Spiritual Quotes - Page 9

• The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.

  Julius Erving

  Success, Basketball, Growing Up

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• God is the one who satisfies the passion for justice, the longing for spirituality, the hunger for relationship, the yearning for beauty. And God, the true God, is the God we see in Jesus of Nazareth, Israel's Messiah, the world's true Lord.

  N. T. Wright

  Relationship, Beauty, Faith

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• You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Dance, Littles, Whole

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (2010). “Think on These Things”, p.25, Harper Collins

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• God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.

  William Ellery Channing

  God, Reading, Book

  William Ellery Channing (1839). “Self-culture: An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston, September, 1838”, p.22

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• Arrogance and fanaticism cause the hardening of positions taken and entrenchment can only lead to a dead end.

  Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople

  Taken, Arrogance, Causes

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• We see the water of a river flowing uninterruptedly and passing away, and all that floats on its surface, rubbish or beams of trees, all pass by. Christian! So does our life. . .I was an infant, and that time has gone. I was an adolescent, and that too has passed. I was a young man, and that too is far behind me. The strong and mature man that I was is no more. My hair turns white, I succumb to age, but that too passes; I approach the end and will go the way of all flesh. I was born in order to die. I die that I may live. Remember me, O Lord, in Thy Kingdom!

  Tikhon of Zadonsk

  Christian, Strong, Men

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• You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self.

  Richard Bach

  Real, Self, Lifetime

  Richard Bach (2012). “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah”, p.51, Delta

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• Feeling unworthy is like putting a huge obstacle into the God force, into the life force which is everywhere.

  Wayne Dyer

  Feelings, Obstacles, Force

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• The same powerful Scripture text that brings a loving person to even greater love will be mangled and misused by a fearful or egocentric person. This is surely what Jesus means when he talks about the one who has being given more and those who have not losing what little they have.

  Richard Rohr

  Jesus, Powerful, Mean

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• Created man cannot become a son of God and god by grace through deification, unless he is first through his own free choice begotten in the Spirit by means of the self-loving and independent power dwelling naturally in him.

  Maximus the Confessor

  Mean, Independent, Son

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• True honesty is the willingness to stand completely exposed, allowing the world to do what it may, and say what it will, only so you may know who you are - beyond all ideas.

  Matthew Kahn

  Honesty, Ideas, World

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• Fear is not life-giving enough to sustain itself. We can move in the direction of fear only so long before it brings us to our knees, or to our end.

  Marianne Williamson

  Moving, Long, Giving

  Marianne Williamson (2014). “Healing the Soul of America: Reclaiming Our Voices as Spiritual Citizens”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• ...Spiritual opening is not a withdrawal to some imagined realm or safe cave. It is not a pulling away, but a touching of all the experience of life with wisdom and with a heart of kindness, without any separation.

  Jack Kornfield

  Kindness, Heart, Touching

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• Every day we should stand in awe of Him, as He is with us, and do what is pleasing before Him. If we are unable now to perceive Him with our physical eyes, we can, if we are watchful, see Him continuously with the eyes of our understanding and not just see Him, but reap great benefits from Him.

  Gregory Palamas

  Eye, Evil, Giving

  "The homilies".

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• It is high time that we realized that it is pointless to praise the light and preach it if nobody can see it. It is much more needful to preach the art of seeing.

  Carl Jung

  Art, Light, Praise

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• Anxiety, heartbreak, and tenderness mark the in-between state. It's the kind of place we usually want to avoid. The challenge is to stay in the middle rather than buy into struggle and complaint. The challenge is to let it soften us rather than make us more rigid and afraid.

  Pema Chodron

  Inspirational, Heartbreak, Wisdom

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• Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Wisdom, Prayer, Patriotic

  Woodrow Wilson (1916). “Wit and Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson: Extracts from the Public Speeches of the Leader and Interpreter of American Democracy, with Masterpieces of Eloquence”, Best Books

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• Some people prefer solitude. They say their peace of mind depends on this. Others say they would be better off in church. If you do well, you do well wherever you are. If you fail, you fail wherever you are. Your surroundings don't matter. God is with you everywhere -- in the market place as well as in seclusion or in the church. If you look for nothing but God, nothing or no one can disturb you. God is not distracted by a multitude of things. Nor can we be.

  Meister Eckhart

  People, Solitude, Mind

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• Problems are spiritual lessons from God-spiritual lessons to be learned.

  Tony Robbins

  Lessons To Be Learned, Problem, Lessons

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• Christ has made my soul beautiful with the jewels of grace and virtue. I belong to Him Whom the Angels serve.

  Agnes of Rome

  Beautiful, God, Christian

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• The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.

  Wade Davis

  Inspirational, Unique, Reality

  "The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World". Book by Wade Davis, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 1, 2009.

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• Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.

  Thomas Merton

  Love, Wisdom, Jobs

  Thomas Merton (1976). “The Power and Meaning of Love”

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• The garden is a metaphor for life, and gardening is a symbol of the spiritual path.

  Larry Dossey

  Life, Garden, Enlightenment

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• Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Worry, Anxiety

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.13, Shambhala Publications

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• Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Friendship, Thank You

  Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi, “The Guest House”

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