Quotes About Spirituality

It is impossible to nurture one's own or another's spiritual growth when the core of one's being and identity is shrouded in secrecy and lies. Trusting that another person always intends your good, having a core foundation of loving practice, cannot exist within a context of deception.

M. Scott Peck's classic self-help book The Road Less Traveled, first published in 1978. Echoing the work of Erich Fromm, he defines love as "the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

Spiritual seekers let their light shine so that others may see; not only to give service by example, but also to constantly remind themselves that spirituality is most gloriously embodied in our actions, our habits of being.

As a woman and a lover, however, I am moved by the sight of my Beloved. Where He is, I want to be. What He suffers, I want to share. Who He is, I want to be: crucified for love. —SAINT TERESA OF AVILA

Krishna: "The wise grieve not for those who live; and they grieve not for those who die—for life and death shall pass away.

It should be for you a sacred day when one of your people dies. You must then keep his soul as I shall teach you…for if this soul is kept, it will increase in you your concern and love for your neighbor.

Before GOD,no god,after him,there will be no GOD.

No matter who you are,no matter what you do-do not be too big for GOD.

When we have done our best, we also have to learn that we still need to rely on God. Our best — no matter how good — is incomplete if we leave God out of the picture.

Godliness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. PROVERBS 14:34

true happiness results less from money than from our relationships—with ourselves, with other people, and with God.

Ben Carson: I guess God had something to do with this. Craig: I guess God had everything to do with it.

si Dios no existe, todo nos está permitido».

Smohalla, a Wanapum prophet from the Pacific Northwest, exhorted his followers to abandon all the ways of the white man and not to plough or harvest or work in any way, "because men who work cannot dream.")

Daniel said, 'If the body is strong, the soul weakens. If the body weakens, the soul is strong.

Antony said to Poemen, 'Our great work is to lay the blame for our sins upon ourselves before God, and to expect to be tempted to our last breath.

Mathois said, 'The nearer a man comes to God, the more he sees himself to be a sinner. Isaiah the prophet saw the Lord and knew himself to be wretched and unclean (Is. 6:5).

The hermit said, 'This is the way to be strong: when temptations start to speak in your mind do not answer them but get up, pray, do penance, and say "Son of God, have mercy upon me."

A monk was told that his father had died. He said to the messenger, Do not blaspheme. My Father cannot die.

We came to serve God, and to get rich.

However, I will say no more on this subject, for everything is guided and directed by the hand of God.

Calix meus inebrians.

You're not a Christian, are you? No. You should consider it. We may not offer too many earthly delights, but our lives after death are certainly worth having.

You must have faith. Miracles make belief easy, which is why you should never pray for one. Much better to find God through faith than through miracles.