I'm spiritual! You know what spiritual means! Me and God has a good relationship. I'm in tune with the universe, the sun, moon, and stars. I'm in tune with the jinns that are all around us. — Ghostface Killah
Spiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God. — Dallas Willard
If you want special results, you have to feel special things and do special things together. You can speak about spirit, or you can live it. — Jurgen Klopp
A spiritual person is also in touch with his or her own reality, feelings and thoughts, and the reality of the people around him or her, not projecting on them. — Keith Miller
Spiritual life is like living water that springs up from the very depths of our own spiritual experience. In spiritual life everyone has to drink from his or her own well. — Bernard of Clairvaux
When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them. — Martin Buber
Two things make a relationship providential: when we hear from God through someone and when we see God in someone. — Andy Stanley
It`s important to have a relationship with God. He's the only one that can get down inside of you and heal what needs to be healed inside. — Joyce Meyer
The Spirit of God is jealous over us; He doesn't want superficial fellowship, but genuine intimacy. — John Bevere
To be spiritual is not by praying and going to church. Spiritualism is the understanding of the universe so that it can be a better place to live in. — Fela Kuti
Our spirituality is oneness and an interconnectedness with all that lives and breathes, even with all that does not live or breathe. — Aboriginal proverbs
When human beings meet together seeking the spirit with unity of purpose then they will also find their way to each other. — Rudolf Steiner
When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other. — Margaret J. Wheatley
In the universe there is an immeasurable, indescribable force which shamens call intent, and absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to intent by a connecting link. — Carlos Castaneda
You don't have to be in church service to worship, you can be in your own home. You enhance your spirituality, through the instrument of worship, when you really connect with the invisible, almighty God. — T. D. Jakes
When someone truly cares about you, they make an effort, not an excuse.
Prayer at its highest is a two-way conversation - and for me the most important part is listening to God's replies. — Frank Laubach
The only way out is spiritual, intellectual, and emotional revolution in which, finally, we learn to experience first hand the interloping connections between person and person, organism and organism, action and consequence. — Gregory Bateson
Our heart knows what our mind has forgotten - it knows the sacred that is within all that exists, and through a depth of feeling we can once again experience this connection, this belonging. — Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
The scariest thing about distance is that you don't know whether they'll miss you or forget you.
The good life is one that is characterized by a deep and abiding sense of love and connection to others. — Martha C. Nussbaum
Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music. — Ryan Tedder
Self-realisation means that we have been consciously connected with our source of being. Once we have made this connection, then nothing can go wrong. — Swami Paramananda
When we touch the place in our lives where sexuality and spirituality come together, we touch our wholeness and the fullness of our power, and at the same time our connection with a power larger than ourselves. — Judith Plaskow
Spiritual Love Quotes
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. — Rumi
Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other. — Dalai Lama
God sometimes removes people from your life to protect you. Don't run after them.
There is only one caste... the caste of humanity. There is only one religion... the religion of love. There is only one language... the language of the heart. — Sathya Sai Baba
I am in love with no other than myself, and my very separation is my union... I am my beloved and my lover; I am my knight and my maiden. — Ibn Arabi
There is no difficulty that enough LOVE will not conquer, no disease that enough LOVE will not heal, no door that enough LOVE will not open, no gulf that enough LOVE will not bridge, no wall that enough LOVE will not throw down, no sin that enough LOVE will not redeem. — Emmet Fox
Show respect even to people who don't deserve it; not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of yours.
My heart has become capable of every form: It is a pasture for gazelles And a monastery for Christian monks, And the pilgrim's Ka'ba, And the tablets of the Torah, And the book of the Koran. I follow the religion of Love: Whatever way love's camel takes, That is my religion, my faith. — Ibn Arabi
When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy. — Hafez
There is only one royal road for the spiritual journey...Love — Sathya Sai Baba
Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in its spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance. — Viktor E. Frankl
Spiritual Life Quotes
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds — Paul the Apostle
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. — Mother Teresa
Spiritual power is the eternal guide, in this life and the life after, for man ranks supreme among all creatures. Led forward by spiritual power, man can reach the summit destined for him by the Great Creator. — Haile Selassie
If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress.
If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them and what you do not know, you will fear. What one fears, one destroys. — Chief Dan George
If you do not trust life to unfold, the mind takes over and it becomes a game of strategy, motivated by anxiety. This mistrust is unfair. Life has given us so much, and yet we do not trust it. — Mooji
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. — Pema Chodron
The people that are there for you on your darkest nights are the ones worth spending your brightest days with.
the deeper one is drawn into God, the more one must 'go out of oneself'; that is, one must go to the world in order to carry the divine life into it. — Edith Stein
The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it. — Thomas S. Monson
The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard. — Hafez
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? — Dogen
Spiritual Experience Quotes
It must never be forgotten that the purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous is to sober up alcoholics. There is no religious or spiritual requirement for membership. No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them. — Bill W.
