Quotes about Spiritual Life

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Votes: 6

Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach. Votes: 6

Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you're not occupied, and certainly not preoccupied. In the spiritual life, discipline means to create that space in which something can happen that you hadn't planned or counted on. Votes: 6

God does not further our spiritual life in spite of our circumstances, but in and by our circumstances. Votes: 5

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. Votes: 4

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it Votes: 4

Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life-gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. Votes: 4

The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should change. Votes: 4

The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived. Votes: 4

By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life. Votes: 4

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day, are like the smith's bellows: they take breath but are not alive. Votes: 4

In the spiritual life nowhere do our ideals meet the actual more truly than in how we relate to each other, in how we make, sustain and are friends. Votes: 4

To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of loneliness and to change it by gentle and persistent efforts into a garden of solitude. Votes: 4

The spiritual life is a life beyond moods. It is a life in which we choose joy and do not allow ourselves to become victims of passing feelings of happiness or depression. Votes: 4

If God sees that my spiritual life will be furthered by giving the things for which I ask, then He will give them, but that is not the end of prayer. The end of prayer is that I come to know God Himself. Votes: 4

Learning how to love is the goal and the purpose of spiritual life - not learning how to develop psychic powers, not learning how to bow, chant, do yoga, or even meditate, but learning to love. Love is the truth. Love is the light. Votes: 4

This is the secret of spiritual life: to think that I am the Atman and not the body, and that the whole of this universe with all its relations, with all its good and all its evil, is but as a series of paintings...scenes on a canvas...of which I am the witness. Votes: 4

In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so in the spiritual life a man is sick on account of sin. For that reason he needs medicine so that he may be restored to health; and this grace is bestowed in the Sacrament of Penance. Votes: 4

In the spiritual domain, criticism is love turned sour. In a wholesome spiritual life there is no room for criticism. The critical faculty is an intellectual one, not a moral one. If criticism becomes a habit it will destroy the moral energy of the life and paralyse spiritual force. The only person who can criticise human beings is the Holy Spirit. Votes: 4

I've only paid lip service to a spiritual life. Votes: 2

Like Yoga, the spiritual life is actually very difficult. Votes: 2

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. Votes: 2

In therapy I have learned the importance of keeping spiritual life and professional life balanced. I need to regain my balance. Votes: 2

The joy which answers to prayer give, cannot be described; and the impetus which they afford to the spiritual life is exceedingly great. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems. Votes: 2

In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings. Votes: 2

True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life. Votes: 2

A sincere seeker knows what his goal is: the highest Truth. He will not delay his journey. In spiritual life, we aspire for the highest Truth, for God, nothing else. Votes: 2

There the union of Church and State tends strongly to paralyze some of the members of the body of Christ. Here there is no such influence to destroy spiritual life and power. Votes: 2

A spiritual life is 24 hours a day, seven days a week. How do you live? What's true? How do you respond? It's not about living by beliefs; it's about wanting to know. Votes: 2

Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can influence votes, but because service is integral to religious and spiritual life. Votes: 2

That's the whole spiritual life. It's learning how to die. And as you learn how to die, you start losing all your illusions, and you start being capable now of true intimacy and love. Votes: 2

In the mental calmness of a spiritual life, I have found that the answers to the whys in our lives are able to come to you. In my music I find the same thing. Votes: 2

Spiritual life can certainly follow the pattern one sees in the fake martial arts, with most teachers making nebulous and magical claims that never get tested, while their students derange themselves with weird ideas, empty rituals, and other affectations. Votes: 2

The spiritual life is not a life before, after, or beyond our everyday existence. No, the spiritual life can only be real when it is lived in the midst of the pains and joys of the here and now. Votes: 2

Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It's because I'm not quite an atheist and it worries me. There's that little bit that holds on: 'Well, I'm almost an atheist. Give me a couple of months.' Votes: 2

Christian, non-Christian, we're going to miss the mark. We're going to make mistakes. How you handle those mistakes and get more fundamentally sound spiritually in dealing with those mistakes I think have a direct impact - not only on your spiritual life, but those around you. Votes: 2

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust - not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God. Votes: 2

What you feel spiritually. I think a lot of that has to do with it. If you have no spiritual life, chances are everything is going to aggravate you, you're going to fly off the handle at everything and that's what I did in the past. I've kind of got that under control now. Votes: 2

In my relationship with God, I've learned that if I follow a 'formula' for how I spend my time with Him, then I'm just accomplishing a checklist of things I feel obligated to do to please Him. This makes my spiritual life more about doing what I need to do to fulfill an obligation than something meaningful. Votes: 2

My spiritual life is... sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don't. When I do have access to it, it's usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do. By best, I mean when I have a real sense of doing the right thing and doing good for people and the connected universe of everybody. Votes: 2

