Spiritual Life Quotes - Page 19

• We praise Him, we bless Him, we adore Him, we glorify Him, and we wonder who is that baritone across the aisle and that pretty woman on our right who smells of apple blossoms. Our bowels stir and our cod itches and we amend our prayers for the spiritual life with the hope that it will not be too spiritual.

  John Cheever

  Spiritual, Prayer, Smell

  "The Journals of John Cheever" by Robert Gottlieb, 1956.

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• Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.

  Simone Weil

  Spiritual, Expectations, Waiting

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• We are less justified in saying that the thinking life of humanity is a miraculous perfectioning of animal and physical life than that it is an imperfection in the organization of spiritual life as rudimentary as the communal existence of protozoa in colonies.

  Marcel Proust

  Spiritual, Thinking, Animal

  Marcel Proust (2016). “TIME REGAINED (Modern Classics Series): Metaphysical Novel - Coming to a Full Circle (In Search of Lost Time)”, p.296, e-artnow

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• The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.

  Jack Kornfield

  Wise, Spiritual, And Love

  Jack Kornfield (2008). “A Path With Heart: The Classic Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life”, p.71, Random House

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• When people ask the Dalai Lama, "Is Buddhism a religion?" he answers, "Yes, it is." Then they ask, "What kind of religion is it?" He responds, "My religion is kindness." You might think, "Everyone's is." Everyone's is. That's true. It's not complicated to describe the goal of a spiritual life. It's easier than you think to explain it. It's more difficult than you can imagine to do it.

  Sylvia Boorstein

  Spiritual, Kindness, Buddhism

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• Unfortunately, many people do not feel comfortable with freedom. They must find for themselves a leader, a guru, or a mentor to take over the direction of their spiritual lives and who will tell them what to do and how to think. A guide or a counselor is understandable, as in sports or music or in any pursuit, but that is not enough. Many mistakenly believe they have to be led each step of the way.

  Joseph Girzone

  Sports, Spiritual, Freedom

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• True spiritual life depends not on probing our feelings and thoughts from dawn to dusk but on 'looking off' to the Savior!

  Watchman Nee

  Spiritual, Feelings, Dawn

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.25, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• Prayer has been hedged about with too many man-made rules. I am convinced that God has intended prayer to be as simple and natural, and as constant a part of our spiritual life, as the intercourse between child and parent in the home. And as a large part of that intercourse between child and parent is simply asking and receiving, just so is it with us and our Heavenly Parent.

  Rosalind Goforth

  Spiritual, Prayer, Children

  Rosalind Goforth (2016). “How I Know God Answers Prayer”, p.5, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• I don't think atheism means one does not believe in a spiritual life. I think it means one does not follow the tenets of the established religions.

  Amanda Donohoe

  Spiritual, Believe, Mean

  Interview with James Ellis, metro.co.uk. October 27, 2009.

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• The spiritual life becomes very simple when you're sick.

  Wilfrid Sheed

  Spiritual, Simple, Sick

  Wilfrid Sheed (1999). “In Love with Daylight: A Memoir of Recovery”

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• [May] this civic and social landmark [the Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center] ... be a constant reminder of the inspiring service that has been rendered to civilization by men and women of the Jewish faith. May [visitors] recall the long array of those who have been eminent in statecraft, in science, in literature, in art, in the professions, in business, in finance, in philanthropy and in the spiritual life of the world.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Spiritual, Art, Science

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• Uncontrolled temper is soon dissipated on others. Resentment, bitterness, and self-pity build up inside our hearts and eat away at our spiritual lives like a slowly spreading cancer.

  Jerry Bridges

  Spiritual, Cancer, Heart

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• Be content and happy with whatever comes to you.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual

  Twitter post from Dec 02, 2012

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• Money is not a problem, but unintelligent attachment to it is.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Attachment, Problem

  Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri, Amma, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (2014). “From Amma's Heart”, p.121, M A Center

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• Intellectual prowess has its limitations. Thus, do not limit the scope of your learning to the realm of the intellect.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Intellectual, Limits

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• Make use of all free time at the office and elsewhere for chanting your mantra or reading spiritual books. Avoid indulging in unnecessary gossip and try to talk about spiritual subjects with others.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Book, Reading

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• Whether we laugh or cry, the days are going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Laughing, Why Not

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• Don't sow your desires in someone else's garden; just cultivate your own as best you can; don't long to be other than what you are, but desire to be thoroughly what you are. Direct your thoughts to being very good at that and to bearing the crosses, little or great, that you will find there. Believe me, this is the most important and least understood point to the spiritual life. We all love according to what is our taste; few people like what is according to their duty or to God's liking. What is the use of building castles in Spain when we have to live in France?

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Faith, Spiritual, Believe

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• Some of your children's rebellion against your spiritual lifestyle might be a necessary step in their finding an authentic relationship with God. But beware: If they find it, it might look quite different from what you've always thought it should be.

  Tim Kimmel

  Spiritual, Children, Might

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• Don't go empty handed when going to a temple or to see a spiritual master. Offer something as a symbol of surrender, even if it be a mere flower.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Flower, Temples

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• There is a lot of difference between offering a garland of flowers bought from a shop and one that we make out of flowers picked from our home garden. When we plant the flowers, water them, pick the flowers, make the garland and take it to the temple, thoughts of God alone live in our minds. The Lord accepts anything offered to Him with intense Love. When we buy a garland at a store and place it on the deity it is only a ceremonial act while the other is a garland of pure devotion and an act of love.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Flower, Home

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• The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should change.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Body, Too Much

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• The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust

  Brennan Manning

  Spiritual, Gratitude, Suffering

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• Hell is to be contemplated strictly as a matter which concerns me alone. As part of the spiritual life it belongs behind the 'closed door' of my own room. From the standpoint of living faith, I cannot fundamentally believe in anyone's damnation but my own; as far as my neighbor is concerned, the light of resurrection can never be so obscured that I would be allowed or obliged to stop hoping for him.

  Hans Urs von Balthasar

  Spiritual, Believe, Doors

  Hans Urs von Balthasar (1986). “Prayer”, p.266, Ignatius Press

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• Death is not complete annihilation. It is a pause. It is like pressing the pause button on a tape recorder.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Buttons, Tape

  Twitter post from Jul 29, 2016

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