Worldly Quotes
379 Worldly quotes by 287 unique authors
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"Spirituality" in business sounds lofty. How practical is it? The answer is "very." There's a fundamental way in which Spirit and consciousness contribute to worldly…
— Patricia Aburdene
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It is impossible that this gnosis resulting in the heart should be achieved by man for any other purpose than to obey God, love Him,…
— Ibn Ata Allah
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Our families may be corrupted by worldly trends and teachings unless we know how to use the [Book of Mormon] to expose and combat the…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Education has two aspects; the first is related to external and worldly education, which is nothing but acquiring bookish knowledge. In the modern world, we…
— Sathya Sai Baba
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If you would reflect well and wisely, you would realize that those events you regard as personal misfortunes have served a useful purpose even in…
— Christine de Pizan
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The dangers of apparent self-sufficiency explain why Our Lord regards the vices of the feckless and dissipated so much more leniently than the vices that…
— C.S. Lewis
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It may be said that myths give to the transcendent reality an immanent, this-worldly objectivity. Myths speak about gods and demons as powers on which…
— Rudolf Bultmann
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We desperately need seers who can see through the mist- Christian leaders with prophetic vision. Unless they come soon it will be too late for…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Prayers are designed to raise God-consciousness five times a day, throughout one's life. Prayers also provide regular exercise - like yoga or Tai Chi or…
— Haroon Siddiqui
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Truth can hardly be expected to adapt herself to the crooked policy and wily sinuosities of worldly affairs; for truth, like light, travels only in…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Success is not rightly measured by the worldly standards of wealth, prestige and power. None of these bestow happiness unless they are rightly used. To…
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
— John Maynard Keynes
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Maybe that is why there are not a whole lot of problems between the church and worldly culture today, because we are not confronting the…
— Paul Washer
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The true Christian regards all Christ's friends as his friends, members of the same body, children of the same family, soldiers in the same army,…
— J C Ryle
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It is impossible for any Christian who spends the bulk of his evenings, month after month, week upon week, day in and day out watching…
— R. Kent Hughes
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A sacred pride should grip us of not being satisfied with the mediocre but to strive (for we can do it, if we want to)…
— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
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I took the route favoured by all worldly failures and became a spiritual success.
— Howard Jacobson
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The cords of passion and desire weave a binding net around you. Worldly confrontation makes you stiff and inflexible. The trap of duality is tenacious.…
— Laozi
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The worldly fountain does not breed spiritual depth.
— Stephen Covey
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No wizard has ever made himself useful by magic, or, if they've tried, they've only made matters worse. No wizard ever stopped a war or…
— Kelly Link
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