Quotes About Spirituality

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God: and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God.

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven.

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

The path of the righteous ones is like the bright light that is getting lighter and lighter until the day is firmly established.

Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.

Make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.

CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.

LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

The hedgehog is sacred.

All my life I'd been a believing Christian. ... But that instant in the ER--the instant Annette [his wife] died--I seemed to feel my religious faith die, too. As I thought more about it in the bleak days and weeks that followed, I decided the Bible had gotten it exactly backward. Maybe God hadn't created us in His image; maybe we'd created god in our image.

gray hair is gods graffiti

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.

To fall in love with God is the greatest of all romances. To seek Him, the greatest adventure. To find Him, the greatest human achievement.

When two individuals fall in love it is as if two fragments of the universal consciousness have remembered that they are one.

When two individuals fall in love it is as if two fragments of the universal consciousness have remembered that they are one. Bill Harvey, Mind Magic: Doorways into Higher Consciousness

I've suddenly realized what you mean to me: You create the need which you fill, the hunger you sate. Like Jesus. And Kierkegaard. And smoked trout …

Lift me up out of this illusion, Lord. Heal my perception, so that I may know only reality.

My God, I love EVERYTHING! The heavens parted, God looked down and rained gifts of forgiveness onto my being healing me on every level; psychically, physically, emotionally, and I realized our true nature as spirit, not body, that we are eternal beings and God's love is unconditional and there's nothing we can ever do to change that. It is only an illusion that we are separate from God or that we are alone. In fact, the reality is that we are one with God and he loves us.