Quotes About Spirituality

I think it's a part of us as human beings that we search outside of ourselves for meaning.

Human beings are religious animals.

The religion I know most about, which is the Christian one, would simply say that it's not really for one man or woman to know fully and to understand the nature of our brief human existence.

I needed to let go of the idea of a God who was mad at me for feeling how I was feeling. Now, I bask in an understanding of the divine that delights in truth and the complexities of the human experience - even when it's not very 'clean.'

The only length of life that seems to satisfy the longings of the human heart is life everlasting.

I believe L. Ron Hubbard resolved the human mind, and in resolving it he has also resolved human pain - that's what I really think has happened here.

I believe that the whole human race is the family of God.

The human race is getting into a spiritual way of thinking, even if they don't know about it, because this is the natural need of the human being.

Certain gifts God makes to the human soul without its asking or desiring; but there are other gifts which the grown-up soul, with the use of reason, can only have by its desire.

Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human.

God will have a humble people. Either we can choose to be humble, or we can be compelled to be humble.

I have always tried to be a humble servant of God and a humble member of humanity.

God is decisively drawn to the humble.

I believe that we are given strength and help from a power much larger than ourselves. I believe if I humble myself that this power will come through me, and help me create work that is bigger than I would have ever been able to have done alone.

Humility is an attribute of every good Hindu.

I think our devotion to Mary is very beautiful. She has a sacred role in Catholicism, and her strong faith and humility are things we can learn from.

I think God has got a sense of humor. I really do.

When we talk about Something More, it isn't wanting a fancier car, a bigger house, or a designer dress. Something More is what we need to fill our spiritual hunger.

One of the things that kills Buddhist spiritual life is excessive seriousness.

Whoever endures abuse, assault, and imprisonment Without animosity, And who has forbearance as one's strength, As one's mighty army, I call a brahmin.

The hermit Anthony once told me that a monk is like a fish: take him out of his element and he dies. Silence is his element. In silence you can trade this shoddy world for Heaven.

The one thing I suspected about Jim Jeffreys was that he must be Christian, churchy - he had the patience and optimism of someone who thought Jesus was watching.

The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.

Natura est deus in rebus