Quotes About Spirituality

If you remember you just have one constituent, and that's God himself, and if you try to please him I think you usually come with a lot steadier pace and a lot more peace in your life.

Prayer is love-centered. It is not so much belief in God that matters, but love of God, and similarly love of others, including love of enemies.

It's not your schedule that keeps you from praying, it's your failure to realize the importance of prayer.

True biblical love is a selfless commitment of one's body, soul, and spirit to the betterment of the other person.

Spiritual joy is what you experience when you choose to give thanks to God no matter what happens—even when things go wrong.

Quit looking for an answer, Jim. There fuckin' ain't one. Fuck yeah, I'm still looking for God's telephone number.

When one person sees or hears something that isn't there, it's called a delusion. When a small group of people have the same experience, it's a cult. Millions of people? Religion.

1. Ask God for light. I want to look at my day with God's eyes, not merely my own. 2. Give thanks. The day I have just lived is a gift from God. Be grateful for it. 3. Review the day. I carefully look back on the day just completed, being guided by the Holy Spirit. 4. Face your shortcomings. I face up to what is wrong-in my life and in me. 5. Look toward the day to come. I ask where I need God in the day to

práctica de oración que nos ayude a encontrar a Dios en la vida diaria y a responder con más generosidad a sus dones y bendiciones.

En realidad, pedimos tres cosas: 1) gracia; 2) conocer; 3) rechazar los pecados. "Gracia" significa "don". Rezamos para que Dios nos dé el don de ver a través de los ojos de Dios. Otra forma de expresar esto es que le pedimos a Dios que nos dé el don de ver los dones que Dios nos da.

No hay nada en nuestra vida que sea tan insignificante como para no merecer la atención de Dios.

que el examen nos ayuda a hacer. Por eso lo llamo la oración que cambia la vida.

Los libros, las ideas y los consejos prudentes son importantes, pero el lugar en el que fundamentalmente encontramos a Dios es en lo que nosotros mismos experimentamos.

The whole prayer is an exercise in finding God. It assumes that God is present in our daily lives, and that his presence can be detected. If you think God is far away, pray the examen.

Jesus tried to teach people to take the focus off externals, i.e., the "law." Instead, he wanted everyone to look deep within themselves to where, in the inner Kingdom of Heaven, all humans are one.

Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders round as ravens claws.

I'm beginning to see how the secret ways and deepest mysteries of God and his kingdom are often revealed off the beaten path of organized religion and frequently missed by the too-smart.

On Death and Dying, by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.

Treasure your experience of God, however it comes to you (2)

Each of us has a particular experience of God and each must find the way to be true to it(

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

I channel the rote and the new and unseen. My head has always been the busiest of crossroads, a festival of happy and unhappy arrivals. In the hours before daybreak when I was a boy, god sent me words as visitors.

Everybody has theology whether they admit it or not.

I'm often asked what I think about the faith of the President George W. Bush. I think it is sincere. I think it's very real. I think it's deeply held.