Being a seeker means no matter what the Vedas said, what Krishna or Shiva said, you have to know the truth in your own experience. — Jaggi Vasudev
We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light! — Hafez
Every heart sings a song incomplete, until another heart whispers back.
Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process. — Sai Baba
Individuals do not meet by chance. They are necessary in the experiences of others, though they may not always use their opportunities in a spiritual way or manner. — Edgar Cayce
Each soul in entering the material experience does so for those purposes of advancement towards that awareness of being fully conscious of the oneness with the Creative Forces. — Edgar Cayce
If you're abest during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success.
The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life. — Dalai Lama
Dance is active meditation. When we dance, we go beyond thought, beyond mind and beyond our individuality to become one in the divine ecstasy of the union with the cosmic spirit. This is the essence of the trance dance experience. — Goa Gil
Never limit your view of life by any past experience. — Ernest Holmes
Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them. — Elisabeth Elliot
Spiritual Development Quotes
It is the intense spirituality of India, and not any great political structure or social organisation that it has developed, that has enabled it to resist the ravages of time and the accidents of history. — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Development is not about factories, dams and roads. Development is about people. The goal is material, cultural and spiritual fulfilment for the people. The human factor is of supreme value in development. — Rajiv Gandhi
You can map out a light plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you're down to the reflexes you developed in training. That's where roadwork shows - the training you did in the dark of the mornin' will show when you're under the bright lights. — Joe Frazier
Don't inflict pains from your past on your present relationships.
Protest to be effective, must be followed by resolute action and at this crisis in world history when materialistic energy aims at overthrowing spiritual energy and moral values, action needs to develop into a world crusade for the Spiritual Humanity. — Vida Goldstein
Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love. — Morihei Ueshiba
So the first reason for studying Scripture is that it is a means of spiritual growth. There is none apart from the Word. It is God's primary tool to develop you as an individual. — Howard G. Hendricks
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
. . . in the spiritual life you must practice. And the only way to practice is by trying to solve your problems with prayer. This develops your spiritual power and it also trains you to use that spiritual power in the most effective way. — Emmet Fox
It is not a church’s job to spiritually develop your children. Scripturally, it is the job of the parents. The church body is supposed to support parents in raising children, not replace them. — George Barna
Spiritual strongholds begin with a thought. One thought becomes a consideration. A consideration develops into an attitude, which leads then to action. Action repeated becomes a habit, and a habit establishes a "power base for the enemy," that is, a stronghold. — Elisabeth Elliot
He who is filled with love is filled with God himself. — Saint Augustine
Spiritual Journey Quotes
The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth. — Ram Dass
When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense. — Kahlil Gibran
Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations. — Samuel Ullman
If someone betrays you once, it's their fault. If they betray you twice, it's your fault.
Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be. Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar, and you’ll live as you’ve never lived before. — Erich Fromm
In the spiritual journey, you cannot be a wine taster, you have to become a drunk. — Mooji
The experiences are so innumerable and varied, that the journey appears to be interminable and the Destination is ever out of sight. But the wonder of it is, when at last you reach your Destination you find that you had never travelled at all! It was a journey from here to Here. — Meher Baba
And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our own feet, and learn to be at home. — Wendell Berry
We are all hypocrites in transition. I am not who I want to be, but I am on the journey there, and thankfully I am not whom I used to be. — Erwin McManus
There comes a time in the spiritual journey when you start making choices from a very different place. And if a choice lines up so that it supports truth, health, happiness, wisdom and love, it's the right choice. — Angeles Arrien
Marriage is not a static state between two unchanging people. Marriage is a psychological and spiritual journey that begins in the ecstasy of attraction, meanders through a rocky stretch of self-discovery, and culminates in the creation of an intimate, joyful, lifelong union. — Harville Hendrix
Spiritual Education Quotes
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. — Carl Rogers
It seems that our brave new world is becoming less tolerant, spiritual and educated than it ever was when I was young. — Lemmy Kilmister
The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.' — Grace Hopper
Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people. — Mahatma Gandhi
Thought breeds thought; children familiar with great thoughts take as naturally to thinking for themselves as the well-nourished body takes to growing; and we must bear in mind that growth, physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, is the sole end of education. — Charlotte Mason
I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking — Albert Einstein
True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader. — Mahatma Gandhi
Education is a life; that life is sustained on ideas; ideas are of spiritual origin, and that we get them chiefly as we convey them to one another. The duty of parents is to sustain a child's inner life with ideas as they sustain his body with food. — Charlotte Mason
