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"I do not believe that the spiritual law works on a field of its own. On the contrary, it expresses itself only through the ordinary activities of life. It thus affects the economic, the social and the political fields."
"Satyagraha is a purely spiritual weapon."
"Everyone holds a piece of the truth."
"No one can ride on the back of a man unless it is bent."
"The ally we must cultivate is the part of our enemy which knows the truth."
"Just think out for yourselves, if a man who was good yesterday has become bad after having come in contact with me, is he responsible that he has deteriorated or am I? ... It is well to take the blame sometimes."
"The Way to Heaven has no favorites. It is always with the good man."
"How can a man's life keep it's course If he will not let it flow, Those who flow as life flows know They need no other force: They feel no wear, they feel no tear, They need no mending, no repair."
"{The cleansing of spiritual contamination} is accomplished by offering one's talent, resources, and life to the world."
"Those who of old were good practicers of Tao did not use it to make people bright, but rather used it to make them simple."
"As actors, the magic is in the almost spiritual experience to really enter another world, to really enter a belief of being in another person's shoes and to really take on their experiences as someone else has written them and imagined them. It's kind of a sacred thing. It's a very spiritual experience. That in itself for me is the main thing that keeps me coming back to it. I like to travel, but for me, this is the greatest travel."
"The message is clear. It is not what is happening 'out there.' It is what is happening between your ears. It's your attitude that counts."
"I'm a spiritual musician, I think there has been enough political musicians and I think everything that can be said has been said about political, social things, you know, and there's still some more to be said but not much."
"I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is."
"For me at this time in my life I recognize that everything is about moving closer to that which is God. And without a full, spiritual center - and I am not talking about religion, I am talking about without understanding the fullness from which you've come you can't really fulfill your supreme moment of destiny."
"We need to deprogram ourselves. I know for sure that you can't give what you don't have. If you allow yourself to be depleted to the point where your emotional and spiritual tank is empty and you're running on fumes of habit, everybody loses. Especially you."
"I've often called mothers the greatest spiritual teachers in the world."
"I did not grow up in the church. I'm not a church-goer now. I'm a very spiritual person."
"There seems in most countries to be either one extreme or the other. Truly a paradise could exist wherever material progress and spiritual values could be properly balanced."