Spiritual Fiction Quotes

Every answer can be followed by another question. ~ Thomas Lloyd Qualls

Things are often not what they seem. And then, sometimes they are. The trick is to learn what is real. ~ Thomas Lloyd Qualls

Without bridges, there are no connections. Without bridges, there are only chasms. Without bridges, there are only longings. We cannot wait for the land to flatten and the stream to narrow before we seek to cross. ~ Thomas Lloyd Qualls

A dream is not to be taken lightly. A dream is a powerful ally, coming to your aid. A magic tale, written in invisible ink. A golden thread, tying together the worlds. ~ Thomas Lloyd Qualls

We think our world into being. ~ Thomas Lloyd Qualls

At one time or another we are all called to leave the safety of our homes, the certainty of what we know, the illusions of who we are. Not everyone will heed this call, of course. And those who do will risk losing themselves completely. But if we choose to ignore the invitation, we risk never knowing who we might have become. We risk dying without knowing what it is to live. ~ Thomas Lloyd Qualls

Prometheus stole fire from the gods. We are each the heirs of that divine spark. Used wisely, the spark fuels one's journey and lights the way. Treated carelessly, the spark consumes its owner and everything in its path. ~ Thomas Lloyd Qualls

Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it. Whoever has polished it more sees more - more unseen forms become manifest to him. ~ Rumi

We want to change our surroundings, but we don't want to change ourselves. We are so quick to point out others' flaws, but can't admit our own. We complain about the problems with society, but don't offer a solution or acknowledge that we could be a part of the problem. And once we feel like we've outgrown a problem, instead of sharing what we've learned from our experience, we act so enlightened and better than the next man. ~ Kaiylah Muhammad

Bible study is essential to spiritual maturity. ~ Howard G. Hendricks

No stone was left unturned in the unearthing of musical masterpieces."
About Egg, Book 1 "Making it ~ Jamie Scallion

I can be a woman on a mission. But I'll choose what mission that is. And that my friend is where youll see the results. ~ Kia Carrington-Russell

The types of climbing that I choose to do I'm good at justifying. I do really try and pick things that I'm going to live through. I don't want to die, and I'm relatively cautious. I play with that line all the time. I want things that are very exciting, so much so that they can feel almost spiritual. ~ Tommy Caldwell

This modernizing experiment seems to have something diabolic about it. Everything that was becomes rejected in the name of a modernity that assumes the nature of a fiction, an illusion, a devilish apparition. To a greater or lesser extent this applies to all the postcommunist countries. ~ Andrzej Stasiuk

Whenever you're going through a tough time, generally, you become more compassionate, you become softer, you become more thoughtful, kinder. These are all spiritual qualities that will help you to align yourself with God and God consciousness rather than with a split fear-based consciousness. ~ Wayne Dyer

I just verbalise a possible outcome... I just like to see how far I can go... ~ Trevor Alan Foris

Know that there are people to whom you are connected who are available to help you find the right job, to solve a puzzling issue that seems irreconcilable, to help you back on your feet, and to resolve financial difficulties. Everyone becomes a compatriot rather than a competitor. This is spiritual awareness as I practice it. ~ Wayne W. Dyer

But the writing we call children's fiction is not a childish thing: childish things include picking your nose and eating the contents, and tantruming at the failure to get your own way. The 45th President of America is childish. Children's fiction has childhood at its heart, which is not the same thing. ~ Katherine Rundell

The only way to experience love is to give it. ~ John Templeton

The "perfect body" is a lie. I believed in it for a long time, and I let it shape my life, and shrink it - my real life, populated by my real body. Don't let fiction tell you what to do. ~ Lindy West

Brother, when you've been here as long as I have, you'll come to discover there are only one or two essential things worth living for. Unique to you and you alone. My honor is one of them for me. I keep my honor by keeping the relic out of their hands. ~ Brodi Ashton

The spiritual dance has no other purpose,
no other aim than to elevate humankind
beyond self thought, to joy, to bliss,
to realization and to peace.
The sincere dancer is one of the best
workers for universal harmony,
and so for universal peace. ~ Murshid Samuel L. Lewis

John Myers wrote,
"It is Imagination, man's power to imagine, that makes living in society, any society, possible. It think what Paul Goodman says about doing away with 'intolerable biological deprivation and spiritual impoverishment' through what he calls 'creative cooperative production' is the right and humane solution to our social woes. ~ Mary Gabriel