If education recognizes the intrinsic value of the child's personality and provides an environment suited to spiritual growth, we have the revelation of an entirely new child whose astonishing characteristics can eventually contribute to the betterment of the world. — Maria Montessori
Spiritual Practice Quotes
Building community is to the collective as spiritual practice is to the individual. — Grace Lee Boggs
The most holy and necessary practice in our spiritual life is the presence of God. That means finding constant pleasure in His divine company, speaking humbly and lovingly with him in all seasons, at every moment, without limiting the conversation in any way. — Brother Lawrence
If we practice the science of yoga, which is useful to the entire human community and which yields happiness both here and hereafter - if we practice it without fail, we will then attain physical, mental, and spiritual happiness, and our minds will flood towards the Self. — K. Pattabhi Jois
You impose limits on your true nature of infinite being. Then you get displeased to be only a limited creature. Then you begin spiritual practices to transcend these non-existing limits. But if your practice itself implies the existence of these limits, how could they allow you to transcend them. — Ramana Maharshi
The realization of New Africa can only be possible by the African cultivating spiritual balance, which leads to the practicalization of social regeneration, to realizing economic determination, becoming mentally emancipated, and ushering in a political resurgence. — Nnamdi Azikiwe
You can think of spiritual practice as a kind of spiritual re-parenting ... You're offering yourself the two qualities that make up good parenting: understanding - seeing yourself for who you truly are - and relating to what you see with unconditional love. — Tara Brach
The Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu spiritual text written around 2,000 years ago, translated the breathing practice of pranayama to mean 'trance induced by stopping all breathing.' — James Nestor
The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self. — Marianne Williamson
Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice. If you can cry with a pure heart, nothing else compares to such a prayer, Crying includes all the principles of Yoga. — Kripalvananda
By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive. — Albert Schweitzer
Spiritual Growth Quotes
You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. — Deepak Chopra
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near. — Teresa of Avila
Physical strength (hard work), mental strength (perseverance) and spiritual strength (love & acceptance) are the keys to continuous growth. — Rickson Gracie
I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be. — Albert Einstein
Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love. — M. Scott Peck
The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart — Rumi
Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution. — Deepak Chopra
The quickest way to change your attitude toward pain is to accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth. — M. Scott Peck
My wife understood a crucial spiritual principle I'd yet to grasp. You can stand in the light. And you can set a positive example. But you simply cannot make someone change. — Rich Roll
Relationship With God Quotes
Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God's faithful presence in our lives. — Henri Nouwen
Prayer is spiritual communication between man and God, a two-way relationship in which man should not only talk to God but also listen to Him. Prayer to God is like a child's conversation with his father. It is natural for a child to ask his father for the things he needs. — Billy Graham
You must never sacrifice your relationship with God for the sake of a relationship with another person. — Charles Stanley
The purpose of relationship is not to have another who might complete you, but to have another with whom you might share your completeness. — Neale Donald Walsch
Freedom is not the ability to do anything we want, whenever we want. Rather, FREEDOM is the ability to live responsibly the truth of our relationship with God and with one another. — Pope John Paul II
Jesus taught that your highest priority must be your relationship with Him. If anything detracts you from that relationship, that activity is not from God. God will not ask you to do something that hinders your relationship with Christ. — Henry Blackaby
What might God be trying to grow in your character or cement in your relationship with Him by keeping you separated from some of the things you want but don’t yet have? — Priscilla Shirer
Someone asked me, 'Do you pray for the dead?' I said, 'No, I preach to them! I think every pew in every church is death row. Think about that! They're dead! They sing about God; they talk about God, but they're dead! They have no living relationship (with God). — Leonard Ravenhill
Effective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring blessings. — D. A. Carson
Refusing to gossip is a beautiful decision to make. It not only creates richer friendships but, more importantly, it makes our relationship with the Lord more authentic and believable. We honor God when we honor each other. — Lysa TerKeurst
The Christian life is not about pleasing God the finger-shaker and judge. It is not about believing now or being good now for the sake of heaven later. It is about entering a relationship in the present that begins to change everything now. Spirituality is about this process: the opening of the heart to the God who is already here. — Marcus Borg
The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter. — Paulo Coelho
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives. — Tony Robbins
Every relationship has a spiritual purpose that helps us grow and become stronger. Sometimes, our most challenging relationships bring the greatest personal blessings. From them we learn about forgiveness, patience, and other virtues. — Doreen Virtue
Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others. — Wayne Dyer
