“The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man: abjuration of force in the settlement of disputes between states; the assurance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion; the safeguarding of international peace and security.”
Spiritual feeling
Spiritual Quotes — page 178 of 1176
“After you leap, before you land, is God.”
“Freedom and slavery are mental states.”
“Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.”
“All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.”
“Quiet your mind and stop judging and resisting and manipulating the natural way.”
“I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.”
“Make your will one! Don't listen with your ears, listen with your mind. No, don't listen with your mind, but listen with your spirit. Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty- and waits on all things. The Way gathers in emptiness alone. Emptiness is the fasting of the mind.”
“Mystery is the essence of divinity”
“I learned that I could control my life. You are the master of your fate. . . you are the captain of your soul. I took control and went to my space. . . My space. . . the universal energy. . . I tapped into that space of divine flow, where all beings, all things are connected. That space is real. You cannot have a meaningful life without having spiritual self-reflection. Know who you are and why you are here. When you tap into that space, divine flow, that universal energy, you become untouchable in what you are called to do.”
“A bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.”
“Everything we do understand about the universe - the periodic table of elements, Einstein's laws, Newton's laws, all of chemistry, all of biology - that's 4 percent of the universe. We got to the moon on the 4 percent we do understand. We landed on Mars on the 4 percent we do understand. So the day we crack the nut of the rest of that 95 percent... Oh my gosh.”
“I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.”
“Concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
“The masters only point the way. But if you meditate And follow the dharma You will free yourself from desire. 'Everything arises and passes away.' When you see this, you are above sorrow. This is the shining way.”
“The Good News borne by our risen Messiah who chose not one race, who chose not one country, who chose not one language, who chose not one tribe, who chose all of humankind!”
“Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred.”
“If you are distressed by something, it is due to your own estimate of it; and you have the power to change it at will.”
“There is nothing which God cannot do. [Lat., Nihil est quod deus efficere non possit.]”
“Prayer opens our lives for God so his will can be done in and through us, because in true prayer we habitually put ourselves into the attitude of willingness to do whatever God wills.”