the desire to enforce our own moral and spiritual criteria upon posterity is quite as strong as the desire to enforce them… — Suzanne La Follette Copy Share Image
When you demand nothing of the world, nor of God, when you want nothing, seek nothing, expect nothing, then the supreme state… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
“To object/protest (vandha), create difficulties (vachka), and wrong beliefs (agnan) – these three are the reasons the world’s delusion remains. It is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Too often, contemning the external order as unspiritual, [the Puritan] has made it, and ultimately himself, less spiritual by reason of his… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
The inner cry is a very good way to meditate. As you're sitting there in meditation, just cry inwardly to God, to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Embracing our environment is a good direction, a very spiritual direction. It's too Aristotelian to separate man from the animals and man;… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
“We believe that this is ‘our’ home and ‘our’ family. No, it is a ‘shop’ for us to settle our karmas. It… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“He knows all my thoughts. He knows all I’ve ever done and He loves me all the same. What is our purpose,… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
The plants that produce visions can function- for those of us who have inherited the New World Order of barren materialism, cut… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
Traditional spirituality often made pleasure, joy, good feelings. the things to overcome. It said you couldn't just indulge in your desires; that… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
“We have become disconnected from our true selves, and naturally, this has produced a deep sense of lack in our lives, causing… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
The Spiritual Disciplines are things that we do. We must never lose sight of this fact. It is one thing to talk… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“When you weep, Jesus weeps with you. And together you enter into the dance of tears. The dance of tears with Jesus… — Catherine Martin Copy Share Image
Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; friendships formed… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
You exist in time, but you belong to eternity- You are a penetration of eternity into the world of time-You are deathless,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The development of our spiritual nature should concern us most. Spirituality is the highest acquisition of the soul, the divine in man;… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“For all its God language, the Twelve Step program isn’t actually an attempt at religious conversion. Really, it just tries to bring… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
What I'm asking you to entertain is that there is nothing we need to believe on insufficient evidence in order to have… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Beauty matters. It is not just a subjective thing but a universal need of human beings. If we ignore this need we… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
God not only loves me as I am, but also knows me as I am. Because of this I don't need to… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
When we are face to face with truth, the point of view of Krishna, Buddha, Christ, or any other Prophet, is the… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
“vital role of the imagination in spiritual formation is to help a young person make meaningful connections between the church, the world,… — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
Without Easter, Good Friday would have no meaning. Without Easter, there would be no hope that suffering and abandonment might be tolerable.… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
We cannot make up for failure in our devotional life by redoubling energy in service. We shall never take people beyond our… — William Griffith Thomas Copy Share Image
The real spiritual journey is work. You can make a naïve assertion that you trust in Jesus, but until it is tested… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
You must have failed deeply on some level or experienced some deep loss or pain to be drawn to the spiritual dimension.… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“When one has no selfish-interest for his own self and for his relatives, and when all his tendencies are flowing towards [benefiting]… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Religion is about experiencing, not believing; spiritual realities are either personally experienced, or not (yet). The word religion says it very well… — Arne Klingenberg Copy Share Image
“Eating, drinking, arising, awaking are all dharma (functions) of the body. One has not come within atmadharma (religion of the Soul) even… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I like the monastic life... in the prayer and the praising... this has charged me with new energy, spiritual energy. This is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once you realize that the way you exist right now is not enough, that there is something more, your spiritual process has… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
“Disturbing anything [situation] results in damage. To improve, you do not need to disturb anything that is natural and has turned bad.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
My boat strikes something deep. At first sounds of silence, waves. Nothing has happened; Or perhaps everything has happened. and I am… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Growth follows knowledge; action follows inspiration; opportunity follows perception; always the spiritual first, then the transformation into the infinite and illimitable possibilities… — Charles F. Haanel Copy Share Image
“Even the slightest criticism of others is an impediment (hindrance) to Absolute Knowledge (Kevalgnan, Absolute Enlightenment). It also hinders Atmagnan (Knowledge of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Living on purpose is a lifestyle, a way of being and a lifelong spiritual practice that will refine your Soul. This isn't… — Mastin Kipp Copy Share Image
“Do not try to improve anyone, but try and improve your own self. Even the Tirthankars (Omniscients) had not done egoism of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“If for one time, one worries and becomes restless, God says that he does not care about me, he takes the worries… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“This is a scientific way to understand God, and religion (dharma) pushes sins & wrong doings (adharma) away. When can that adharma… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Cross-country running was so beautiful with all the trails and the lake regions ... very physical and also a bit spiritual, where… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image