Inward Quotes

476 Inward quotes by 347 unique authors

Their task [creative artists], therefore, is to communicate directly from one inward world to another, in such a way that an actual shock of experience… — Joseph Campbell
A testimony is a conviction, a quiet inward certainty of the reality of the living God, of the divinity of His Beloved Son, of the… — Gordon B. Hinckley
To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief,… — Ramana Maharshi
You have discovered the spiritual universe. Many others have discovered this same world, but each must make the discovery for himself. You are going to… — Ernest Holmes
Adversity not only draws people together, but brings forth that beautiful inward friendship. — Soren Kierkegaard
When we want to know God's will, there are three things which always concur: the inward impulse, the Word of God and the trend of… — F B Meyer
No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves. — Frederick William Robertson
Anger can be borne - it can even be satisfying - if it can gather into words and explode in a storm, or a rapier-sharp… — Eva Hoffman
It takes courage and intelligence, you know, to do the stages of Yoga right, and to start with this Hatha Yoga… It’s just you and… — Bikram Choudhury
Prayer frees us to be controlled by God. To pray is to change. There is no greater liberating force in the Christian life than prayer.… — Richard J. Foster
That which is destroying the Church is not the outward groping of those within it nor the inward groping of those without, but the professionals… — William Faulkner
He knows well the evening star, and once when he awoke, in a most distressful mood (some inward pain had made up that strange thing,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The spirit is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out. — Margot Asquith
How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so much noise with… — Francois Fenelon
God is at the tip of our scalpels, our screwdrivers, our computer terminals, our dust rags, our vacuum cleaners, our pencils and pens. He is… — Sue Monk Kidd
[Raphael's] great superiority is due to the instinctive sense which, in him, seems to desire to shatter form. Form is, in his figures, what it… — Honore de Balzac
The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions. — William Lyon Phelps
I am pure light, not just a fistful of clay. The shell is not me, I came as the royal pearl within. Look at me… — Unknown Author
We are on a journey through the inward space of the heart, a journey not measured by the hours of our watch or the days… — Kallistos Ware
Take a few moments every day to sit in silence and turn your full awareness inward to connect with your Spirit. These moments of silence… — Sonia Choquette
In a sacred moment, when attention is pulled inward, rather than continuing in its usual outward direction, silence is realized. — Gangaji
I have a profound belief in the power of the Sacraments. I believe that in a Divine way the use of them teaches the teachable… — Roland Allen
As I contemplate the kind of future I want for children-my own and other people's-I believe we must look inward to God for guidance and… — Marian Wright Edelman
The letter kills the spirit. The written text is mute in the face of responding challenge. It does not admit of inward growth and correction.… — George Steiner
That inward eye/ Which is the bliss of solitude. — William Wordsworth

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