… — John Andreas Widtsoe Copy Share Image
We are less justified in saying that the thinking life of humanity is a miraculous perfectioning of animal and physical life than… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
In the spiritual life we can do nothing worthy without repentance, but the Lord has much mercy on us because of our… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
When you do something just because it is needed, you involve yourself totally without it meaning anything to you, then action becomes… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
“Now, this does not negate the fact that God might choose to bless us with a great paying job, a beautiful family,… — Eric J. Bargerhuff Copy Share Image
Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in the competition… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. ...We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Spiritual life is contractual. The sacred cannot dialogue with the unresponsive. — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
Conversion is in its essence a normal adolescent phenomenon, incidental to the passage from the child's small universe to the wider intellectual… — William James Copy Share Image
“To express yourself in a creative way you don't need structure you need an empty mind.” — E'yen A. Gardner Copy Share Image
There are no planes in the spiritual life; we are either going uphill or coming down. — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“There is no need for us all to be alike and think the same way, neither do we need a common enemy… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
I still believe that the university is a place where people can develop their minds and learn skills, but also they can… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The first step in spiritual life is to have compassion. A person who is kind and loving never needs to go searching… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
The indicator of true knowledge is the ability to differentiate what uplifts us from what pulls us down. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
“THE MEASURE OF A SPIRITUAL LIFE IS NOT IN ITS ECSTASIES BUT IN ITS OBEDIENCE” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Detachment does not mean non-involvement. You can be deeply involved but not entangled. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
“Every negative complex of emotion conceals a conflict, a problem or dilemma made up of contradictory or opposing motives or desires. Self-observation… — Adi Da Samraj Copy Share Image
A lot of people went underground with their spiritual life in the seventies, but they're out there in little nooks and crannies… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
“Prayer is actually setting out a tuning fork. All you can really do in the spiritual life is to get tuned to… — John Predmore Copy Share Image
In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
