Spiritual Quotes

By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.

When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden.

Compassion is the awareness of a deep bond between yourself and all creatures.

In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.

To me, growing into spiritual maturity is becoming less self-conscious and more God-conscious.

I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.

"What are you doing here anyway?" "'Here' as in your bedroom or 'here' as in the great spiritual question of our purpose here on this planet?"

The pas has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that.

Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next.

The universe is a single atom: the convergence of science and spirituality.

Yoga in Mayfair or Fifth Avenue, or in any other place which is on the telephone, is a spiritual fake.

Food to a large extent is what holds a society together, and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.

All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion.

A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.

The Gita is like a bouquet composed of the beautiful flowers of spiritual truths collected from the Upanishads.

Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.

Spiritual pride is the most dangerous and the most arrogant of all sorts of pride.

Tolerate nothing in your life that might diminish your hunger for Gods word. Apply it w vigor & spiritual energy!

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.

Be very very still and allow every new experience to take place in your life without any resistance whatsoever. You do not have to do anything, you simply have to be and let things happen.

Disease is in essence the result of conflict between Soul and Mind, and will never be eradicated except by spiritual and mental effort.

If you lose touch with nature you lose touch with humanity.

I am perceiving everyone, including myself, as an awakening being who is here to claim his or her birthright to the higher consciousness planes of unconditional love and oneness.

Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise, they are irrelevant.

Good is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced.

Grace is not something for which I must look in my heart. It is in the heart of God.

A sign of a culture that has lost its faith - Moral collapse follows upon spiritual collapse.

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.

Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles.

Confidence without clarity is always a disaster.

Either give me more wine or leave me alone.

Don't wait for the right conditions. All you need for your growth is available to you in this moment

Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.

There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.

He who has a pure heart will never cease to pray; and he who will be constant in prayer, shall know what it is to have a pure heart.

One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts.

At the very center of our culture is a crucified man, a tortured man hanging on a cross of wood. You have an image of violence at the very center of our spiritual investigation.

If you knew the immensity of what it means to be human, you would not talk about God or Heaven.

Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.

Don't pole-vault over mouse turds.

The less the head, the more the wound will heal. No head there is no wound. Live a headless life. Move as a total being, and accept things.

Giving is an essential for spiritual unfoldment, for until we give and give abundantly, we don't really realize that we are not the giver; we are just a channel for giving.

Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world.

There is a loneliness more precious than life. There is a freedom more precious than the world. Infinitely more precious than life and the world is that moment when one is alone with God.

Each superfluous line, each wrongly placed line, any color placed without veneration or care, can spoil everything, that is, the spiritual.

What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.

It is this spiritual freedom - which cannot be taken away - that makes life meaningful and purposeful.