Sincerity in sadhna and eagerness to serve is the basis of one's relationship with the spiritual master.

Humility is the most important quality in the spiritual life. When it is lacking spiritual growth stops.

Meditation is an opportunity to move into a dimension where there is no such thing as stress within you.

Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players.

Tony's [Blair] convinced I'm going to find God. I do have spiritual moments, but I don't think it's God.

I bring spiritual books with me while travelling. I like books about thoughts and how you see the world.

You really can't justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.

The trees reflected in the river - they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.

One small action of love can do far, far more for a soul than all the most beautiful words in the world.

The pas has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that.

...there's something about maternal love - it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is.

Wisdom is not a matter of study, but a matter of living, and of sure action which rises above opposites.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

Selfishness draws men into a spiritual vacuum where, absorbed in self service, they shut out all others.

We satisfy our endless needs and justify our bloody deeds in the name of destiny and in the name of God.

I wouldn't say that I'm overly religious, but I have a pretty good relationship with my spiritual being.

If you've ever felt inspired by a purpose or calling, you know the feeling of spirit working through you.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.

Every experience that we have is unique to us because at some deep level we make an interpretation of it.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.

I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual.

We are not a body with a soul, but a soul with a body. When the body dies the soul returns to the source.

The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh.

Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.

To be spiritual means to be solid, calm, and peaceful and to be able to look deeply inside and around us.

The one infallible sign that a spiritual teacher is a fraud is that he charges money for his instruction.

There is often a big disparity between the way in which we perceive things and the way things really are.

There is no sin or transgression, pain or sorrow, which is outside of the healing power of His Atonement.

If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.

The mind is like the wind. You're trying to stop the wind, dressed as a kite. How are you going to do it?

I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies.

The world is no more than the Beloved's face. And the desire of the One to know its own beauty, we exist.

Look at me. My concerns-are they spiritual, do you think, or carnal? Come on. We've read our Shakespeare.

Radical transformation of society requires personal and spiritual change first or at least simultaneously

For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life.

Fascination with the psychic - or the psychological - can be a dangerous sidetrack on any spiritual path.

We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race.

You don't have to learn to be wise. If you just flow you can be successful. Mother Nature will carry you.

God's promises are not fortune cookies. We do not use them in order to get a spiritual "fix" for the day.

The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.

As you become present and thereby total in what you do, your actions become charged with spiritual power.

American nation was not founded on political principles. This nation was founded on spiritual principles.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.

I honor those who try to rid themselves of any lying, who empty the self and have only clear being there.

Know that this universe is nothing but a dream bluff of nature to test your consciousness of immortality.

When every young man refuses to go to war, you will have peace. You do not defend any idea with violence.

One of the main functions of formalized religion is to protect people against a direct experience of God.

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