Life is spiritual. Votes: 0

Life is spiritual breath. Votes: 0

Spiritual life is contractual. Votes: 0

Life is a spiritual breath. Votes: 0

Blindness enhanced my spiritual life. Votes: 0

Life is a spiritual splendid journey. Votes: 0

Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Votes: 0

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life. Votes: 0

All spiritual interests are supported by animal life. Votes: 0

The beauty of the soul enfold in spiritual-life. Votes: 0

Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life. Votes: 0

The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. Votes: 0

The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation. Votes: 0

A spiritual life means: It is now or never. Votes: 0

The spiritual life becomes very simple when you're sick. Votes: 0

Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life. Votes: 0

Simplicity. Simplicity. Simplicity. The three keys to a spiritual life. Votes: 0

Life is a spiritual entitlement, not a human mundated privilege. Votes: 0

Abandon the secret chamber and the spiritual life will decay. Votes: 0

Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it. Votes: 0

Spirituality and spiritual life give us the strength to love. Votes: 0

Make time daily for the development of your spiritual life. Votes: 0

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. Votes: 0

The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life. Votes: 0

Simplify your life. You don't grow spiritual, you shrink spiritual. Votes: 0

a spiritual life without prayer is like the gospel without Christ. Votes: 0

Spiritual life is contractual. The sacred cannot dialogue with the unresponsive. Votes: 0

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life. Votes: 0

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. Votes: 0

In the spiritual life, he who does not advance goes backwards. Votes: 0

Art is a spiritual, immaterial respite from the hardships of life. Votes: 0

The goal of spiritual life is not altered states, but altered traits Votes: 0

Everything that happens in life is there to aid our spiritual growth. Votes: 0

One of the things that kills Buddhist spiritual life is excessive seriousness. Votes: 0

For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress. Votes: 0

Nothing is so fundamental to the spiritual life as learning to give thanks. Votes: 0

The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life. Votes: 0

Knowledge of every aspect of human life, physical and spiritual is plentiful today. Votes: 0

One's everyday life is never capable of being separated from his spiritual being. Votes: 0

The spiritual is whatever allows us to notice the miraculous nature of life. Votes: 0

As you get older, life gets harder if you're not applying spiritual truths. Votes: 0

Physical life is characterized by defensiveness, whereas spiritual life is just the opposite. Votes: 0

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life. Votes: 0

The spiritual life is about becoming more at home in your own skin. Votes: 0

I realize that I cannot live without a spiritual dimension in my life. Votes: 0

God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life. Votes: 0

The essence of spiritual life is simply to use our free will properly. Votes: 0

Your footsteps will have more to say about your spiritual life than knowledge attained. Votes: 0

Stopping is a spiritual art. It is the refuge where we drink life in. Votes: 0

I'm not sure about life after this; god knows I'm not a spiritual man. Votes: 0

In the spiritual life only one thing produces genuine joy and that is obedience. Votes: 0

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world Votes: 0

I figured out something spiritual. Billboard this: 'Life is supposed to be fun!' Votes: 0

The laws of economic life are subject to the eternal laws of spiritual capital. Votes: 0

A prayerful life, spiritual act of upholding all that you are capable of being. Votes: 0

Learning to celebrate joy is one of the great practices of the spiritual life. Votes: 0

Baptism is the door of the spiritual life and the gateway to the sacraments. Votes: 0

The spiritual life is always about letting go. It is never about holding on. Votes: 0

The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience. Votes: 0

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. Votes: 0

Success in spiritual life lies not in being the Best, but doing the Best. Votes: 0

The nature of the spiritual life is that we are certain in our uncertainty. Votes: 0

In the prayer time, the battle of the spiritual life is lost or won. Votes: 0

A life without problems would be a barren existence, without the opportunity for spiritual growth. Votes: 0

Just as armor protects the soldier, spiritual knowledge protects us from the difficulties of life. Votes: 0

There's a spiritual bond that connects all Souls: human, animal, and lower forms of life. Votes: 0

The divorce of our so-called spiritual life from our daily activities is a fatal dualism. Votes: 0

The Christian life is one of spiritual courage and determination lived out in our flesh Votes: 0

Begin to break limitation in your home, business, career and spiritual life, in Jesus' name! Votes: 0

It really takes a hero to live any kind of spiritual life without religious belief. Votes: 0

There's a spiritual current in my work because there's a spiritual current in my life. Votes: 0

The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life. Votes: 0

Put in an honest day's work. It is the building block of a spiritual life. Votes: 0

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust Votes: 0

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. Votes: 0

The more serious you are about spiritual life, the more you keep your mind in captivity. Votes: 0

The garden is a metaphor for life, and gardening is a symbol of the spiritual path. Votes: 0

When you give, you reveal a spiritual truth, that the flow of life never runs dry. Votes: 0

In the spiritual life there is no such thing as an indifference to love or hate. Votes: 0

I'd say that 'Tree of Life' is not a Christian so much as a spiritual film. Votes: 0

There are no planes in the spiritual life; we are either going uphill or coming down. Votes: 0

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it Votes: 0

It's really a spiritual practice that I am trying to show as a way of life. Votes: 0

All of spiritual practice is a matter of relationship: to ourselves, to others, to life's situations. Votes: 0

I've come to realize that worldly light brings more popularity in someone's life then spiritual light. Votes: 0

...There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again... Votes: 0

It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up. Votes: 0

Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in. Votes: 0

In the Bhagavat culture worship of the spiritual master plays a very important role in our life. Votes: 0

Humility is the most important quality in the spiritual life. When it is lacking spiritual growth stops. Votes: 0

