Quotes About Spirituality

We cannot measure the vast orbit of the Divine thought of which we are but an atom as small as God is great; but we can feel its vastness, we can kneel, adore, and wait.

Gold is the spiritual basis of existing society.

Clouds signify the veil of the Most High.

I read in some book that if you try to hold people back too much when they're dying it keeps them from being reborn as a Buddha

It was as if his tears had nowhere to go, they were meant for god alone.

From the moment we met, I was a butterfly that flew into that space that was his soul, a room where the light had begun to dim.

L?i chúc phúc v?ng xu?ng nhÆ° má»™t b?n thánh ca, và tôi c?u nguy?n. 'Con mu?n mình m?nh m? hÆ¡n

I knew it: the glittering crystal of all the good times we'd had, which had been sleeping in the depths of memory, was awakening and would keep us going. Like a blast of fresh wind, the richly perfumed breath of those days returned to my soul.

after finding myself in the direst straits, I thanked the gods—whether they existed or not—with all my heart.

Nuestra luz interior, la bella luz transparente del exterior y la luz que resplandecía cuando estábamos juntos se fundió en una sola luz que iluminó nuestro futuro.

I knew it: the glittering crystal of all the good times we'd had, which had been sleeping in the depths of memory, was awakening and would keep us going. Like a blast of fresh wind, the rich perfumed breath of those days returned to my soul.

Meditation is cultivating the potential to transcend your limited self, limited beliefs and limited existence. It is stepping into the exciting territory of limitlessness.

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.

My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.

I maintain that cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest incitement to scientific research." Albert Einstein

To deal with the source usually requires a life change that ultimately leads to a personal life more connected to the core of one's being.

Who would stick around to wrestle a dark angel all night long if there were any chance of escape? The only answer I can think of is this: someone in deep need of blessing; someone willing to limp forever for the blessing that follows the wound.

I cannot say for sure when my reliable ideas about God began to slip away, but the big chest I used to keep them in is smaller than a shoebox now. Most of the time, I feel so ashamed about this that I do not own up to it unless someone else mentions it first. Then we find a quiet place where we can talk about what it is like to feel more and more devoted to a relationship that we are less and less able to say anything about.

those of us who wish to draw near to God should not be surprised when our vision goes cloudy, for this is a sign that we are approaching the opaque splendor of God. If we decide to keep going beyond the point where our eyes or minds are any help to us, we may finally arrive at the pinnacle of the spiritual journey toward God, which exists in complete and dazzling darkness.

If I have any expertise, it is in the realm of spiritual darkness: fear of the unknown, familiarity with divine absence, mistrust of conventional wisdom, suspicion of religious comforters, keen awareness of the limits of all language about God and at the same time shame over my inability to speak of God without a thousand qualifiers, doubt about the health of my soul, and barely suppressed contempt for those who have no such qualms. These are the areas of my proficiency.

The only clear line I draw these days is this: when my religion tries to come between me and my neighbor, I will choose my neighbor... Jesus never commanded me to love my religion.

I always wondered why it took "three days" for significant things to happen in the Bible--Jonah spent three days in the belly of the whale, Jesus spent three days in the tomb, Paul spent three days blind in Damascus--and now I know. From earliest times, people learned that was how long they had to wait in the dark before the sliver of the new moon appeared in the sky. For three days every month they practiced resurrection.

Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars.

The great wisdom traditions of the world all recognize that the main impediment to living a life of meaning is being self-absorbed.