Conditioning Quote by Herb Elliott

“Poetry, music, forests, oceans, solitude—they were what developed enormous spiritual strength. I came to realize that spirit, as much or more than physical conditioning,…

— Christopher McDougall

Spiritual experiences and their results are not meant for the individual. They are for the evolution of the whole race.

— Andrew Cohen

From my mother came the idea that going down to the sea repaired the spirit. That is where she walked when she was sad…

— Robert MacNeil

I think spiritualism, mesmerism, the mental healing movement, provided some people with the most meaningful experiences of their lives.

— Mitch Horowitz

When I came to the West, I realized there was much hunger for spiritual teachings, but no environment for spirituality.

— Sogyal Rinpoche

It had become clear to me, in a flash of illumination, that for me the only possible goal was psychiatry. Here alone the two…

— Carl Jung

We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.

— Erica Jong

“We are among the first peoples in human history who do not broadly inherit religious identity as a given, a matter of kin and…

— Krista Tippett

Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the…

— Isaac Hayes

The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life.

— Albert Schweitzer

For centuries, the mystics of spirit had existed by running a protection racket - by making life on earth unbearable, then charging you for…

— Ayn Rand

Spiritual beings, either from the beginning or soon thereafter, become what they are to be for ever and ever.

— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola