The work of art is born of the artist in a mysterious and secret way. From him it gains life and being.… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
If we celebrate life with all its contradictions, embrace, experience, and ultimately live with it, a chance exists for a spiritual life… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
“He lived his spiritual life without any communion with others, visiting his relatives at Christmas and escorting them to the cemetery when… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Rumi is perhaps the greatest mystical poet who ever lived, one of the greatest poets of the Persian language. He was able… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
“In nature, there is no pain or suffering neither in the spiritual life nor in the worldly life. The worldly life has… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I think the question is, how do we live with change? Change in our friends, change in our lovers? Change in me… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Organized Christianity has always represented immortality as a sort of common heritage; but I never could see why spiritual life should not… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
“And now, dear Lord, I acknowledge afresh that You are the God of all peace, my Jehovah-Shalom. My job is to receive.… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
“Since the basic cause of man’s anxiety is the possibility of being either a saint or a sinner, it follows that there… — Fulton J. Sheen, Ph.D.,D.D Copy Share Image
But the great artists like Michelangelo and Blake and Tolstoi--like Christ whom Blake called an artist because he had one of the… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
“I had reached the point, at Balbec, of regarding the pleasure of playing with a troop of girls as less destructive of… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“You said to get involved with people, that I can’t learn about connections in a vacuum.” I agreed. “So what’s not working?”… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Whosoever will save his life shall lose it: And whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.’ [Matthew 16:25.]…He… — David O. McKay 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
“This is a dynamic and mysterious universe and human life is, no doubt, conditioned by imponderables of which we are only dimly… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
The mistake made by all previous systems of ethics has been the failure to recognize that life as such is the mysterious… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, many people do not feel comfortable with freedom. They must find for themselves a leader, a guru, or a mentor to… — Joseph Girzone Copy Share Image
That's a spiritual lifestyle, being willing to admit that you don't know everything and that you were wrong about some things. It's… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
Peace is something tangible. It silences the outgoing energy of the mind and feeds the aspiring heart. Peace is not merely the… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
Renovating temples does not mean building great gate towers or receptacles for offerings. What we should focus on is the regular conduct… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Part of me wanted to disappear into a cave in India, and I did end up going on retreats there, but, don't… — Linus Roache Copy Share Image
I kept running around it in large or small circles, always looking for someone or something able to convince me of my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many of us incorrectly assume that a spiritual life begins when we change what we normally do in our daily life. We… — Wayne Muller Copy Share Image
Much praying is not done because we do not plan to pray. We do not drift into spiritual life; we do not… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Scientists tell us that we have enough technology to save our planet. . . . Yet we don't take advantage of this… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
As the blood of Christ is the fountain of all merit, so the Spirit of Christ is the fountain of all spiritual… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
Buddha's Wife tells a fascinating story, little known in the west, about the woman whom Buddha left behind. Gabriel Constans focuses the… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
A sadhak (one who does spiritual practice) will not have time to indulge in gossip. They will not feel like talking to… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Absolute faith is not the place of self-affirmation, but the place of self-negation. Life of faith is not limited to our spiritual… — Sun Myung Moon Copy Share Image
...Spiritual opening is not a withdrawal to some imagined realm or safe cave. It is not a pulling away, but a touching… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“Vedic literatures like Īśopaniṣad direct that since everything belongs to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one should not encroach upon another’s property,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For the current of our spiritual life creeds, rituals and channels that may thwart or help, according to their fixity or openness.… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
The Promised Land, for many people, though, is something that's far off in the future. People are saved, but they don't feel… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
. . . in the spiritual life you must practice. And the only way to practice is by trying to solve your… — Emmet Fox Copy Share Image
When we say 'hallowed be Your name' to God what we are really saying is 'Father, make us such as deserve knowledge… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Our spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, expecting that new things will happen to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“He must, therefore, be the model for everyone. He must be devoted entirely to the example of good living. He must be… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
...Be holy men and women! Do not forget that the fruits of the apostolate depend on the depth of the spiritual life,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Spirituality is not a formula; it is not a test. It is a relationship. Spirituality is not about competency; it is about… — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
In the spiritual life the easiest way to conquer ego is to offer gratitude to God for five minutes daily. If you… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
![“Whosoever will save his life shall lose it: And whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.’ [Matthew 16:25.]…He who is ‘The Way, the Truth and the Life’ [see John 14:6] has herein set forth an immutable law. …Specifically stated, this law is, ‘We live our lives most completely when we…” quote by David O. McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/david-o-mckay-2062_life_whosoever-will-save-his-life-shall-lose_1170210.jpg)
