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Maybe I'm being philosophical and spiritual, but I believe that if you put negative energy out there that that is what will come back.
Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics.
We are not saints, gods, spiritual human beings that we can sit and decide whether a film will do well or not. It is not in our hands.
It's in that convergence of spiritual people becoming active and active people becoming spiritual that the hope of humanity now rests.
Self is the opaque veil that hides the Face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction.
I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence.
If we now seek the spiritual significance of the technique of Michelangelo we shall find that his sculpture expressed restless energy.
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
Goodness is not in the backyard of the individual nor in the open field of the collective; goodness flowers only in freedom from both.
If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories.
You will find meaning in life only if you create it.It is a poetry to be composed. It is a song to be sung.It is a dance to be danced.
In God's eyes, walking on water is no more miraculous than the ability of hemoglobin to bond with oxygen inside a red blood corpuscle.
Self-discipline leads to higher spiritual states only if practiced with under- standing. The clearer the goal, the greater the result.
AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.
Is not prayer a study of truth, a sally of the soul into the unfound infinite? No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
An honorable spiritual practice recognizes the losses we have suffered, tells our story, and sheds our tears to free us from the past.
If you don't eat right and you don't know how to take care of your body, you're not going to have the energy to do anything wonderful.
I think we're intrinsically spiritual. We're spiritual beings in a physical universe and we are here to make a spiritual contribution.
One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.
At the end of the day, you can have something in your head, something in your hand, or something in your heart. What are you choosing?
The more you make your thoughts and beliefs into your identity, the more cut off you are from the spiritual dimension within yourself.
The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge.
When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us.
The spring of the New Age is here, bursting forth in perfect harmony, beauty and abundance; and nothing can stop it from coming about.
We lose our souls if we lose the experience of the forest, the butterflies, the song of the birds, if we can't see the stars at night.
Spiritual illumination and perspective are poured out through the windows of heaven and into our lives as we honor the law of tithing.
LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.
We're human beings trying to understand and cultivate what it means to feel divine love. We have to start with small, realistic goals.
Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new year to all the earth.
True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is a spiritual commerce with the Creator of heaven and earth.
Running is just such a monastery- a retreat, a place to commune with God and yourself, a place for psychological and spiritual renewal.
If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me; For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.
Laughter is more sacred than prayer, dancing more spiritual than chanting mantras, loving existence more cosmic than going to a church.
The unique personality which is the real life in me, I cannot gain unless I search for the real life, the spiritual quality, in others.
In fact, the environmental crisis is related to the crisis of aesthetics, crisis of social cohesion and the crisis of spiritual values.
You need to know that you are a spiritual being so that you can do helpful things to allow your innate qualities to unfold and express.
All breathing beings are spiritual; this includes everyone who breathes, whether they are animals or humans, carnivores or vegetarians.
I promise you that one day you will stand aside and look at your difficult times, you will realize that he was always there beside you.
Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home . . . and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.
Bring the pure wine of love and freedom. But sir, a tornado is coming. More wine, we'll teach this storm A thing or two about whirling.
What is it to be a fool for Christ? It is to control one's thoughts when they stray out of line. It is to make the mind empty and free.
The physical world, including our bodies, is a response of the observer. We create our bodies as we create the experience of our world.
Disease is in essence the result of conflict between Soul and Mind, and will never be eradicated except by spiritual and mental effort.
Confusion is better than stupid conclusions. In confusion, there is still a possibility. In stupid conclusion, there is no possibility.
Nature intends all men and women to be mental and spiritual giants, and does not intend that any one should follow the will of another.
In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
The bourgeois woman not only demands her own bread, but she also requests spiritual nourishment and wants to develop her individuality.
Meditation means to know life beyond the sphere of the physical; to know and experience life not just at the surface but at the source.
I don't know what makes fashion cruel, except I feel nothing but spiritual depletion around it. There's nothing enriching, spiritually.
Our task is to become our best selves. One of God's greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final.