Quotes About Experiences

The path of cosmic spirituality is the great quest to evolve an immortal soul that is rich in quality and broad in extent because of our life experiences. But the journey also contributes at each step to the evolution of all other selves and souls, here and throughout the universe, and into an endless future.

At that time I was still in that childlike state where life consists of single, unrelated experiences.

Whereas in its developments up to the present psychology has dealt chiefly with psychic processes in the light of physical causation, the future task of psychology will be the investigation of their spiritual determinants. But the natural history of the mind is no further advanced today than was natural science in the thirteenth century. We have only begun to take scientific note of our spiritual experiences.

belief in what he called "context": the theory that every man's actions are to a very decisive extent influenced by his early experiences, and that no man's behavior can be analyzed or affected without knowledge of those experiences.

People. Say what you like, but life would be boring without them.

Our trials, our troubles, our demons, our angels—we reenact them because these stories explain our lives. Literature's lessons repeat because they echo from deeper places.

Throughout our lives we miss opportunities to experience wonderful occurrences. It seems as though the excuse has to be lack of time. But we have choice as to our time is spent.

My husband used to say that scars were like tattoos but with better stories." "I

My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it.

These new times require new strategies for making faith real in people's lives. Nothing drives home the need for such innovation as attempting to connect (or reconnect) with the de-churched. Their dismissal of Christian churches is not mean-spirited; it simply reflects the firsthand experiences that led them to conclude churches are ill-equipped to support the flourishing life they hope for.

His mind raced through past horrors experienced first hand and from the accounts of others. He mentally flipped through a grim database which contained everything from vegan flatmates to psychotic pimps.

As I travel through life, I gather experiences that lie imprinted on the deepest strata of memory, and there they ferment, are transformed, and sometimes rise to the surface and sprout like strange plants from other worlds. What is the fertile humus of the subconscious composed of? Why are certain images converted into recurrent themes in nightmares or writing?

Me han preguntado a menudo de dónde sale la inspiración para mis libros. No sabría contestar. En el viaje de la vida acumulo experiencias que se van imprimiendo en los estratos más profundos de la memoria y allí fermentan, se transforman y a veces brotan en la superficie como extrañas plantas de otros mundos.

These days I live in three worlds: my dreams, and the experiences of my new life, which trigger memories from the past. (page 20)

I think that all stories - if you make movies about zombies and aliens - it has always to do with your personal story. If not directly, it is about your fears, your obsessions, things like that.

The great difference between voyages rests not in ships but in the people you meet on them.

The best things in life aren't things.

Most convicted felons are just people who were not taken to museums or Broadway musicals as children.

To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

Truthfully, I despise hotels. I've had such better experiences staying at people's houses and guesthouses; it's so much more comfortable and homey.

I do think that for a queer person to speak truthfully without shame about their own experiences is political.

I collect memories. I look for opportunities to try new things, go to new places, and meet new people all the time.

I really cherish the memories I have of my trips. For some reason, when you travel, it's like your mind picks up on the fact that this is something uncharacteristic, so it tunes in more acutely and remembers better.

Holidays are about experiences and people, and tuning into what you feel like doing at that moment. Enjoy not having to look at a watch.