Spirituality quotes
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"Two attempts have been made in the world to found social life: the one was upon religion, and the other was upon social necessity. The one was founded upon spirituality, the other upon materialism; the one upon transcendentalism, the other upon realism."
"The worst of a modern stylish mansion is that it has no place for ghosts."
"The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is."
"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."
"Do you want to know how spirituality works? Breathe."
"The individual may be understood as one particular focal point at which the whole universe expresses itself - as an incarnation of the self, or of the Godhead, or whatever one may choose to call it."
"We have to seek the essence of all religions; then we can see how spirituality actually unites us and empowers us instead of breaking us down."
"Nature has a great simplicity and therefore a great beauty."
"I died from a mineral and plant became, Died from the plant, took a sentient frame; Died from the beast, donned a human dress - When by my dying did I ever grow less."
"My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality."
"Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality."
"Give unto us this day the daily manna Without which, in this desert where we dwell, He must go backward who would most advance."
"For me, the beginning of sharing my faith with people began by throwing out Christianity and embracing Christian spirituality, a nonpolitical mysterious system that can be experienced but not explained."
"There is a universal urge to rethink our spirituality in order to give us a new sense of security."
"If you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety or fear."
"I talk about a Christianity that is enlightened enough to separate spirituality from the rest of life. Not just church and state, but knowledge and church."
"God utters me like a word containing a partial thought of him. A word will never be able to comprehend the voice that utters it. But if I am true to the concept that God utters in me, if I am true to the thought of Him that I was meant to embody, I shall be full of his actuality and find him everywhere in myself, and find myself nowhere."
"Each generation has to reinvent spirituality."
"Can you be still and look inside?If so, then you know the truth is always available, and always responsive."
"As they are currently practiced, there is no common ground between science and religion... Although just as in hostage negotiations, it's probably best to keep both sides talking to each other."
