Quotes About Spirituality

Thank the Lord for using each person as a tool in your life to deepen your insight into His grace and conforming you to the image of His Son.

The formless dimension of life is this moment. This moment is timeless and formless - the eternal itself.

Maturity in the Christian life is measured by only one test: how much closer to his character have we become?

But a priest's life is not supposed to be well-rounded; it is supposed to be one-pointed - a compass, not a weathercock.

Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what to do with our life.

I've always tried to insert consciousness and spirituality in my records, interpreting the writings of all cultures and religions and how they apply to life in modern times.

God's ultimate goal for your life on earth is not comfort, but character development. He wants you to grow up spiritually and become like Christ.

When life is rosy, we may slide by with knowing about Jesus, with imitating him and quoting him and speaking of him. But only in suffering will we know Jesus.

A mode of knowledge rooted in silence and intuitive insight which gives meaning to life but which cannot be explained in rational terms.

If I would expect better spiritual conditions to serve, I would not have started until the present moment.

The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.

I have learned that my quenchless longing for life is, after all, unconsciously, a secret, unutterable yearning after God; for how can you conceive of life apart from Him?

Your life is an opportunity to give the gifts that your soul wants to give.

We prepare to die by pushing ourselves to love less narrowly. In that sense, readying ourselves for death is really an ever-widening entry into life.

Magic is not always serious or solemn. It is a joyous celebration and merging with the life-force.

But I believe in love, you know; love is a uniquely portable magic. I don't think it's in the stars, but I do believe that blood calls to blood and mind calls to mind and heart to heart.

I think there comes a time when you realize that you need God in your life, God's Word, and the spiritual guidance that only He can give.

My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing -- by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.

I have the urge to still be part of the world, the universe, of life. Through music I have the feeling that I come a little closer to that.

Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

To the young members of the Church, I promise that if you will listen, you will feel the Spirit well up within you. The Lord will tell you what He wants you to do with your life.

The connections we make in the course of a life--maybe that's what heaven is.

The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.