Inspiring Spirituality Quotes

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

Who am I? Some answers have their own infinity.
With no end. And no beginning. ~ Talismanist Giebra

Within my body are all the sacred places of the world, and the most profound pilgrimage I can ever make is within my own body. ~ Saraha

The Theory of the Paradise is always in transition. ~ Talismanist Giebra

Our problems don't stem from our ignorance so much as our disobedience of that which we know to be right. ~ Stephen Covey

I put forward at once - lest I break with my style, which is affirmative
and deals with contradiction and criticism only as a means, only involuntarily - the
three tasks for which educators are required. One must learn to see, one must learn to
think, one must learn to speak and write: the goal in all three is a noble culture.
Learning to see - accustoming the eye to calmness, to patience, to letting things
come up to it; postponing judgment, learning to go around and grasp each individual
case from all sides. That is the first preliminary schooling for spirituality: not to react
at once to a stimulus, but to gain control of all the inhibiting, excluding instincts. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Have a creative day as you contemplate today on ...
Having an idea is not a problem. Identification with the idea creates the problem. ~ Sri Amma Bhagwan.

I believe emotional suppression fueled by a shamed imagination lies at the root of society's ailments. It is the believing leaders of religion that keep the "denial circus" going decade after decade. We have, for too long, supported this tyranny of delusion. We have given the guru and the preacher the stage one too many times. It is time to wake up and replace the preacher with the human teacher - a human who is the intelligence of their whole organism. ~ Christopher Zzenn Loren

Many people in recovery find that they feel spiritually grounded when in regular contact with the great outdoors. Others feel a deep serenity after lighting a candle in a church or temple or by chanting a sacred mantra. The point is that, unlike a typical religion that lays out a non-negotiable ideology, spirituality is expansive and deeply personal. ~ Christopher Dines

I've always understood the two to be intertwined: sexuality and spirituality. That never changed. ~ Prince

We could all do with a bit more joy in our lives couldn't we? The wonderful thing is that when we start spreading joy, we begin to actually experience more joy in our lives too! ~ Steve Goodier

True happiness cannot be found in things that change and pass away. Pleasure and pain alternate inexorably. Happiness comes from the Self and can be found in the Self only. Find your real Self and all else will come with it. ~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Pleasure is not a need, but an incentive. ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Cultivate love within you and all your negative emotions will soon disappear. ~ Sri Avinash Do

There are people who bring joy to our lives, but who fail to make us happy. They are the people for the moment. Never rely on their love because it is not sustainable. Their love is alike a comet that illuminates the sky, but then fades away because it lacks the sustainable energy of the sun. ~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Find what makes you happy and go for it with all your heart. It will be hard, but I promise it will be worth it. ~ Charlotte Eriksson

Isn't the smell of coffee the best alarm clock? ~ S.A. Tawks

God likes to play hide-and-seek, but because there is nothing outside of God, he has no one but himself to play with! But he gets over this difficulty by pretending that he is not himself. This is his way of hiding from himself. He pretends that he is you and I and all the people in the world, all the animals, plants, all the rocks, and all the stars. In this way he has strange and wonderful adventures, some of which are terrible and frightening. But these are just like bad dreams, for when he wakes up they will disappear.

Now when God plays "hide" and pretends that he is you and I, he does it so well that it takes him a long time to remember where and how he hid himself! But that's the whole fun of it-just what he wanted to do. He doesn't want to find himself too quickly, for that would spoil the game. That is why it is so difficult for you and me to find out that we are God in disguise, pretending not to be himself. But- when the game has gone on long enough, all of us will WAKE UP, stop pretending, and REMEMBER that we are all one single Self- the God who is all that there is and who lives forever and ever.
You may ask why God sometimes hides in the form of horrible people, or pretends to be people who suffer great disease and pain. Remember, first, that he isn't really doing this to anyone but himself. Remember too, that in almost all the stories you enjoy there have to be bad people as well as good people, for the thrill of the tale is to find out how the ~ Alan W. Watts

Learn from the masters, learn from your contemporaries. Always try to update yourself. ~ James Stewart

I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening. ~ Daryl Hannah

The Beats are crucial to an understanding of America's cultural revolution not least because in their lives, their proclamations, and (for lack of a more accurate term) their 'work' they anticipated so many of the pathologies of the Sixties and Seventies. Their programmatic anti-Americanism, their avid celebration of drug abuse, their squalid, promiscuous sex lives, their pseudo-spirituality, their attack on rationality and their degradation of intellectual standards, their aggressive narcissism and juvenile political posturing: in all this and more, the Beats were every bit as 'advanced' as any Sixties radical. ~ Roger Kimball

You cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours. ~ Anne Hathaway

We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings. ~ F.H. Bradley

Perhaps this new kind of reading will appeal to us after we give it a try. ~ S.A. Tawks

It is a high spiritual truth that we create with our judgements. ~ Bryant McGill

Nobody knows everything, yet most people hate being exposed to the idea that they don't have all the answers. ~ D.B. Eshleman

A psychiatrist is the God of our age. But they cost money. ~ Sylvia Plath

Our victory rests not on faith in our spirituality. Our victory rests on faith in our God. ~ Beth Moore

My life is full of love. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

His tongue was one of his greatest qualities. He knew exactly how to use it with me. Encouraging, kind, and loving words flowed freely and frequently from his lips. Always inspiring me to upgrade my thinking. His tongue spoke life into me… Awakening gifts in me that I didn't know existed. He used his tongue wisely. Truth be told, he's part of the reason why I am me. Exquisite, Powerful, Fearless, and Unapologetic. I'll be forever grateful for his genuine love. ~ Stephanie Lahart

You must learn to bend to open windows, my friend. That is why artists and dancers are closest to God. They clench their chests every day to salute the Creator, while opening up portals to the universe. The artist mediates and prays as he/she creates, knowing somewhere, deep down --- creativity is the highest transmission of love. ~ Suzy Kassem

Billions of stars will lose it's fuel from the brightness of the only face, the guest of your heart,
The beauty of your soul. ~ Bzam

Sin is passionate lust in the flesh. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

In times of trouble, may the Lord keep you safe. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Only with the closing of the eyes are we truly free. ~ Tyler J. Hebert

Brilliant, inspiring ... if you are on a pursuit of self-mastery, make time to read this! ~ Jennifer Lacy

People seeking to live spiritually must be concerned with their social and physical environment. ~ Sulak Sivaraksa

The world is vast, beautiful, and fascinating ... even awe-inspiring, but impersonal. It demands nothing of me, and allows me to demand nothing of it. ~ Herbert Simon

Creativity is the result of renunciation on the journey of spiritual enlightenment, not of a thirst for glory or personal pride. ~ Ray Mancini

Thou art imperishable. Thou art changeless reality. Thou art the source of life. ~ Swami Prabhavananda

All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life. ~ Mary Caroline Richards

Allow yourself to be possessed by God by receiving Jesus, and you will never be possessed by anything else. ~ Stormie O'martian

Amateurs quit when they are tired. Champions quit only when they have won. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Love usually transcends the limits of our physical existence to connect us with the beauty of life all around - Ashutosh (Page 10) ~ Shashi