--- title: "9 Spiritual Principle Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Spiritual Principle quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Spiritual Principle sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/william-ames-19586_christ_the-passive-receiving-of-christ-is-the-p_1854271.jpg" --- > [The passive receiving of Christ is the process by which a spiritual principle of grace is generated in the will of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ames/the-passive-receiving-of-christ-is-the-process-by-which-a-spiritual/) [William Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ames/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/william-ames-19586_christ_the-passive-receiving-of-christ-is-the-p_1854271.jpg) > [“This leads us to an important spiritual principle for growth: comeback leaders know that our Lord considers commitment to Him and His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-stetzer/this-leads-us-to-an-important-spiritual-principle-for-growth-comeback/) [Ed Stetzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-stetzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/ed-stetzer-22825_growing-spiritually_this-leads-us-to-an-important-spiritual_2752599.jpg) > [A nation has a soul, a spiritual principle. One is in the past, the other in the present. One is the possession…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-renan/a-nation-has-a-soul-a-spiritual-principle-one-is-in-the-past-the/) [Ernest Renan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-renan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/ernest-renan-11034_common_a-nation-has-a-soul-a-spiritual-principl_1793513.jpg) > [I don't think of spiritual principle as a struggle. I think of life lived without spiritual principles as a struggle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/i-don-t-think-of-spiritual-principle-as-a-struggle-i-think-of-life/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca0/marianne-williamson-90_catholic_i-don-t-think-of-spiritual-principle-as_932541.png) > [No education deserves the name unless it develops thought, unless it pierces down to the mysterious spiritual principle of mind, and starts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-percy-whipple/no-education-deserves-the-name-unless-it-develops-thought-unless-it/) [Edwin Percy Whipple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-percy-whipple/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/edwin-percy-whipple-8845_activity_no-education-deserves-the-name-unless-it_1245019.jpg) > [To me, that's the important issue about spiritual principle: that you recognize it as both that which saves you from the self-sabotaging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/to-me-that-s-the-important-issue-about-spiritual-principle-that-you/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/marianne-williamson-90_disaster_to-me-that-s-the-important-issue-about-s_492571.png) > [Try not to be concerned with it. It's a spiritual thing. Don't look for the results, don't live in the payoff. Live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-hopkins/try-not-to-be-concerned-with-it-it-s-a-spiritual-thing-don-t-look-for/) [Anthony Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-hopkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/anthony-hopkins-1334_care_try-not-to-be-concerned-with-it-it-s-a-s_3117318.png) > [Soul-the spiritual principle, the creative spark of God-cannot work if you panic. Anxiety shuts down the creative centers. When you can't think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-klemp/soul-the-spiritual-principle-the-creative-spark-of-god-cannot-work-if/) [Harold Klemp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-klemp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/harold-klemp-4722_anxiety_soul-the-spiritual-principle-the-creativ_1428321.png) > [What will solve our problems is a specific set of ideas built on bedrock principles that made America the greatest nation to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/what-will-solve-our-problems-is-a-specific-set-of-ideas-built-on/) [Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/marco-rubio-355_challenges_what-will-solve-our-problems-is-a-specif_2831867.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/spiritual-principle/#itemlist", "name": "Spiritual Principle Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The passive receiving of Christ is the process by which a spiritual principle of grace is generated in the will of man.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Ames" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ames/the-passive-receiving-of-christ-is-the-process-by-which-a-spiritual/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/william-ames-19586_christ_the-passive-receiving-of-christ-is-the-p_1854271.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/william-ames-19586_christ_the-passive-receiving-of-christ-is-the-p_1854271.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/william-ames-19586_christ_the-passive-receiving-of-christ-is-the-p_1854271.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The passive receiving of Christ is the process by which a spiritual principle of grace is generated in the…” — William Ames", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This leads us to an important spiritual principle for growth: comeback leaders know that our Lord considers commitment to Him and His desires an indispensable ingredient to growing spiritually and numerically.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ed Stetzer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-stetzer/this-leads-us-to-an-important-spiritual-principle-for-growth-comeback/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/ed-stetzer-22825_growing-spiritually_this-leads-us-to-an-important-spiritual_2752599.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/ed-stetzer-22825_growing-spiritually_this-leads-us-to-an-important-spiritual_2752599.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/ed-stetzer-22825_growing-spiritually_this-leads-us-to-an-important-spiritual_2752599.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This leads us to an important spiritual principle for growth: comeback leaders know that our Lord considers…” — Ed Stetzer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A nation has a soul, a spiritual principle. 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