Offer Christ your heart in meditation and personal prayer which is the foundation of the spiritual life. Votes: 0

When there are no conflicts In you, between material wealth and spiritual life, you have found yourself. Votes: 0

Having the Creator in my life, having the spiritual connection to the divine intelligence that created me. Votes: 0

Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life. Votes: 0

Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed. Votes: 0

Spiritual stagnation ensues when man's environment becomes unpredictable or when his inner life is made wholly predictable. Votes: 0

{The cleansing of spiritual contamination} is accomplished by offering one's talent, resources, and life to the world. Votes: 0

Spiritual life is absolute reality. Krishna is real but we have lost the ability to realize him. Votes: 0

The fragrance of religious and spiritual life is much finer and subtler than that of the rose. Votes: 0

Have a spiritual basis which guides you in life. Have a philosophy of life to live by. Votes: 0

All spiritual life begins with a sense of wonder, and nature is a window into that wonder. Votes: 0

One of the disconcerting facts about the spiritual life is that God takes you at your word. Votes: 0

Half the spiritual life consists of remembering what we are up against and where we are going. Votes: 0

A spiritual process is not a divorce from life. It is an irrevocable love affair with life. Votes: 0

Creativity is a religion. When you get into it, you will find your life becomes more spiritual. Votes: 0

When something makes no sense, sometimes you make something of it. A joke. A spiritual practice. A life. Votes: 0

For spiritual vision of our soul, we need to balance between quantitative illusions & qualitative reality of our life. Votes: 0

The objective of spiritual advancement is not so much 'works' but the quality of life free from ego-consciousness. Votes: 0

If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool. Votes: 0

Spiritual security means you are fully alive and comfortable in your life as it is, without expecting anything. Votes: 0

The secret of a balanced life is to live each moment in the right spiritual frame of mind. Votes: 0

Why separate your spiritual life and your practical life? To an integral being, there is no such distinction. Votes: 0

There is no failure in the spiritual life, as long as we do not give up the fight. Votes: 0

...It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when your life is in the process of coming apart. Votes: 0

If two people are at completely different stages in their spiritual life, that can present a real problem. Votes: 0

Though we live amid promiscuous pressures, spiritual clutter and forgetfulness, we probably still value the integrity of life. Votes: 0

If you want spiritual life you have to pay the price. The price is the four regulative principles. Votes: 0

Spiritual life and secure life do not go together; to save oneself on must struggle and take risks. Votes: 0

Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time. Votes: 0

It is this spiritual freedom - which cannot be taken away - that makes life meaningful and purposeful. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as spiritual achievement; it is simply an awareness intrinsic to all of life. Votes: 0

The history of our spiritual life is a continuing search for the unity between ourselves and the world. Votes: 0

Meditation is a glorious link to connect and harmonize the two ends of life - material and spiritual. Votes: 0

I definitely come down on the spiritual side. I think very few things in life happen by chance. Votes: 0

He who believes himself to be far advanced in the spiritual life has not even made a good beginning. Votes: 0

To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit. Votes: 0

Every Christian must be fully Christian by bringing God into his whole life, not merely into some spiritual realm. Votes: 0

Tolerate nothing in your life that might diminish your hunger for Gods word. Apply it w vigor & spiritual energy! Votes: 0

I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation. Votes: 0

I am not a human being enjoying a spiritual life, I am a spiritual being enjoying a human life. Votes: 0

My grandma was a huge believer, very spiritual, probably the most spiritual person I've ever known in my life. Votes: 0

Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered. Votes: 0

The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love. Votes: 0

Revival is an infusion of new spiritual life imparted by the Holy Spirit to existing parts of Christ's body. Votes: 0

What's more important that spiritual life? It seems to me it's the bedrock of everything essential about being human. Votes: 0

The life sciences contain spiritual values which can never be explained by the materialistic attitude of present day science Votes: 0

For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life. Votes: 0

It takes energy, mental toughness and spiritual reinforcement to successfully deal with life's opportunities, and to reach your objectives. Votes: 0

All living beings are spiritual beings because all of life breathes. Breath is an indication that spirit is present. Votes: 0

I have this feeling that life is a spiritual adventure, and I want to make mine in the sky. Votes: 0

No salvation without regeneration - no spiritual life without a new birth - no heaven without a new heart. Votes: 0

Healing and positive life change comes from having the courage and spiritual conviction to look squarely at life's impermanence. Votes: 0

The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh. Votes: 0

The spiritual life is a reaching out to our innermost self, to our fellow human and to our God. Votes: 0

Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next. Votes: 0

The aim of spiritual life is to awaken a joyful freedom, a benevolent and compassionate heart in spite of everything. Votes: 0

I don't think of spiritual principle as a struggle. I think of life lived without spiritual principles as a struggle. Votes: 0

I have always worked with energy. Everything is energy. Buddhism. Christ teachings. These are foundation stones for a spiritual life. Votes: 0

When spiritual, metaphysical, material, or immaterial events come into my life, I can only fix them by way of painting. Votes: 0

Art, like religion, arises from the spirit, but alas, the formalizing of spiritual life all too often ends in hypocrisy. Votes: 0

