Quotes About Spirituality

The community in which one hears the voice of God structures how one hears that voice and interprets what it says.

Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.

I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of God. I think, if you don't even know what you're praying to or who you're praying to, based on what I know to be true, regardless, God's always listening.

Jihad is holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam, meaning to purify oneself or one's community.

I am keen on a spiritual life and have struggled to find a place for my heart in a religious community.

For a number of years, I struggled and put distance between God and me. But He was faithful and patient and provided gradual healing and strength.

I always laugh and say I met God on the way up, and I got to know him on the way down. And so, as I'm crashing and losing everything, a lot of people run to God when they are struggling. And I was no exception.

Everyone has their opinions about the Bible and God.

He's not rewarding us by talking to us. He's talking to us because He has something to say to us directly, as opposed to the things He says to all humanity.

Before I walk onto the stage, it's about the centrality of Jesus and just really keeping a focus on Jesus as opposed to ourselves.

For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.

I am optimistic when I consider the spiritual dimension which the scientist's discipline forces him to ignore.

Oral Roberts was a man of God and a great friend in ministry. I loved him as a brother.

My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do back flips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, you put things to the side, and I'm able to see her, and she's able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown.

There has to be some kind of order and some moral code. I don't know how people can function without a belief in a deity.

I am just an ordinary Catholic.

I'm an ordinary guy serving an extraordinary God - and that makes the difference.

I have a church background. I've been playing piano and keyboard and organ all my life in church.

I used to think God only liked organ music.

I'm against organised religion of any kind.

I'm not really into religion, OK. I saw a lot of things I did not like when I got into organized religion. I think a lot of people abuse it, I think a lot of people use it, I think a lot of people make it what they want. And me, my faith and my relationship with God is very personal. And it's not anybody's damn business how we talk.

I was brought up as Christian, and while my ideas have changed, I have always felt myself religiously oriented.

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

The most interesting place I've gone on location was New Orleans.