Spirituality Quotes
Spirituality is rooted in desire. We long for something we can neither name nor describe, but which is no less real because of our inability to capture it with words.
There is a universal urge to rethink our spirituality in order to give us a new sense of security.
Religion is the rules, regulations, ceremonies and rituals developed by man to create conformity and uniformity in the approach to God. Spirituality is God's call in your soul.
If you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety or fear.
Tantra means the avoidance of a set or defined form of spirituality. Tantra is intuitive self-discovery.
The 2 extremes, neither one worse than the other: the result of bad religion is self-loathing and violence; the result of bad spirituality is self-worship and narcissism.
No circumstances can ever make or mar the unfolding of the spiritual life. Spirituality does not depend upon the environment; it depends upon one's attitude towards life.
Every characteristic absence of spirituality, every piece of common vulgarity, is due to an inability to resist a stimulus - you have to react, you follow every impulse.
We...believe that art is religious, because it is one of man's highest aspirations. There is no such thing as pagan art, only good and bad art.
Molecules dissolve and pass away, but consciousness survives the death of the matter on which it rides.
You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things.
It was deeply a part of Lee's kindness and understanding that man's right to kill himself is inviolable, but sometimes a friend can make it unnecessary
I swear the earth shall surely be complete to him or her who shall be complete, The earth remains jagged and broken only to him or her who remains jagged and broken.
The same faint song is heard in everything: "Behold yourself".
Nature reflects the moods of the wizard.
It's time to launch yourself into that bigger life using your full capacities and with the light of our spirit shining brightly.
With what dread and apprehension we entrust important jobs into the hands of others. Imagine the love of a needless God who is willing to want our work.
These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief.
We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him.
Thoughts, words, emotions & deeds not coming from love are likely coming from fear.
The purpose of life is soul growth. We are here to become transcendent and to become one with God. There is no more to life than this. In other words, we are here to love.
All unrest is but the struggle of the soul to reassure herself of her inborn immortality.
The reality of loving God is loving him like he's a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff.
Do not wait and hope to be discovered...make yourself so you cannot be denied!
Any methodology for developing patience requires a multi-tiered approach.
One of the Christian's biggest fears is appearing 'too Christian'. God forbid, because that's often characterized as god-awful! We want to be one, but without being 'one of them'.
I can almost picture the disciples faces. "No, not the drink-my-blood speech! We'll never get on the list of fastest-growing movements if you keep asking them to eat you!
the real mission you have in life is to make yourself happy, and in order to be happy, you have to look at what you believe, the way you judge yourself, the way you victimize yourself
Evolve your understanding of success from the outer realm of control, materialism, and ego, to the inner realm of surrender, spirituality, and compassion.
If you have a good idea, use it so that you will not only accomplish something, but so that you can make room for new ones to flow into you.
When angels speak of love they tell us it is only by loving that we enter an earthly paradise. They tell us paradise is our home and love our true destiny.
To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.
If you ever want to see how small you are in the plan of God, just stand at the edge of an ocean.
Without true celebration discipline is obnoxious.
I'd rather be single, happy, and lonely sometimes than married, lonely, and happy sometimes.
Until we look from the bottom up we have nothing.
You have an inner prosperity guide: your intuition. When you begin to pay attention to it, it will lead you to this truth - Abundance is your birthright.
Paradise is a state of being, more than just the name of a suburb or a home.
Even the juncture in history and the zeitgeist we live in is something we choose, setting the scene for the spiritual fodder we need to grow and achieve deeper elevation of our souls.
And why are we supposed to be serious about God? Did God show up and crack the whip? “You there, Annie in Ohio, I see you laughing a lot and frankly it really pisses Me off . . . “ (50)
The way to create more joy in your life is by having an attitude of abundance.
when the need is in the mind, you cannot satisfy the need
Love demands freedom. It always has, and it always will. We are free to resist, reject, and rebel against God's ways for us. We can have all the hell we want.
What we choose to embrace, to be responsive to, is the purest reflection of who we are and what we love.