I do think that someone who decides to devote themselves entirely to the spiritual life, that that is more meritorious. Votes: 0

Spiritual direction is an interpersonal relationship in which we learn how to grow, live, and love in the spiritual life. Votes: 0

Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings. Votes: 0

Vegetarianism is a way of life that we should all move toward for economic survival, physical well-being and spiritual integrity. Votes: 0

Spiritual direction is an interpersonal relationship in which we learn how to grow, live, and love in the spiritual life. Votes: 0

In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy. Votes: 0

Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the Beloved. Votes: 0

For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life. Votes: 0

SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection. Votes: 0

No one spiritual path is better than another, although one may accept the universe's role in life more than another. Votes: 0

The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh. Votes: 0

The degree of panic activity in my life is equal to the degree of my lack of personal spiritual experience. Votes: 0

If you want to see changes in the spiritual tone of your home and marriage, start with your own life. Votes: 0

In the spiritual life, you must take one step forward each day in a vertical line, from the bottom up. Votes: 0

The method of production of the material things of life generally determines the social, political and spiritual currents of life. Votes: 0

If the spiritual life be healthy, under the full power of the Holy Spirit, praying without ceasing will be natural. Votes: 0

I realized I could only play-act at the spiritual life as long as my appetites were stronger than my empathy. Votes: 0

Love, in fact, is the spiritual life; and without it, all other exercises of the spirit are emptied of content. Votes: 0

My view of the afterlife is that it's made of different levels, depending on how spiritual a life we live. Votes: 0

Our memory of dreams is a glimpse of the full spiritual life that each of us leads beyond the physical. Votes: 0

Only the destructive forces know death as lord. Only spiritual forces know life as the Lord. Know ye the Lord! Votes: 0

There is nothing more dangerous in the spiritual life, than to wish to rule ourselves after our own way of thinking. Votes: 0

There is no complete spiritual life without music, for the human soul has regions which can be illuminated only by music. Votes: 0

Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe. Votes: 0

You know that you have fully experienced love when you turn into love - that is the spiritual goal of life. Votes: 0

We don't know all the reasons that propel us on a spiritual journey, but somehow our life compels us to go. Votes: 0

We do not drift into spiritual life or disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray. Votes: 0

The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical. Votes: 0

Eternal life means more than mere future blessing to be enjoyed by believers; it is equally a kind of spiritual ability. Votes: 0

To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else. Votes: 0

Something was badly amiss with the spiritual life of the planet...Too many demons inside people claiming to believe in God. Votes: 0

The principles that will save Earth's life are the same principles that save the living souls of humans: ineluctable spiritual principles. Votes: 0

Writing is a spiritual path. It helps you listen to your heart, trust your inner guidance, and live your life full-out. Votes: 0

I am extremely spiritual. I've not gone into this before because it's personal, but faith is the core of my life. Votes: 0

I've wasted the last five years of my life dealing in religious articles. People today find spiritual solace in ballroom dancing. Votes: 0

Spiritual practice is allowing the temple (your body) to be full of light and to live life as a total celebration. Votes: 0

To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical & spiritual need for me. Votes: 0

Spiritual reading is a regular, essential part of the life of prayer, and particularly is it the support of adoring prayer. Votes: 0

The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material condition and feel our divine nature. Votes: 0

Spiritual blossoming simply means blossoming in life in all dimensions - being happy, at ease with yourself and with everybody around you. Votes: 0

Love is the real work of your life. It is your spiritual path. It is the key to your growth and evolution. Votes: 0

To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity - there is the challenge. Votes: 0

Once you realize you're a spiritual being, you see life so differently. You respect things. You're more responsible to yourself and others. Votes: 0

Spiritual depression or unhappiness in the Christian life is very often due to our failure to realize the greatness of the gospel. Votes: 0

Our noblest purpose in life is to remember our spiritual nature in the face of suggestions that we are a material society. Votes: 0

True spiritual life depends not on probing our feelings and thoughts from dawn to dusk but on 'looking off' to the Savior! Votes: 0

The flow of spiritual connectedness and oneness with life will dwell in you if your heart and mind is open and innocent. Votes: 0

The important point of spiritual practice is not to try to escape your life, but to face it - exactly and completely. Votes: 0

You let the energy go wherever it wants. I have such a rich spiritual life. Most people take drugs to experience that. Votes: 0

It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God. Votes: 0

Being a warrior doesn't mean necessarily you need to win and succeed. It's just a spiritual condition of living a worthwhile life. Votes: 0

It's not what you do - it's the intensity of your feeling that determines how far you go in the spiritual life. Votes: 0

The secret of life is to be found in life itself, in the full organic, intellectual and spiritual activities of our body. Votes: 0

The inner attitude of the heart is far more crucial than the mechanics for coming into the reality of the spiritual life. Votes: 0

The spiritual life is a call to action. But it is a call to ... action without any selfish attachment to the results. Votes: 0

Our wives, our families, and our churches need godly men who have discernment--discernment to deal with life and life-issues on a spiritual level. Votes: 0

On certain continents poverty is more spiritual than material, a poverty that consists of loneliness, discouragement, and the lack of meaning in life. Votes: 0

