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spiritual stronger reverence-for-life
The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life. Albert Schweitzer
spiritual thinking self
Rational thinking which is free from assumptions ends therefore in mysticism. To relate oneself in the spirit of reverence for life to the multiform manifestations of the will-to-live which together constitute the world is ethical mysticism. All profound world-view is mysticism, the essence of which is just this: that out of my unsophisticated and naïve existence in the world there comes, as a result of thought about self and the world, spiritual self-devotion to the mysterious infinite Will which is continuously manifested in the universe.
spiritual strong age
Not less strong than the will to truth must be the will to sincerity. Only an age, which can show the courage of sincerity, can possess truth, which works as a spiritual force within it.
spiritual philosophy profound
Ethics are complete, profound and alive only when addressed to all living beings. Only then are we in spiritual connection with the world. Any philosophy not representing this, not based on the indefinite totality of life, is bound to disappear.
spiritual foundation sincerity
Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.
spiritual cute-friendship being-sad
Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.
spiritual independent reverence-for-life
Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.
spiritual yoga deep-life
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.
spiritual thinking soul
I always think that we live, spiritually, By what others have given us in the significant hours of our life. These significant hours do not announce themselves as coming, but arrive unexpected.
flower home animal
What does Reverence for Life say abut the relations between [humanity] and the animal world? Whenever I injury any kind of life I must be quite certain that it is necessary. I must never go beyond the unavoidable, not even in apparently insignificant things. The farmer who has mowed down a thousand flowers in his meadow in order to feed his cows must be careful on his way home not to strike the head off a single flower by the side of the road in idle amusement, for he thereby infringes on the law of life without being under the pressure of necessity.
flowers people provide reasons
Self-sown flowers provide a lot of serendipity, which is one of the reasons people garden. When they come up, it's a delight. Renee Shepherd
flower garden roots
John Bunyan, while he had a surpassing genius, would not condescend to cull his language from the garden of flowers; but he went into the hayfield and the meadow, and plucked up his language by the roots, and spoke out in the words that the people used in their cottages. Charles Spurgeon
flower evil needs
Evil things are easy things: for they are natural to our fallen nature. Right things are rare flowers that need cultivation.
flower rain wind
The flowers are ravined by bees, the fruit blossoms are thrown to the ground, the wind the rain forces everything. Charles Olson
flower mean effort
The finest flowers are those transplanted, for transplanting means difficulty, a readjusting to new conditions, and through the effort put forth to find adjustment does the plant progress. Elbert Hubbard
flower water tree
At present, I am mainly observing the physical motion of mountains, water, trees and flowers. One is everywhere reminded of similar movements in the human body, of similar impulses of joy and suffering in plants... Egon Schiele
flower sunshine grandchildren
For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant! Edward Abbey
flower feet roots
And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow'd them with her odorous foot. Ben Jonson
firsts glory
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
firsts first-time virgins
You can only be a virgin once. There can only be one first time. Diane Lane
firsts steps first-steps
A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it... Skepticism is the first step toward truth. Denis Diderot
firsts steps first-steps
Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
firsts records genre
I never excluded any genre on my first record. Deana Carter
firsts strangest-secret
We've got to be of service first before we can expect money. Earl Nightingale
firsts newspapers
[On newspapers:] A first draft of history. Elizabeth Drew
firsts fine
The first thing a proprietor learns, and painfully at that, is: Trust is fine, but control is better. Elfriede Jelinek
firsts how-to-love know-how
Forgiveness belongs to those who know how to love in the first place. Deepak Chopra