Quotes About Spirituality

when the heart of a man has nothing to do, but to be busy about creature-comforts, every little thing troubles him; but when the heart is taken up with the weighty things of eternity, with the great things of eternal life, the things of here below that disquieted it before are things now of no consequence to him in comparison with the other-how things fall out here is not much regarded by him, if the one thing that is necessary is provided for.

the Lord does not so much look at the work that is done, as at the faithfulness of our hearts in doing it.

For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

On one side self-indulgence presses me hard; on another covetousness strives to make an inroad; my belly wishes to be a God to me, in place of Christ

Man, if he would live, must worship. He looks around, and what to him, within the vision of his life, is the greatest and the best, that he falls down and does reverence to.

o mundo não é mais uma mera oficina imunda, mas um templo majestoso onde o homem pode orar e onde, às vezes, na meia-luz, suas mãos tateantes tocam as de Deus.

to a church where people don't mind expressing themselves.

We're more concerned about our own victory over sin than we are about the fact that our sins grieve God's heart.

As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.

We ought to be as earnest and frequent in our prayers of thanksgiving when the cupboard is full as we would be in our prayers of supplication if the cupboards were bare.

self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.

A son or daughter in any human family is either born to or adopted by the parents. By definition, a child can't be both. But with God we're both born of Him and adopted by Him.

As we become soft and lazy in our bodies, we tend to become soft and lazy spiritually.

Every day that we're not practicing godliness we're being conformed to the world of ungodliness around us.

For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.

Spiritual warriorship is not about mastering others, but about mastering yourself. And there is no path to mastery: mastery is the path, and everyday practice…

He tapped my chest. 'Happy is here.' He tapped his own chest. 'Here.' I looked down past my chin. 'Inside?' 'Inside.' It was getting crowded in there. First angel. Now happy. It seemed there was more to me than cabbage and turnips.

If Heaven and angels exist in a timeless medium we call Forever (Hey, nobody here but us angels!) ... Then ... ues what? ... There will be no end of me!

In the eyes and ears of my heart, you and the magic are one and the same.

He wonders if Claudia is making snow angels. He wonders if angles are invisible in the snow. He wonders if angels make people in the snow. He wonders of Claudia is an angel…" (p. 191)

To me, God is like this happy bus driver.

My mind wandered as I went through the motions of Catholic mass, kneeling, praying, and also with you–ing.

At least one thing is certain: Chris and I are inextricably connected. Do I have factual reasons to know this? Proof? Assurances? No None. Some people believe in God; I believe in Chris.

I guess I liked the idea that... well, that there might be some kind of larger meaning to life or whatever. My mother was into that. She had a nonreligious spiritual side to her, if that makes any sense. She believed in the idea of fate and destiny. An interconnectedness and purpose in life.