Quotes About Spirituality

Contemplative vision is the vision that says "you are good as you are because you are the sacrament of God's love.

When we fail to appreciate Sophia's presence at work in nature, we are also more likely to fail to appreciate the sacred

Francis became a man of peace because he was transformed in love and came to recognize that he was intimately related (pietas) to every person and creature.8

The future universal cannot be anything else but the hyperpersonal.

The idea of a spiritually potent creation means that Jesus Christ is not an intrusion into an otherwise evolutionary universe but its reason and goal.

In Bonaventure's view only one who is on a journey to God can really know God; faith seeks understanding through the path of love.

God is the newest thing there is, the youngest thing there is. God is the beginning and if we are united to God we become new again.

As Francis deepened his relationship with Christ, the other became less outside Francis as object and more related to him as brother.

What is silence? Something of the sky in us.

Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.

Conquer your lustful desires and your wisdom will be perfected.

Living as prayer. I think that is when I am at my best. Because seeing through prayer provides a remarkable clarity. Not in the doctrinal sense, but because it is, at best, the lens of a love for every tattered inch of this earth.

I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.

I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.

I was living proof of the power of prayer and positive thinking, which really are almost the same thing. God is the source of all positive energy, and prayer is the best way to tap into His power.

I loved praying, going to church, and everything else to do with God. I especially loved the Virgin Mary, believing that she was my second mom, watching out for me from heaven.

Era inútil, mis oraciones se sentían vacías. Había comenzado una guerra en mi alma, y ya no podía seguir orándole a un Dios de amor con el corazón lleno de odio.

Por favor, Señor, abre mi corazón y enséñame a perdonar. No soy lo suficientemente fuerte como para aniquilar mi odio: nos han hecho demasiado daño; mi odio es muy pesado y podría aplastarme. Toca mi corazón, Señor, y enséñame a perdonar.

I knew that my heart and mind would always be tempted to feel anger--to find blame and hate. But I resolved that when the negative feelings came upon me, I wouldn't wait for them to grow or fester. I would always turn immediately to the Source of all true power: I would turn to God and let His love and forgiveness protect and save me.

The more I prayed, the more aware I became that, in order to receive God's true blessing, my heart had to be ready to receive His love. But how could He enter my heart when it was holding so much anger and hatred?

Nuestro señor dice que dejemos de pedir milagros, —Segatashya continuó diciendo en la cinta—, porque sus vidas son milagros. Un verdadero milagro es un niño en el vientre; el amor de una madre es un milagro; un corazón misericordioso es un milagro. Sus vidas están llenas de milagros, pero ustedes están demasiado distraídos con las cosas materiales para verlos.

I mention to him that I am fasting, but planning to take a day off. He cautions me to think about this very carefully. "If you take a day off, you'll have a day's guilty pleasure, which won't last long. But if you keep all thirty fasts, imagine how happy you will feel. What an achievement that will be.

Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that.

There are greater goals in life than material and sensual pleasures