My heart is filled with overflowing gratitude. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Sometimes our spiritual programs take us far away from our inner belonging. We become addicted to the methods and programs of psychology and religion. We become so desperate to learn how to be, that our lives pass, and we neglect the practice of being. ~ John O'Donohue

To become God (Khuda) one does not need weapons. One needs to recognize his [True] Self (Khud). The one who knows one's own Self (khud), is God (khuda). ~ Dada Bhagwan

Please always see the bright side of everything. ~ P.R. Sarkar

The spiritual world was not to them another world from the natural world. It was the same world as that known to the mind. Beauty and rationality were both manifested in it. They did not see the conclusions reached by the spirit and those reached by the mind as opposed to each other. Reason and feeling were not antagonistic. The truth of poetry and the truth of science were both true. It ~ Edith Hamilton

He told himself she wasn't really such a bad person, she was just a pest, she was sticky, there was something misplaced in her make-up, something that kept her from fading clear of people when they wanted to be in the clear. ~ David Goodis

The point of the spiritual life is to realize Truth. But you will never understand the spiritual life, or realize Truth, if you measure it by your own yardstick. ~ Dainin Katagiri

Some of the most exalted states of consciousness I experienced were in bed with someone, alone, or with my spiritual teacher. There was never a difference for me. ~ Frederick Lenz

If I'm going to continue to be any kind of spiritual teacher, I've got to go deeper myself. And so for me, [I am] preserving long periods of solitude, silence, prayer, journaling, study, writing. I don't turn on music or the TV unless I really need to. ~ Richard Rohr

It was only after I began to write fiction that I found a way to connect with painting. ~ Susan Vreeland

It is the gods who have been accused. They have answered her. If they in turn accuse her, a greater judge and a more excellent court must try the case. ~ C.S. Lewis

I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it. ~ Jean M. Auel

They dressed for dinner and followed the strict discipline of upper class English families. The next morning they took me with them for the county fox hunt. Since I could not ride, I asked to be excused. But I did get to see the ritual of dress, the hierarchy observed among hunting types, the blowing of horns, the handling of beagles, a poor fox being run to death and having its tail (brush) cut off. Having achieved their object, glasses of sherry were passed round like prasad after a religious service. ~ Khushwant Singh

The spirit of God dwells in you. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Over the years, many people on a spiritual journey have asked me why I keep going on about politics, and many people involved in politics have asked me why I keep going on about spirituality. ~ Marianne Williamson

Religion is that which becomes the religion and gives results. When can we say it is this way? It is when it helps when someone insults you. It will not let you be affected by it. ~ Dada Bhagwan

If you want to be more alive, love is the truest health. ~ Rumi

But if we see ourselves as connected to God, or as reconnecting to our Source through meditation, then we can attract anything we want into our lives. ~ Wayne Dyer

Men live a moral life, either from regard to the Diving Being, or from regard to the opinion of the people in the world; and when a moral life is practised out of regard to the Divine Being, it is a spiritual life. Both appear alike in their outward form; but in their inward, they are completely different. The one saves a man, but the other does not; for he that leads a moral life out of regard to the Divine Being is led by him, but he who does so from regard to the opinion of people in the world is led by himself. ~ Emanuel Swedenborg

Prayer if it is real is an acknowledgment of our finitude, our need, our openness to be changed, our readiness to be surprised, yes, astonished by the "beams of love." ~ Douglas V. Steere

Unless we possess high spiritual qualifications, there is no doubt that the events life throws upon us will give rise to frustration, emotional turmoil, and other distorted states of consciousness. These imperfect states of mind in turn give rise to imperfect activities, and the seeds of suffering are ever planted in a steady flow. ~ Dalai Lama

If we are not living IN our bodies, honoring them as our TEMPLE, we are closing off the divine channels (nadis) of energy that run through us. Additionally, when we are not in good physical shape, we limit our enjoyment of our life experience. Thus, yoga is spiritual and physical. ~ Dashama Konah Gordon

To Win Trust Is Bigger Than To Get Love". ~ Venugopal Acharya

Every Latter-day Saint should love the inspired Constitution of the United States - a nation with a spiritual foundation and a prophetic history - which nation the Lord has declared to be his base of operations in these latter days. ~ Ezra Taft Benson