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Spiritual Quotes by Pema Chodron
- We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience and Infinite love is the only truth; everything…
- When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to. We feel we're supposed to…
- There isn't anything except your own life that can be used as ground for your spiritual practice. Spiritual practice is your life, twenty-four hours a…
- The spiritual journey involves going beyond hope and fear, stepping into unknown territory, continually moving forward. The most important aspect of being on the spiritual…
- Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better person. It is…
- To stay with that shakiness-to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness and wanting to get revenge-that is…
- Sticking with uncertainty is how we learn to relax in the midst of chaos, how we learn to be cool when the ground beneath us…
- We can stop struggling with what occurs and see its true face without calling it the enemy. It helps to remember that our spiritual practice…
- There's nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
- The most important aspect of being on a spiritual path may be to just keep moving.
- Constantly apply cheerfulness, if for no other reason than because you are on this spiritual path. Have a sense of gratitude to everything, even difficult…
- Most spiritual experiences begin with suffering. They begin with groundlessness. They begin when the rug has been pulled out from under us.
- Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.
- The best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, 'I wonder what's going to happen today.' And then carry that…
- Sometimes people's spiritual ideas become fixed and they use them against those who don't share their beliefs - in effect, becoming fundamentalist. It's very dangerous…
- My experience with forgiveness is that it sort of comes spontaneously at a certain point and to try to force it it's not really forgiveness.…
- It isn't the things that happen to us in our lives that cause us to suffer, it's how we relate to the things that happen…
- Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
More Spiritual Quotes
- The soul never thinks without a picture. — Aristotle
- In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
- Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. — Saint Augustine
- The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted. — Saint Augustine
- The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race. — Sri Aurobindo
- India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not… — Sri Aurobindo
- I've always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic. — Dan Aykroyd
- Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles,… — Sai Baba
- Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man… — Sai Baba
- The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. — Richard Bach