Quotes About Spirituality

Physical pain is God's trumpet blast to tell us that something is dreadfully wrong in the world.

One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.

If you don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Your soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great.

We weren't meant to be somebody--we were meant to know Somebody

The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world. It is not the X-rated video, but the prime-time dribble of triviality we drink in every night.

Mahatma Gandhi was known for walking hundreds of miles barefoot. Over time, he developed incredibly thick calluses on his feet, stronger than the soles of many boots. He also ate lightly and fasted often, which left him frail and gave him chronically bad breath. And do you know what this made him? A super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

Though blue sky and the road's yellow dust and the green of the nearing oasis were all snuffed out, he (newly converted Saul) did not miss them. Light suffused his blinded eyes, his mind.

God presents Himself in the light; He also conceals Himself by the light—just as we present ourselves in our garments and conceal ourselves by our garments.

Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God.

I don't believe in ONE holy book. I believe all books are holy. Of course, some books are holy shit.

You will not be able to pray purely if you are all involved with material affairs and agitated with unremitting concerns. For prayer is the rejection of concepts." — Evagrius Ponticus

As Julian of Norwich put it, "And thus I saw God, and sought God. I had God, and at the same time I wanted God. And this is, and should be, what we are all working towards."1

Dear God: I didn't go to mass last Sunday morning. Signed: Conroy Conroy: Don't worry about it. It was a nice day. I don't know who built the church, but I made the sunshine. Signed: God

Most people do not die, they cease to exist. In order to die, you first have to live. Signed: God

This world is only an anteroom of the next. This short life is incidental compared with eternity. This world is not home to the Christian.

There is a god somewhere that is angry because we're combining stuff like Cutty Sark with fifty-year-old Laphroaig

Spiritual power begins by directing animal power to other than egoistic ends.

Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the Deity to be a source of delight.

First she got Jesus, probably fifteen years ago, and that didn't work out, so she tried Scientology, and that didn't help, but it cost a lot of money, so she tried Buddhism and yoga, and those didn't work, so she started drinking. I think that helped, because she's still drinking.

Why do the same people who believe in those deities doubt the existence of darker spirits? I ask all of you, how can a person believe in the light but not the dark?

Darkness cannot put out the light. It can only make God brighter.

What is prayer but meditation? What is a demon but a fear that lives inside us, one we cannot easily conquer on our own?

You know, prayer and d-d-demons." My mother was quiet, thinking over his statement. At last, she said, "What is prayer but meditation? What is a demon but a fear that lives inside us, one we cannot easily conquer on our own? If you prefer to use those words, it's all right by me. So I make the same offer. If you like, we can meditate together on this fear you can't control." Heekin's

Religion is a mixed blessing.