Quotes About Journeys

They share a lot, astronomy and childhood. Both are voyages across huge distances. Both search for facts beyond their grasp. Both theorize wildly and let possibilities multiply without limits. Both are humbled every few weeks. Both operate out of ignorance. Both are mystified by time. Both are forever starting out.

But in this book, I use "prayer" as the umbrella word for any interior journeys or practices that allow you to experience faith, hope, and love within yourself.

When you put the Gospels in someone's life who hasn't walked any journeys yet, who hasn't lost, suffered, longed, and thirsted for anything, they will use it for power - I promise you. For personal power, reputational power, economic power, because that's where the ego always goes. We will use God for our own purposes which is the ultimate idolatry. But if you have made the journey into powerless somehow, I will be happy to put the gospel in your hands.

Journeys end in lovers meeting,Every wise man's son doth know.

I always returned from my travels with new books.

Everyone has adventures in their lives. Some good ones, some bad ones.

There are many rivers that we cross in our lifetime, unfortunately some of those rivers just don't have bridges.

key invitation of our spiritual journeys is to be emotionally honest about our uncertainties. Questions such as the one asked by John are signs of a living, growing, active faith, not evidence of a dying one.

Humans, not places, make memories.

I rarely step on sidewalk cracks. I don't wear a watch. I touch my favorite tree before going on long trips.

I'm so attached to Patsy and her crew, and to the adventures we've taken them on.

My life is longer because of the journeys I have taken.

I am not into self-exploration. My family would lose their eyes in the backs of their heads if people talked about personal journeys or finding oneself.

names of places we've been together, names of people we'd be together.

O desfiladeiro de Shibar tem mais de três mil metros de altitude, e já estávamos perto do limite das neves eternas quando deixámos para trás o fiozinho de água do Kunduz, no ponto em que iniciava a sua longa viagem em direcção ao Oxus e ao Mar de Aral. Cinco minutos mais tarde, outro fiozinho iniciava uma viagem ao encontro do rio Indo e do Oceano Índico. A geografia tem as suas emoções.

There are four mystical journeys," Dhu said to him. "The first begins with gnosis and ends with fana, or passing away from all phenomenal things. The second begins when fana is succeeded by baqa, or abiding. At this point you journey in the real, by the real, to the real, and you yourself are a reality, a haqq. And after that you move on to the center of the spirit universe, and become one with all others who have done likewise.

They each have their own journeys. It's hard to accept, but people leave us along the way. People don't always stay with us until the end of the story.

each have their own journeys. It's hard to except, but people leave us along the way. People don't always stay with us until the end of the story...

Tales viajes (los espirituales) son fundamentalmente diferentes de las religiones, porque el objetivo de las religiones es cimentar el orden mundano, mientras que el de su espiritualidad es escapar de él.

All the best essays are epistemological journeys from ignorance or curiosity to knowledge.

The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people.

As I've gotten older, and now that my kids are starting to do what they do, I am now really focusing on sharing my knowledge and insights with them to help guide them on their journeys.

I now believe that all journeys are ridiculous: the only journey from which you don't always come back empty-handed is the journey inside yourself.

It's nice to start journeys pleasantly, even when you know they won't end that way.