--- title: "9 Spiritual Question Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 9 Spiritual Question quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Spiritual Question sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/cassandra-clare-9_bedroom_what-are-you-doing-here-anyway-here-as-i_2720861.jpg" --- > [What are you doing here anyway?" "'Here' as in your bedroom or 'here' as in the great spiritual question of our purpose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/what-are-you-doing-here-anyway-here-as-in-your-bedroom-or-here-as-in-2/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/cassandra-clare-9_bedroom_what-are-you-doing-here-anyway-here-as-i_2720861.jpg) > [In silence a question has great power, because in silence a question will always lead you deeper into your experience. If there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/in-silence-a-question-has-great-power-because-in-silence-a-question/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/adyashanti-1169_deeper_in-silence-a-question-has-great-power-be_2864421.jpg) > [There are essentially two questions in life - a spiritual question and a material question. The spiritual question is 'Who am I?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rasheed-ogunlaru/there-are-essentially-two-questions-in-life-a-spiritual-question-and/) [Rasheed Ogunlaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rasheed-ogunlaru/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e17/rasheed-ogunlaru-1936_life_there-are-essentially-two-questions-in-l_3106163.png) > [What are you doing here anyway?" "'Here' as in your bedroom or 'here' as in the great spiritual question of our purpose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/what-are-you-doing-here-anyway-here-as-in-your-bedroom-or-here-as-in/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/cassandra-clare-9_bedroom_what-are-you-doing-here-anyway-here-as-i_1617466.jpg) > [The question of bread for myself is a material question, but the question of bread for my neighbor is a spiritual question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/the-question-of-bread-for-myself-is-a-material-question-but-the-2/) [Nikolai Berdyaev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikolai-berdyaev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a4/nikolai-berdyaev-11501_bread_the-question-of-bread-for-myself-is-a-ma_567290.png) > [Clary: What are you doing here, anyway? Jace: 'Here' as in your bedroom or 'here' as in the great spiritual question of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/clary-what-are-you-doing-here-anyway-jace-here-as-in-your-bedroom-or/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4b/cassandra-clare-9_age_clary-what-are-you-doing-here-anyway-jac_2209224.jpg) > [“Why are you here?" "'Here' as in your bedroom, or 'here' as in the great, spiritual question of our purpose here on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/why-are-you-here-here-as-in-your-bedroom-or-here-as-in-the-great/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/cassandra-clare-9_eloquence_why-are-you-here-here-as-in-your-bedroom_1873158.jpg) > [Compassion- which means, literally, "to suffer with"- is the way to the truth that we are most ourselves, not when we differ…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/compassion-which-means-literally-to-suffer-with-is-the-way-to-the/) [Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/henri-nouwen-600_common_compassion-which-means-literally-to-suff_3214172.jpg) > [“Let me end this chapter with an encouraging story. A young man found his way up to the small apartment of Nisargadatta,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/let-me-end-this-chapter-with-an-encouraging-story-a-young-man-found/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/jack-kornfield-936_hinduism_let-me-end-this-chapter-with-an-encourag_3030409.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/spiritual-question/#itemlist", "name": "Spiritual Question Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What are you doing here anyway?\" \"'Here' as in your bedroom or 'here' as in the great spiritual question of our purpose here on this planet?\" -Clary & Jace, pg.306-", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cassandra Clare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/what-are-you-doing-here-anyway-here-as-in-your-bedroom-or-here-as-in-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/cassandra-clare-9_bedroom_what-are-you-doing-here-anyway-here-as-i_2720861.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/cassandra-clare-9_bedroom_what-are-you-doing-here-anyway-here-as-i_2720861.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/cassandra-clare-9_bedroom_what-are-you-doing-here-anyway-here-as-i_2720861.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What are you doing here anyway?\" \"'Here' as in your bedroom or 'here' as in the great spiritual question of…” — Cassandra Clare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In silence a question has great power, because in silence a question will always lead you deeper into your experience. 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