Acknowledge Quote by Bede Griffiths

The main theme of the Bible is the restoration of humanity and, through humanity, of the whole of creation to its original harmony.

— Bede Griffiths

Stillness within one individual can affect society beyond measure.

— Bede Griffiths

Above all we have to go beyond words and images and concepts. No imaginative vision or conceptual framework is adequate to the great reality.

— Bede Griffiths

Atheism and agnosticism signify the rejection of certain images and concepts of God or of truth, which are historically conditioned and therefore inadequate. Atheism…

— Bede Griffiths

“When we approach the Upanishads for an understanding of the Cosmic Mystery, we are coming to the very heart of the Hindu experience of…

— Bede Griffiths

“To enter deeply into meditation is to enter into the mystery of suffering love. It is to encounter the woundedness of our human nature.…

— Bede Griffiths

Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle…

— Bede Griffiths

I suddenly saw that all the time it was not I who had been seeking God, but God who had been seeking me. I…

— Bede Griffiths

“...Nobody know when he is going to die. It is no good simply putting it off all the time, as we tend to do.…

— Bede Griffiths

You must be ready to give up everything, not only material attachments but also human attachments - father, mother, wife, children - everything that…

— Bede Griffiths

...the need to overawe people and demand obedience from them is powerful and seductive. It is a part of that world that the kingdom…

— Bede Griffiths

This was the very purpose of creation that each unique, individual being should participate in its own way in the divine Being, should realize…

— Bede Griffiths