Quotes About Spirituality

We are all glittering stars and one day we will come together in the brightest star of all – God himself. This is humanity's destiny. Is that not an inspiring vision of humanity? We are not mere humans; we are divine beings, a community of gods en route to becoming God himself.

It has been said that man was made in the image of God. We want "God" to be made in the image of man: fully actualised man. It's time for HyperHumanity.

Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching (I recommend the Red Pine translation), and started swimming from there. Excellent

Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk, wrote that nothing can be expressed about solitude "that has not already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.

?nsan, Tanr?'y? yüceltmek için küçük ?akalar?na, özellikle kötü ?akalar?na Tanr?'yla birlikte gülmekten daha iyi ne yapabilir?

When Nouri said that he wanted to be with God, Ibn Arwani said: "First you must learn who 'you' are. Then you must learn what it means to 'want.' What it means to 'be.' Then you must learn what 'God' is. Otherwise, it's just a game. A pretense.

I am very grateful for churches I know in many parts of the world, mainly the Two Thirds World, which are seeking to live like the first disciples and, like them, are discovering the power of the Holy Spirit who seems only to be available to us when we make ourselves totally available to God

The Olo believe that's why we sleep in the first place—so we can listen to and deal with the other folks who're living in our heads.

Karl Rahner said, 'I don't believe in miracles, but they sustain me.

Boys need to learn the value of spiritual solitude. For the soul to grow, it needs those moments of no-stimulation, of wakeful peace. Because we adults don't usually practice enough solitude—because we are always 'doing' things—we often neglect to teach our boys to find solitude

We live out in our everyday relationships what we believe about God. That is, there is a direct connection between what one believes and how one lives.

It is one of the great ironies of my life that only when it became virtually impossible for me to keep my body from moving would I find the peace, security, and spiritual strength to stand in one place. I couldn't be still until I could—literally—no longer keep still.

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful that God has implanted in the human soul. — JOHANN WOLFGANG

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting — a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing. — RALPH WALDO EMERSON

faith is an inauguration into a community and into a life of dying, or cruciformity.

This is all birthed and nurtured in worship.

We read Revelation as words from a prophet-pastor (and ultimately from God), in order to be formed and transformed, not merely informed

The second factor that led to the Roman society's ability to organize collectively in the face of threat was the internal situation, to include such factors as the family, tradition, obedience, spirituality, incentives and concessions. It was a combination of these factors that helped the society overcome an unjust political and social structure and band together in the face of threat.

Earth is heaven, here and now, if you can't accept that reality." "How do I do that?" "Know who you are.

Some see in our rancorous politics a surfeit of moral conviction: too many people believe too deeply, too stridently, in their own convictions and want to impose them on everyone else. I think this misreads our predicament. The problem with our politics is not too much moral argument but too little. Our politics is overheated because it is mostly vacant, empty of moral and spiritual content. It fails to engage with big questions that people care about.

Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.

Superabundant piety/righteousness (and its practices) is that form of life that enhances the individual and the community simultaneously.

God has blessed me. I've been given a lot. I'm at peace with myself. It's time to give back.

the world can fascinate us so much as being near to God.… You cannot buy or wear or sell except that which is pleasing to the Lord. Jesus becomes Lord over your wants and desires. You love that which God loves and hate that which God hates…. If you can be fascinated