Because every day of your life was written on God's calendar before you were born, everything that happens to you has spiritual significance. Votes: 0

Being spiritual does not mean being dead serious. If you allow life to happen within you exuberantly, unbridled, you will touch the spirit. Votes: 0

Spiritual life is not dry, it is also exceuted happily, 'susukham'. The result of that is not just happiness, but bliss, spiritual joy. Votes: 0

Having purpose and vision during retirement is one of the most important determinants of mental, social, spiritual, and physical well-being in later life. Votes: 0

Whenever the tissue of life is woven of legalistic relationships, this creates an atmosphere of spiritual mediocrity that paralyzes a person's noblest impulses. Votes: 0

The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen. Votes: 0

When the material, psychological and spiritual dimensions are brought into balance, life becomes whole, and this union brings feelings of comfort and security. Votes: 0

Genuine spiritual knowledge lies not in wonderful and mysterious thoughts but in actual spiritual experience through union of the believer's life with truth. Votes: 0

It is in your hands to make life miserable or happy. No religion, spiritual leaders or knowledge will ever make you fully satisfied. Votes: 0

Prayer is the natural and joyous breathing of the spiritual life by which the heavenly atmosphere is inhaled and then exhaled in prayer. Votes: 0

The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life. Votes: 0

The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts. Votes: 0

If Christians are ever to be united, they must be united in Christ, their living head and the source of their spiritual life. Votes: 0

When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one. Votes: 0

Life is a struggle and not a matter of privilege. It is nothing but one's knowledge of the temporal and the spiritual world. Votes: 0

Prayer is the pulse of the renewed soul; and the constancy of its beat is the test and measure of the spiritual life. Votes: 0

Obedience . . . allows us to reach a higher and more spiritual level in life, using our agency to do the will of the Lord. Votes: 0

The roots of the problems we face in the world, in our national life, and in our family and personal lives are spiritual. Votes: 0

We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical. Votes: 0

We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy"”material or spiritual. Votes: 0

I mean it's very hard to meditate and live a spiritual life in America. People think you're a freak if you try to. Votes: 0

To awaken spiritual unity, and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature, is the true goal of human life. Votes: 0

The role of biblical counselors is facilitate the discovery of a greater God awareness through spiritual eyes that look at life through scriptural lenses. Votes: 0

If you want to have a spiritual life you must unify your life. A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. Votes: 0

Spiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God. Votes: 0

The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time. Votes: 0

I am attracted to intelligence, a witty sense of humor, an adventurous outlook on life and spiritual awareness about one's self and the world. Votes: 0

Recounting of a life story, a mind thinking aloud leads one inevitably to the consideration of problems which are no longer psychological but spiritual. Votes: 0

The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience. Votes: 0

We can so easily deceive ourselves, mistaking the presence of physical bodies in a crowd for the existence of spiritual life in a community. Votes: 0

Life is ever giving of Itself. We must receive, utilize and extend the gift. Success and prosperity are spiritual attributes belonging to all people. Votes: 0

Life is hope.Hope is faith.Faith is believe.Believe is possibilities.Possibility is miraculous.Miraculous is divine.Divine is supernatural.Supernatural is spiritual. Votes: 0

In a strange way the spiritual life isn't "useful" or "successful." But it is meant to be fruitful. And fruitfulness comes out of brokenness. Votes: 0

A simple rule, to be followed whether one is in the light or not, gives backbone to one's spiritual life, as nothing else can. Votes: 0

Sometimes I think there are only two instructions we need to follow to develop and deepen our spiritual life: slow down and let go. Votes: 0

Sometimes I think there are only two instructions we need to follow to develop and deepen our spiritual life: slow down and let go. Votes: 0

It's a paradox of the true spiritual path, but the more conscious we become of what limits us, the more limitless becomes our life. Votes: 0

A humble man who lives a spiritual life, when he reads the Holy Scriptures, while relate all things to himself and not to others. Votes: 0

Faith and Will' is aimed at the same readership as 'The Artist's Way.' The book is for spiritual seekers in all walks of life. Votes: 0

We cannot make up for failure in our devotional life by redoubling energy in service. We shall never take people beyond our own spiritual attainment. Votes: 0

Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body. Votes: 0

The reason for spiritual enlightenment is not to escape life, but to learn how to live it richly, to enjoy it.The Language of Soul Votes: 0

All of our life is but a mass of small habits - practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual - that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny. Votes: 0

Meditation will change your life for the better, enhance your physical health, improve your sleep, and help you achieve your goals, both material and spiritual. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is not fully human. Votes: 0

I'm a raging leftist political activist. I've never had a spiritual thought in my life related to God. I'm clear that that's a human invention. Votes: 0

Spiritual growth thrives in the midst of our problems, not in their absence. Spiritual growth occurs in the trenches of life, not in the classroom. Votes: 0

Mozart's music is the mysterious language of a distant spiritual kingdom, whose marvelous accents echo in our inner being and arouse a higher, intensive life. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Life at home is cramped and dirty, it is difficult to live a spiritual life completely, perfect and pure in all its parts while cabinned. Votes: 0

