Spirituality Quotes · Page 443

“When you enter a relationship, ask yourself: Will I be prisoner to an idol by seeing the body, or free in relationship…

— Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D

“dwelling. A soul built up in God will think, act and bear fruit after God. The natural man or the Christian, who…

— Ana Mendez Ferrell

Always keep your faith in God no matter how low you are brought, how bad things may get..God is with you..he hears…

— Nishan Panwar

Every formed disposition of the soul realizes its full nature in relation to and dealing with that class of objects by which…

— Aristotle

“The dawns I have felt in my soul testify that I am known by the Giver of light. To walk forward, I…

— Anasazi Foundation

Working on 'Beyond,' I try to give an explanation to death that's different from the explanation religions have to give. So I…

— David Cage

Thirsting desires and longings possessed my soul after perfect holiness. God was so precious to my soul that the world with all…

— David Brainerd

I know career motivation and encouragement up the ladder of success have their place in the world. But I don't want them…

— Maggie Rowe

Within the framework of the Buddhist Path, reflecting on suffering has tremendous importance because -realizing the nature of suffering, you will develop…

— Dalai Lama

“Looking back over my own life I here declare without apology that it is the study of God's Word, year after year,…

— W. Phillip Keller

There is (gentle reader) nothing (the works of God only set apart) which so much beautifies and adorns the soul and mind…

— John Dee

Henceforth it will be the task of this Sacred Congregation not only to examine carefully the books denounced to it, to prohibit…

— Pope Pius XII

“No, I'd better not speak of it. It's a secret for me alone, of vital importance for me, and not to be…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Not all souls are the same. Some rivers flow quietly between their banks; others overflow. There exist choice souls, whose love of…

— Richard Wurmbrand

My whole artistic life has been devoted to battling myself and my ability to externalize my deepest emotions. As I have gotten…

— Joyce Tenneson

The married man and the mother of a Christian family, if they are faithful to their obligations, will fulfill a mission that…

— Thomas Merton

“And fight them until there is no persecution, religion is only for Allah. But if they desist, then there should be no…

— Compton Gage

“...we can choose to be truthful even when the choice means personal loss. We can choose to undertake a great action -…

— Ilchi Lee

Though man or angel judge my life and read it like an open scroll, And weigh my heart, I have judge more…

— Ridgely Torrence

“Jesus is compelling in the way the discovery of the stars or the experience of a one-of-a-kind romance is compelling. His presence…

— Michael Spencer

“Purusharth (effort) is in the form of planning (cause), whereas prarabdh (unfolding of past life karma) is that which materializes as an…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Take your thoughts off. The invading thoughts you have. Push them aside. See your future in a bright way. Don't struggle with…

— Sandra Harner

A man may be the greatest philosopher in the world but a child in RELIGION. When a man has developed a high…

— Swami Vivekananda

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by…

— Henry Fielding

“The feeling was less like chemical intoxication than being drunk on life. Spinning round and round, he experienced absolute bliss— unadulterated and…

— Sol Luckman

The universe is large and we are tiny, without the need for further religious superstructure. One can have so-called spiritual moments without…

— Anonymous

“Recognizing the connection to All Things, even in creepy moments, keeps me true to my animistic perspective. Finding growth from them is…

— S. Kelley Harrell

“Do not meddle with Gnani’s words. To do so carries grave liability. If just one word is absorbed and ‘digested’, it will…

— Dada Bhagwan

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other -…

— George Eliot

“Human Beings cannot see their own mistake unless Gnani Purush (the enlightened one) shows him. This isn’t the only mistake. One is…

— Dada Bhagwan

We have a demon, we have an angel inside, within our souls, and you just play with it, and sometimes the evil…

— Demian Bichir

Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“We can be safe and live with other defined truths exemplified by a capital “T” or we can change and with our…

— David W. Earle LPC

“Such as you are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for your soul is dyed through…

— Marcus Aurelius

“The road to the heart is not a long, linear path, but this turning. There is no race or competition, just me…

— Anna White

“Most of the time our inner voice tries to guide us to ‘Truth’ but we, out of our own vested interests, wish…

— Kapil Kumar Bhaskar

“There is no greater test of spirituality than prayer. The man who tries to pray quickly discovers just where he stands in…

— Unknown Christian

“You know, my dear child, that one cannot find peace in work or in pleausre, in the world or in a convent,…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Let Ra grant to me a view of the Disk (the Sun), and a sight of Ah (the Moon) unfailingly each day.…

— Raymond O. Faulkner

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give…

— John Muir