“Man is sitting disconsolate on an anthill one morning. God asks him what the matter is and man replies that the soil is too swampy for the cultivation of the yams which God has directed him to grow. God tells him to bring in a blacksmith to dry the soil with his bellows. The contribution of humanity to this creation is so important. God could have made the world perfect if he had wanted. But he made it the way it is. So that there is a constant need for us to discuss and cooperate to make it more habitable, so the soil can yield, you see.”
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Spiritual Quotes — page 29 of 1176
“Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure.”
“Sold my soul to Satan. I've been dancing with the devil. So when you get to hell you can say you know me. I'm easily attracted by the dark side. Devil keep following.”
“For peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new beings who have learned to see the whole first.”
“God changes appearances every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises. One moment he is a glass of fresh water, the next, your son bouncing on your knees or an enchanting woman, or perhaps merely a morning walk.”
“And once you are awake, you shall remain awake eternally.”
“Jesus sees our sin more clearly than anyone, yet He loves us more than anyone.”
“We have forgotten what rocks and plants still know - we have forgotten how to be - to be still - to be ourselves - to be where life is here and now”
“Just as the power of the sun is the only force in the natural universe that causes a plant to grow against gravity, so the grace of God is the only force in the spiritual universe that causes a person to grow against the gravity of their own ego.”
“Sometimes when I'm faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there's a cook.”
“I think people, if you really want to be happy, you have to find God yourself, and you're going to have to have a personal, one-on-one relationship and not look to get through these traditions or these rituals and all this crazy stuff when you could talk to him right here, right now, anytime, anywhere, any place, from any position. And that's the kind of relationship you want, not a standard.”
“Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.”
“He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.”
“We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.”
“You can pray while you work. Work doesn't stop prayer and prayer doesn't stop work. It requires only that small raising of the mind to him: I love you God, I trust you, I believe in you, I need you now. Small things like that. They are wonderful prayers.”
“It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.”
“When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous”
“To say that God turns away from the sinful is like saying that the sun hides from the blind.”
“It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.”
“The universe is made up of experiences that are designed to burn out your attachment, your clinging, to pleasure, to pain, to fear, to all of it. And as long as there is a place where you’re vulnerable, the universe will find a way to confront you with it.”