Quotes About Spirituality

He did not know then what he learned later: God works in silence, God works in a darkness in which we think he has abandoned us, that he is no longer there. Back then he thought only of his misery and discouragement which, he was convinced, came from not being able to continue the pursuit of knighthood.

The final mountain is Subasio, the spiritual mountain I've been traveling toward since I was thirteen years old: Mount Subasio on whose spur lies Assisi where Saint Francis was born and where he is buried.

He used both hands when he made the bear. Imagine a bear proceeding from the hands of God.

You see, I am alive, I am alive I stand in good relation to the earth I stand in good relation to the gods I stand in good relation to all that is beautiful I stand in good relation to the daughter of Tsen-tainte You see, I am alive, I am alive

Force has no meaning in the world, he had said to them, and holding his thumb and forefinger an inch apart to indicate the smallness of the bird, had added, God speaks through the least of His creatures.

Oh my God! I'm crushing an angel. Let me up!

Nanak dukhiya sab sansar.

spiritual Christians no longer wish affiliation with the ways of Fundamentalism, which often leaves the individual empty handed and with an empty heart.

So, Christian Wiccans have agreed to adapt to the basic principles of early Christianity: 1) honoring the Holy Trinity, 2) baptism, 3) communion, 4) strive to seek truth and love, and 5) to continue to read and study all forms of scriptures that each individual finds enlightening and as a guide to their Higher Selves.

This generation has more advanced luxuries and scientific amenities than any other generation, yet we are more spiritually unfulfilled than any generation in history.

as the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas comments, "The Kingdom of God is inside you and all around you … not in a building of wood and stone.

A follower of the teachings of Christ is a Christian, not a person who attends a specific Organized Church.

I decided to forgive you after reading The Little Flowers of Saint Francis," María began. "You remember the wolf I talked about? Well, he was a monster who terrorized everybody until Saint Francis gave him a talking-to. He was sweet as a lamb and never ate anything but vegetables after that." "I didn't know wolves could digest vegetables," said Matt, who had studied biology. "That's not the point.

There is no man on the face of the earth who can satisfy the deepest longings of a woman's heart--God made us in such a way that we can never be truly satisfied with anything or anyone less than Himself

God lives in the place of praise. If we want to be where He is, we need to go to His address.

Mark it down—your progress in holiness will never exceed your relationship with the holy Word of God.

Unlike any other book that has ever been written, the Bible is alive; and it comes to with a personal Tutor-the Holy Spirit, who lives in us.

Keep in mind that it is not enough that we should just read the Word. The object is that the words that are printed on the page would become indelibly written on our hearts. God never intended that we should merely get onto His Word-His intent is that the Word should get into us.

Our malady is not low self-esteem, nor is it how we view ourselves; rather, it is our low view of God.

Whatever approach you take to reading the Bible, don't let yourself become a slave to the method. Don't get so caught up in the mechanics that you miss the point.

You cannot expect to be victorious if the day begins only in your own strength.

False humility and morbid introspection are, in fact, the opposite of brokenness, as they reveal a preoccupation with self, rather than Christ.

Human existence, he believed, was a series of spiritual gradations through which man evolved to a higher state by virtue of his deeds.

We both just stood there. I let the breeze brush against my skin, the sun release the tension in my muscles. It was as close as I had felt to God in a long time. It's like we're praying, Celeste whispered. Only we're not saying anything.