Spirituality Quotes · Page 414

Religion is, in fact, the dominion of the soul; it is the hope, the anchor of safety, the deliverance from evil. What…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Here the ways of men divide. If you wish to strive for peace of soul and happiness, then believe; if you wish…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

As you gain elevation [on the mountain] your IQ goes down - but your emotional affect goes up, which is great for…

— Anonymous

“But I do think that when we choose the easy path, where people or society reward us for being what they want…

— Bill Konigsberg

Christ is the door that opens into God's presence and lets the soul into His very bosom, faith is the key that…

— William Gurnall

Where you just possessed?" Cookie asked after a long moment, awe softening her voice. "'Cause let me tell you, sweetheart, if that…

— Darynda Jones

Dear Lord...shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in…

— John Henry Newman

“Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life? While the soul, after all, is only a window, and…

— Mary Oliver

“To hold her, to keep her -- just as she was -- with her cruelty, with her vulgarity, with her blinding blue…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“A rural Venus, Selah rises from the gold foliage of the Sixhiboux River, sweeps petals of water from her skin. At once,…

— George Elliott Clarke

With us the inner nature accords with the outer expectation. The body follows the mind, and the mind seeks the soul, which…

— Sheri S. Tepper

Christianity is not a "spiritual" religion, like some religions of the east. It is an intensely "practical" religion, having its moral roots…

— Sydney J. Harris

I had, never been, A writer. My words, My thoughts, My feelings, Had always flowed, From my lips. And yet now, They…

— Eric Nickel

“We are here in a wood of little beeches: And the leaves are like black lace Against a sky of nacre. One…

— Frederic Manning

“Living the awake life requires trusting God, listening to His still small voice and acting in spite of fear. When I awake…

— Pam Malow-Isham

“But we, with our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we! The glory about us clinging Of the glorious futures we see,…

— Arthur O'Shaughnessy

Mercy without boasting, Gifts without terms, Goodness without anger, Forgive without reason, Any given time, I do my best to strive, In…

— Anonymous

What one great idea resonates deeper in the soul than any other...that we are free to choose. Next to life itself, the…

— Stephen Covey

No writing on the solitary, meditative dimensions of life can say anything that has not already been said better by the wind…

— Thomas Merton

Only humans are judgmental, and because you are, you assume that I must be. Yet I am not, and that is the…

— Neale Donald Walsch

The sun penetrates crystal and makes it more dazzling. In the same way, the sanctifying Spirit indwells in souls and makes them…

— Saint Basil

My Body, My Soul and I. My body is mine, but my body is not me, My body is an expression of…

— Ian Gardner

“I suppose I'm what they call a decadent, one whose spirit is outwardly defined by those sad glimmers of artificial eccentricity that…

— Fernando Pessoa

When God wants to make a mushroom, he does it overnight, but when He wants to make a giant oak, He takes…

— Rick Warren

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is…

— Victor Hugo

“My soul, praise •Yahweh,and all that is within me, praise His holy name. 2 My soul, praise the Lord,and do not forget…

— Ted Cabal

“We have no use for gods, holy books, heaven, hell, souls, salvations, sin, prayer, creed, doctrine or dogma, as these things are…

— Al Stefanelli

“The more you are willing to just let the world be something you’re aware of, the more it will let you be…

— Michael A. Singer

We come to this book because something is missing in our souls. This book will take you through the steps that you…

— Ruben Papian

“Quitting a job can be like an exorcism where you cast out a demon. The demon is the foreign spirit who occupies…

— Bryant McGill

“God is all that exists. Every stone, flower, tree, animal and human being are on a spiritual journey to recognize their true…

— Swami Dhyan Giten

Music, when turned to a good account, is a blessing. When abused, it leads the unconsecrated to pride, vanity, and folly, and…

— Ellen G. White

The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ.

— Karen Armstrong

“So much of the New Age is not spirituality as change, but spirituality as escapism. It is suppressing and diverting the awakening,…

— David Icke

“As I see my soul reflected in Nature, As I see through a mist, One with inexpressible completeness, sanity, beauty, See the…

— Walt Whitman

Whether we get to avoid pain and suffering or we must persevere in the midst of it, our deliverance comes when we're…

— Beth Moore

The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie…

— Joseph Joubert

St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make…

— Alan Paton

“We lose, again and again, the present moment — which is not a poetic concept but the literal location of everything that…

— Ayisha Bhatti

My eyes are blind without your eyes to see, Like a rose without color. My soul is shattered without your arms to…

— Butterfly_Kisses