Be still. it takes no effort to be still; it is utterly simple. When your mind is still, you have no name, you have no past, you have no relationships, you have no country, you have no spiritual attainment, you have no lack of spiritual attainment. There is just the presence of beingness with itself. — Gangaji
If you are willing to look at another person's behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person. then you will, over a period of time, cease to react at all. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
A power struggle collapses when you withdraw your energy from it. Power struggles become uninteresting to you when you change your intention from winning to learning about yourself. — Gary Zukav
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
Experience life in all possible ways -- good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light, summer-winter. Experience all the dualities. Don't be afraid of experience, because the more experience you have, the more mature you become. — Osho
You have to go into relationship not with what you can get out of it, but with what you can put into it. — Corey Wayne
My spirituality is more private. I've got my own personal relationship with god. I know that there's a god because I was able to survive everything that I've been through - all of the tough times - and I'm still at the top of my game. With all the rumors and all the hate, I'm still strong, still happy, still blessed. — Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Jesus is never bored in his relationship with you. — Mike Bickle
Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise, they are irrelevant. — A. H. Almaas
Every guy is going to realize that every relationship is an opportunity for growth. — Corey Wayne
You need to maintain your level of mystery, not just in the beginning, but throughout the relationship. — Corey Wayne
The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not. — Oswald Chambers
A genuine relationship is one that is not dominated by the ego with its image-making and self-seeking. In a genuine relationship, there is an outward flow of open, alert attention toward the other person in which there is no wanting whatsoever. — Eckhart Tolle
We were never created to settle for mere religion. Jesus did not die so that we could have a religious belief system - but rather a life-giving relationship with our Father. — Christine Caine
If we’re going to strive for spiritual growth, we have to be willing to put concepts into practice in our everyday lives, in all relationships with all people. You can’t separate your “spiritual life” from your “work life.” They’re both your life! In the same vein, you can’t separate money and happiness. — T. Harv Eker
Our separation from each other is an optical illusion. — Albert Einstein
For you to have any relationship with God, it must be through His Word by His Spirit. — T. B. Joshua
Since I have escaped the harshness of the economic bounds of poverty, I have stayed very connected to it spiritually. I reside and live and go and socialize and exist among those who suffer daily from the relationship that they have to poverty, Black men and women who are incarcerated. Actually, all people who are incarcerated, not just Black. — Harry Belafonte
Modern multiple divorce is rooted in the fact that many are seeking in human relationships what human relationships can never give. Why do they have multiple divorce, instead of merely promiscuous affairs? Because they are seeking more than merely sexual relationship. — Francis Schaeffer
Attachment to being right creates suffering. When you have a choice to be right, or to be kind, choose kind and watch your suffering disappear. — Wayne Dyer
Falling in love you remain a child; rising in love you mature. By and by love becomes not a relationship, it becomes a state of your being. Not that you are in love - now you are love. — Osho
Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life? — Francis Chan
Russians have different far lofty ambitions; more of a spiritual kind. It's more about your relationship with God . — Vladimir Putin
To awaken spiritual unity, and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature, is the true goal of human life. — Mata Amritanandamayi
Let there be spaces in your togetherness — Kahlil Gibran
Be spiritually independent enough that your relationship with the Savior doesn't depend on your circumstances or on what other people say and do. Have the spiritual independence to be a Mormon--the best Mormon you can--in your own way. Not the bishop's way. Not the Relief Society president's way. Your way. — Chieko N. Okazaki
A spiritual teaching is a finger pointing toward Reality; it is not Reality itself. To be in a true and mature relationship with a spiritual teaching requires you to apply it, not simply believe in it. — Adyashanti
I don't want to be religious, I want to be spiritual. Anybody can be religious. Some people jog religiously. You don't want to be that, you want to be spiritual. You want to have a relationship with God as opposed to doing what everyone else does. — Lauryn Hill
I hesitate to add, but I will, that this is fun. God means Christianity to be fun. There is to be a reality of love and communication in the Christian-to-Christian relationship, individually and corporately, which is completely and truly personal. — Francis Schaeffer
And the purpose of our creation, in which all our subsidiary purposes fit, is to be in a personal relationship to God, in communion with him, in love, by choice, the creature before the Creator. — Francis Schaeffer
When I was in my twenties and just so sexually prolific, the first time I went to Machu Picchu, this guy, a spiritual teacher, says to me, "When you make love, you must be making love." I thought that was the greatest advice I had ever heard. — Woody Harrelson
By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe. — Albert Schweitzer
I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. — M. Scott Peck
Lucky people develop a relationship with a certain kind of art that becomes spiritual, almost religious, and doesn’t mean, you know, church stuff, but it means you’re just never the same. — David Foster Wallace
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