Spiritual evolution is a movement from the states of mind that reflect life less accurately to the states of mind that reflect life more accurately. Votes: 0

'Faith and Will' is aimed at the same readership as 'The Artist's Way.' The book is for spiritual seekers in all walks of life. Votes: 0

Everything passes, and what remains of former times, what remains of life, is the spiritual. In everything we do, the claim of the Absolute is unchanging. Votes: 0

Socrates had no system to teach. Throughout, his philosophy was a spiritual exercise, an invitation to a new way of life, active reflection, and living consciousness. Votes: 0

Life is really about a spiritual unfolding that is personal and enchanting - an unfolding that no science or philosophy or religion has yet fully clarified. Votes: 0

How do I integrate spirituality into my everyday life? Throw out the concept of "spiritual life" and "everyday life." There is only life, undivided and whole. Votes: 0

Before one accepts spirituality, astrology is very powerful, like a lion. Then when one enters into a deeper spiritual life, astrology becomes a tiny household cat. Votes: 0

I can't imagine a secular life, a spiritual life, an intellectual life, a physical life. I mean, we would be completely wrought with schizophrenia, wouldn't we? Votes: 0

Wilderness to the people of America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a means of regaining serenity and equilibrium. Votes: 0

Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people who live in comfort. Votes: 0

There isn't anything except your own life that can be used as ground for your spiritual practice. Spiritual practice is your life, twenty-four hours a day. Votes: 0

Spiritual process is not for the dead or the dying; it is for the living who want to become fully alive in all dimensions of life. Votes: 0

Everything they do, from smiling to crying, feels like a blessing. Being a father feels amazing. This has been the most spiritual moment in my life. Votes: 0

Love is the secret you unmask yourself to find; it is the foundation of the spiritual life, the destination where all roads of the journey lead. Votes: 0

We are Physical, Mental and Spiritual beings. If you don't deal with ALL OF LIFE you're not going to get all that life has to offer. Votes: 0

The world is starving for a new spiritual truth - a truth that works in sustaining life, not a truth that brings an end to life. Votes: 0

Our spiritual life is a venture in the dark, between the soul and God, and no spiritual life is worth the name unless it is so. Votes: 0

Taoism is not a religion, although perhaps it has been made into one by some people. Lao Tsu's way of life occurs in any spiritual philosophy. Votes: 0

By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive. Votes: 0

Catastrophe is the essence of the spiritual path, a series of breakdowns allowing us to discover the threads that weave all of life into a whole cloth. Votes: 0

But when you get to a higher level of consciousness, when you get into a spiritual approach to life, you are not trying to get someplace else. Votes: 0

In Barack Obama, Democrats have put forth a man of strong religious faith who is comfortable connecting his spiritual life to his public role as a policymaker. Votes: 0

After I started to understand the spiritual dimension of life, I understood the responsibilities you have as a husband, a father, a friend and a hockey player. Votes: 0

Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru's words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself. Votes: 0

Spiritual life is like a moving sidewalk. Whether you go with it or spend your whole life running against it, you're still going to be taken along. Votes: 0

I think there comes a time when you realize that you need God in your life, God's Word, and the spiritual guidance that only He can give. Votes: 0

Love of Allah gives us spiritual life; hope in His Reward is the greatest incentive to do good; and fear of His Wrath stops us from evil. Votes: 0

...inner spiritual transformation is just as dependent upon the effect of our economic life upon the world as transformations in the world are dependent upon spiritual re-orientation. Votes: 0

We can no more assist the Holy Spirit in the quickening of our souls to spiritual life than Lazarus could help Jesus raise him from the dead. Votes: 0

We only store in memory images of value. To write about one's life is to live it twice, and the second time is both spiritual and historical. Votes: 0

My main calling in life is to seek and achieve spiritual balance, and to express that through my instrument. Everything else is here today, gone later today. Votes: 0

I don't think atheism means one does not believe in a spiritual life. I think it means one does not follow the tenets of the established religions. Votes: 0

Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astounding universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy. Votes: 0

Conversion is in its essence a normal adolescent phenomenon, incidental to the passage from the child's small universe to the wider intellectual and spiritual life of maturity. Votes: 0

No circumstances can ever make or mar the unfolding of the spiritual life. Spirituality does not depend upon the environment; it depends upon one's attitude towards life. Votes: 0

Allowing the truth of who you are-your spiritual self-to rule your life means you stop the struggle and learn to move with the flow of your life. Votes: 0

Between the marketplace and government there exists all of that which makes life worth living-family life, spiritual life, the art and culture that make our spirits soar ... Votes: 0

The Bible is ... as necessary to spiritual life as breath is to natural life. There is nothing more essential to our lives than the Word of God. Votes: 0

There have been many instances of people combining the political life with the spiritual life, a life of constant self-examination. Gandhi was a great example of that. Votes: 0

Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy. Votes: 0

Think of your work life therefore, not as separate from your spiritual life but as central to your spiritual life. Whatever your business, it is your ministry. Votes: 0

When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one's life, it brings a sense of belongingness, and responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole of humanity. Votes: 0

Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy. Votes: 0

In intellectual honesty, we should be willing to study and explore the spiritual life with all the rigor and determination we would give to any field of research. Votes: 0

