Spirituality Quotes - Page 15

• We are all functioning at a small fraction of our capacity to live fully in its total meaning of loving, caring, creating and adventuring. Consequently, the actualizing of our potential can become the most exciting adventure of our lifetime.

  Herbert Otto Gille

  Inspiring, Confidence, Spiritual

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• Is not prayer a study of truth, a sally of the soul into the unfound infinite? No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Spiritual, Prayer, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.70, Harvard University Press

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• I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his own creation.

  Albert Einstein

  Causality, Action, Influence

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.66, Princeton University Press

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• The interdependency of humankind, the relevance of relationship, the sacredness of creation is ancient, ancient wisdom.

  Rebecca Adamson

  God, Wisdom, Ancient

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• The indigenous understanding has its basis of spirituality in a recognition of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all living things, a holistic and balanced view of the world. All things are bound together. All things connect. What happens to the Earth happens to the children of the earth. Humankind has not woven the web of life; we are but one thread. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.

  Rebecca Adamson

  God, Wisdom, Children

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• The religions of the world must be assessed, not on the basis of their convoluted theologies, but in terms of the extent to which they serve as forces of liberation and empowerment.

  Agnivesh

  God, Empowering, Empowerment

  Agnivesh's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2004.

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• Spiritually, life is a festival, a celebration. Joy is of the essence of life.

  Agnivesh

  God, Essence, Joy

  Agnivesh's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2004.

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• Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.

  John Donne

  Love, Book, Soul

  John Donne, John Carey (2000). “John Donne: The Major Works”, p.123, Oxford University Press, USA

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• It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.

  Aristotle

  Spiritual, Kindness, Men

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• We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Spiritual, Long

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• At its most basic, the spiritual is the experience of the connectedness that underlies reality. The depth of that experience depends on the capacity of the individual to set aside considerations of self, thereby gaining access to connection.

  Arthur J. Deikman

  Spiritual, Reality, Self

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• Humanity, divine limitation; Divinity, human perfection.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Spiritual, Perfection, Humanity

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• I think there's an invisible principle of living too. If we believe we're guided through every step of our lives, we are. It's a lovely sight, watching it work.

  Richard Bach

  Life, Believe, Thinking

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• How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Dog, Honesty, Humor

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• The new spirituality is that it will produce an experience in human encounters in which we become a living demonstration of the basic spiritual teaching 'We are all one.'

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Spiritual, Teaching, Encounters

  "Enlightened Business: Leadership for Sustainable Success". Book by Joolz Lewis, 2014.

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• The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow-creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Death, Men

  Albert Einstein (2011). “The World As I See It”, p.13, Open Road Media

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• To see the universal and all-pervading Spirit of Truth face to face, one must be able to love the meanest of all creation as oneself.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Able, Faces

  Mahatma Gandhi (1948). “Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth”, p.454, Courier Corporation

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• Would you rather be right or free?

  Byron Katie

  Spiritual, Freedom, Judgement

  Twitter post from Nov 08, 2011

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• You keep insisting, I feel good because the world is right! Wrong! The world is right because I feel good. That's what all the mystics are saying.

  Anthony de Mello

  Spiritual, Feel Good, World

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.83, Image

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• And so Galahad decided that it would be a disgrace to set off on a quest with the other knights. Alone he would enter the dark forest where there was no path. This is the myth of The Hero's Journey.

  Joseph Campbell

  Hero, Dark, Journey

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• Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Letting Go, Practice, Generosity

  Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life”, Hyperion

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• Spirituality is revival of our God consciousness, not creating something new.

  Radhanath Swami

  Creating, Consciousness, Krishna

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• Spirituality points, always, beyond: beyond the ordinary, beyond possession, beyond the narrow confines of the self, and - above all - beyond expectations. Because "the spiritual" is beyond our control, it is never exactly what we expect.

  Ernest Kurtz

  Spiritual, Self, Expectations

  Ernest Kurtz, Katherine Ketcham (2009). “The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning”, p.31, Bantam

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• Not only are we in the universe, the universe is in us. I don't know of any deeper spiritual feeling than what that brings upon me.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Spiritual, Religious, Science

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• Compassion is the wish for another being to be free from suffering; love is wanting them to have happiness.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Love Is, Compassion

  Dalai Lama (2012). “The Compassionate Life”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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