--- title: "6 Spirituality Work Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 6 Spirituality Work quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Spirituality Work sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/greg-forster-40706_economic-system_whether-we-understand-work-spiritually-d_373901.jpg" --- > [“Whether we understand work spiritually depends in large part on whether we understand the economy spiritually. If we view the economy materialistically,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-forster/whether-we-understand-work-spiritually-depends-in-large-part-on/) [Greg Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-forster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/greg-forster-40706_economic-system_whether-we-understand-work-spiritually-d_373901.jpg) > [In Benedictine spirituality, work is what we do to continue what God wanted done…God goes on creating through us. Consequently a life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/in-benedictine-spirituality-work-is-what-we-do-to-continue-what-god/) [Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ed/joan-d-chittister-2635_creating_in-benedictine-spirituality-work-is-what_839620.png) > [The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded upon the spirituality of work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/the-contemporary-form-of-true-greatness-lies-in-a-civilization/) [Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/simone-weil-544_civilization_the-contemporary-form-of-true-greatness_1134030.jpg) > [The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/the-contemporary-form-of-true-greatness-lies-in-a-civilization-2/) [Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cb/simone-weil-544_civilization_the-contemporary-form-of-true-greatness_1869965.jpg) > [“To finally surrender ourselves to healing, we have to have three spaces opened up within us - and all at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/to-finally-surrender-ourselves-to-healing-we-have-to-have-three/) [Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/richard-rohr-618_closed-minded_to-finally-surrender-ourselves-to-healin_2428346.jpg) > [If you work on your creativity, you deepen your spirituality. And if you work on your spirituality, you deepen your creativity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/if-you-work-on-your-creativity-you-deepen-your-spirituality-and-if/) [Julia Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/julia-cameron-830_creativity_if-you-work-on-your-creativity-you-deepe_2595762.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/spirituality-work/#itemlist", "name": "Spirituality Work Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Whether we understand work spiritually depends in large part on whether we understand the economy spiritually. If we view the economy materialistically, thinking that economics is just about numbers on spreadsheets and arcane policy issues, we’ll tend to view work materialistically. On the other hand, if we have the vision to see that the economy is really a moral system, a vast web of human relationships where people exchange their work with one another, we’ll tend to see the spiritual dignity and meaning of our work. That’s why dramatic economic changes, like the ones we’re all going through right now, make people especially likely to despiritualize their work. At such times, the older economic systems and institutions that had embodied the spirituality of work for earlier generations become obsolete. We lose the sense that our work is part of a greater social whole that has dignity and purpose. 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That is the summary work of spirituality - and it is indeed work. Yes, it is also the work of “a Power greater than ourselves,” and it will lead to a great luminosity and depth of seeing. That is why true faith is one of the most holistic and free actions a human can perform. It leads to such broad and deep perception that most traditions would just call it “light.” Remember, Jesus said that we also are the light of the world (Matthew 5:14), as well as saying it about himself (John 8:12). Strange that we see light in him but do not imitate him in seeing the same light in ourselves. Such luminous seeing is quite the opposite of the closed-minded, dead-hearted, body-denying thing that much religion has been allowed to become. As you surely have heard before, “Religion is lived by people who are afraid of hell. 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