Whatever your life's pursuit -- art, poetry, sculpture, music, whatever your occupation may be -- you can be as spiritual as clergy, always living a life of praise. Votes: 0

Now I know why yoga is so life-giving for so many. I have never experienced a practice that combines such physical challenge and spiritual wellbeing in my life. Votes: 0

Civilization is the sum total of all those activities that allow men to transcend mere biological existence and reach for a richer mental, aesthetic, material, and spiritual life. Votes: 0

Our job is not to worship history and culture like fetishes, but to feed them into our living, creative stream of personal life for spiritual and intellectual reprocessing. Votes: 0

When you move into a spiritual approach to life you begin to see yourself as connected to everyone and everything, and competition is replaced by something called cooperation. Votes: 0

Our physical body knows it cannot function without physical water. So, too, our spiritual life should realize that it can't function without the "living water" of Gods Word. Votes: 0

Maintain your physical, emotional, and spiritual harmony with the universe by meditating every day. Inhale the precious breath of life. It is your connection to your Higher power. Votes: 0

Our physical body knows it cannot function without physical water. So, too, our spiritual life should realize that it can't function without the living water of Gods Word. Votes: 0

Rome is the one great spiritual organization which is able to resist and must, as a matter of life and death, the progress of science and modern civilization Votes: 0

In the spiritual life, as in all organic processes, everyone has their optimum and it is just as harmful to go beyond it as not to attain it. Votes: 0

As we raise ourselves in the spiritual consciousness, we are better able to solve the problems of life. We are happy. We are at home in every environment. Votes: 0

Life as we knew it is passing away, and something new is emerging to take its place, The Gift of Change: Spiritual Guidance for a Radically New Life. Votes: 0

Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of mercy in petitions, and returning it in praises; it proves and maintains the spiritual life. Votes: 0

You can make your life into a grand ever-evolving work of art. The key is your thoughts, the wonderous invisible part of you that is your spiritual soul. Votes: 0

Our spiritual life cannot be measured by success as the world measures it, but only by what God pours through us- and we cannot measure that at all Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

When there is a tendency to compartmentalize the spiritual and make it resident in a certain type of life only, the spiritual is apt gradually to be lost. Votes: 0

Our worst can become our best if mistakes are gathered like twigs of a bird's nest, giving one true foundation, a spiritual home to build their life upon. Votes: 0

In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and easily come from what is inside. Votes: 0

I think that in order to struggle you have to be creative. In my life, creativity has been something that has sustained me; it awoke my spiritual struggle. Votes: 0

Rome is the one great spiritual organisation which is able to resist and must, as a matter of life and death, the progress of science and modern civilization Votes: 0

For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death. Votes: 0

A priest's life is spent between question and answer-- or between a question and the attempt to answer it. The question is the summary of the spiritual life. Votes: 0

I preferred to set off and perish in search of my own kind than to live a lonely half-life of physical comfort and spiritual death on this murderous island. Votes: 0

The point of the spiritual life is to realize Truth. But you will never understand the spiritual life, or realize Truth, if you measure it by your own yardstick. Votes: 0

True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure of us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life Votes: 0

As the body cannot be sustained without corporeal food, nor continue in natural life, so without this life-giving food the soul cannot persist in the spiritual life of grace. Votes: 0

Several incidents in my life have convinced me of spiritual interposition - of the promptings of some beneficent force outside ourselves, which tries to help us where it can. Votes: 0

Yoga teaches us both to let go and to have exquisite awareness in every moment. We remember our essential spiritual nature and life becomes more joyful, meaningful, and carefree. Votes: 0

I still believe that the university is a place where people can develop their minds and learn skills, but also they can develop their personalities and their spiritual life. Votes: 0

Patient and regular practice is the whole secret of spiritual realization. Do not be in a hurry in spiritual life. Do your utmost, and leave the rest to God. Votes: 0

A lot of people in spiritual life use the awareness of difference, and the spiritual glorification of difference, as a justification to indulge in that which is ultimately unreal. Votes: 0

Spiritual destiny is manifested in the lives of those who stand out from the masses and actually do something, who live a creative life for the benefit of others. Votes: 0

This is my spiritual journey through life, my way of making sense of the world. I don't need permission from anyone or accolades from anyone; it is completely internal. Votes: 0

Music is still part of my spiritual life. Sometimes I sing my prayers. When I get audiences singing, I hope I'm helping them feel connected to something beyond themselves. Votes: 0

Often when religious leaders come together, they talk about a particular sexual ethic, or an abstruse doctrine, as though this, rather than compassion, was the test of spiritual life. Votes: 0

Families need a spiritual bond with one another and with God. God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together. Votes: 0

Many ills of the Christian life are due to handicapped beginnings. Too many people are preaching a warped or truncated gospel, and spiritual birth defects are the inevitable result. Votes: 0

I consider myself a student of many religions. The more I learn, the more questions I have. For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress. Votes: 0

The most holy and important practice in the spiritual life is the presence of God - that is, every moment to take great pleasure that God is with you Votes: 0

In this life, your so-called ordinary life, you must be rooted; and in your inner space, in the spiritual life, you must be weightless and flying and flowing, floating. Votes: 0

