What Is Spirituality Quotes

The ghost is the outward and visible signs of an inward fear.

Spirituality does not lie in meditating on the body of an ex-master. Spirituality exists in mediating on your own inner body.

I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.

Ascetic spirituality is a symptom of the very disease which it intends to cure.

Only humans are judgmental, and because you are, you assume that I must be. Yet I am not, and that is the great truth you cannot accept.

I was unwilling to - without getting too philosophical about it - I was unwilling to structure my spirituality in the way that the church wanted me to structure it.

You can read books without ever stepping into a library; and practice spirituality without ever going to a temple.

Spirituality for me is the sum total of all the acts of my day.

Most of the myths that we carry about spirituality are because we have been dominated by this hyper-masculine trance.

You don't need spirituality to discover the troubles that come your way. But, it's good to know that troubles are not unique to you alone.

A lot of people over the years have been doing yoga and I think even more these days are expressing an interest in it. So there are a lot of manifestations of spirituality here in town.

Spirituality and spiritual life give us the strength to love.

People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, 'cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.

After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he's been through is the reason why.

I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness.

Maintaining spirituality and humanism are the keys to success. Its a balance.

It was easier to deal with poverty and death in India that the lack of spirituality in America.

Spirituality for me is recognizing that I am connected to the energy of all creation, that I am a part of it and it is always a part of me.

Religion is not something I like to talk about publicly. One reason is the politics, but also I think spirituality is deeply personal.

I think therapeutic spirituality has largely been a help in the modern world. So the fact that people can approach religion with practical needs.

If Spirituality is that you're humble in the face of forces greater than you and you believe those forces are more inclined toward being good than being bad, then I'm a spiritual person.

Spirituality on the other hand, is a chosen path of developing intimate relationships with God. It's chosen, it's nurtured, and it's optional.

Spirituality has played an amazing part. Its been paramount in my life.

I love artists who have spirituality. Jonathan Coulton is the man, I love his melodies and lyrics. Chap-hop is the bomb!

Spiritual life is contractual.

The diverse religions and races bring beauty to the world if we truly understand in our hearts the essence of who we are and what we stand for. And that really is the essence of spirituality.

Suffering is part and parcel of the human condition, but suffering can either embitter or ennoble us. It can ennoble us and become a spirituality of transformation when we find meaning in it.

Pay attention to the timeless core of your being.

Yield all and trust all.

The spirituality of the earth is an invitation to initiation, to the death of what we have been and the birth of something new

My favorite: Spirituality is a domain of awareness.

This watchfulness, this witnessing is the ultimate secret of creating a religious life, of creating a life of transcendence, a life of spirituality, of enlightenment, of buddhahood.

That I am not my experiences is very obvious. I am the one who is having those experiences. Spirituality has nothing to do with experience.

in my opinion, the Divine is revealed to all men once at least in their lives.

Adults are the first and foremost teachers of love, peace, truth, tolerance, happiness and spirituality to their children. No school on Earth can ever replace them.

Spirituality is a kind of virgin wisdom, a knowing that comes prior to experience.

I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality.

Human society is a ceaseless growth, and unfoldment in terms of spirituality.

If there is a time of judgment, instead of theological or institutional litmus tests, the only question asked about our life and spirituality will be "Did you love with abandonment?"

In the emerging culture, darkness represents spirituality. We see this in Buddhist temples, as well as Catholic and orthodox churches. Darkness indicates that something serious is happening.

What is faith if it is not translated into action?

Never let the sun go down upon your anger.

But I already saw no great difference between the psyche and spirituality. To amass knowledge without becoming wise is not my idea of progress in therapy.

Religion is a set of social and political institutions and spirituality is a private pursuit which may or may not take place in a church setting.

I believe deeply that we must find, all of us together, a new spirituality.

Spirituality in Washington can be more of a - I don't want to say it - but, a networking opportunity. Religion is often used opportunistically in the political conversation.

Talking about spirituality is like talking about new love - it always sounds kooky to those who aren't experiencing it.

The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.

People do not always take responsibility for their own spirituality and their own spiritual relationship with God.

Spirituality actually must be above politics. Or some other sort of business.