Religious people love to hide behind religion. They love the rules of religion more than they love Jesus. With practice, Condemners let rules become more important than the spiritual life. Votes: 0

We don't have two lives-a "spiritual" life here and a "regular" life there. Our life in Christ is one unified lifestyle, and it is who we are wherever we are. Votes: 0

Preaching is God's great institution for the planting and maturing of spiritual life. When properly executed, its benefits are untold; when wrongly executed, no evil can exceed its damaging results. Votes: 0

The history of prevailing status quos shows decay and decadence infecting the opulent materialism of the Haves. The spiritual life of the Haves is a ritualistic justification of their possessions. Votes: 0

Bureaucracies are designed to perform public business. But as soon as a bureaucracy is established, it develops an autonomous spiritual life and comes to regard the public as its enemy. Votes: 0

Preaching is God's great institution for the planting and maturing of spiritual life. When properly executed, its benefits are untold. When wrongly executed, no evil can exceed its damaging results. Votes: 0

There is no being capable of a spiritual life who does not have within him a jungle. Where the wolf constantly HOWLS and the OBSCENE bird of night chatters endlessly. Votes: 0

Discipline in the spiritual life is the concentrated effort to create the space and time where God can become our master and where we can respond freely to God's guidance. Votes: 0

At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder. Votes: 0

America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within. Votes: 0

Spiritual life is like living water that springs up from the very depths of our own spiritual experience. In spiritual life everyone has to drink from his or her own well. Votes: 0

God is a wider consciousness than we are, a pure intelligence, spiritual life and actuality. He is neither one nor many, neither man nor spirit. Such predicates belong only to finite beings. Votes: 0

The Buddha said that no true spiritual life is possible without a generous heart. . . . Generosity allies itself with an inner feeling of abundance - the feeling that we have enough to share. Votes: 0

There is...a tendency to think of the spiritual life as primarily introspective, divorced from the concerns of everyday life....Faith that does not translate into actions is no faith at all. Votes: 0

Honesty,sincer ity,simplicity, humility, pure generosity,abse nce of vanity,readines s to serve others -qualities which are within easy reach of every soul -are the foundation of one's spiritual life. Votes: 0

To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means Votes: 0

Frequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit - a very common symptom indeed among God's children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a severe blow upon spiritual life. Votes: 0

God has given us the Disciplines of the spiritual life as a means of receiving his grace. The Disciplines allow us to place ourselves before God so that he can transform us. Votes: 0

It is by no haphazard chance that in every age men have risen early to pray. The first thing that marks decline in spiritual life is our relationship to the early morning. Votes: 0

To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means. Votes: 0

The cause of so much suffering and pain and one of the impediments to our spiritual progress, is the conditioning of expecting things to go our way, even in our spiritual life. Votes: 0

Faith and works are necessary to our spiritual life as Christians, as soul and body are to our natural life as men; for faith is the soul of religion, and works the body. Votes: 0

All we are asked to bear we can bear. That is a law of the spiritual life. The only hindrance to the working of this law, as of all benign laws, is fear. Votes: 0

I'm excited about the state of women's spiritual life and interior life and who women are. I wish the political establishment would catch up, because we still don't have equal rights in America. Votes: 0

You cannot find any peace by escaping from human pain and suffering; you have to find peace and harmony right in the midst of human pain. That is the purpose of spiritual life Votes: 0

There is no greater disaster in the spiritual life than to be immersed in unreality, for life is maintained and nourished in us by our vital relation with realities outside and above us. Votes: 0

It is a pity that the words "spiritual life" were ever invented, for they have caused so much confusion. For, in truth, there is only life-everyday life-which is simply what is at every moment. Votes: 0

Can you imagine the hopelessness of trying to live a spiritual life when you’re secretly looking up at the skies not for illumination or direction, but to gauge, miserably, the odds of rain? Votes: 0

It is so fatally easy to confuse an aesthetic appreciation of the spiritual life with the life itself-to dream that you have waked, washed, and dressed and then to find yourself still in bed. Votes: 0

Ahead! Courage! In the spiritual life he who does not advance goes backward. It happens as with a boat which always must go ahead. If it stands still the wind will blow it back. Votes: 0

When you put things together, things that other people have thrown out, you’re really bringing them to life – a spiritual life that surpasses the life for which they were originally created. Votes: 0

[The natural life] knows that if the spiritual life gets hold of it, all its self-centredness and self-will are going to be killed and it is ready to fight tooth and nail to avoid that. Votes: 0

I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness. Votes: 0

My spiritual life is an interesting thing. It's pretty private. I was raised Catholic in the Baptist Bible belt, so my spirituality was challenged and very much a private thing and it continues to be. Votes: 0

[Angels] guide us to become spiritual people for the pleasure of it... because the spiritual life itself has a great deal of beauty and real satisfaction, even pleasure. And this is what the soul needs. Votes: 0

In spiritual life, one must conduct one's whole life under the guidance of the guru. Only one who executes his spiritual life under the direction of the spiritual master can achieve the mercy of Krishna. Votes: 0

Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. ...We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to him. Votes: 0