Quotes about spirit
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.
spiritual thinking bankruptcy
Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy.
spiritual prayer warrior
Prayer plumes the wings of God's young eaglets so that they may learn to mount above the clouds. Prayer brings inner strength to God's warriors and sends them forth to spiritual battle with their muscles firm and their armor in place. Charles Spurgeon
spiritual prayer night
One night alone in prayer might make us new men, changed from poverty of soul to spiritual wealth, from trembling to triumphing.
spiritual prayer heart
Every growth of spiritual life, from the first tender shoot until now, has been the work of the Holy Spirit.... The only way to more life is the Holy Spirit. You will not even know that you want more unless He works in you to desire it.... The Spirit of God must come and make the letter alive, transfer it to your heart, set it on fire, and make it burn within you, or else its divine force and majesty will be hid from your eyes.... Prayer is the creation of the Holy Spirit. We cannot do without prayer, and we cannot pray without the Holy Spirit.
spiritual prayer temperature
I know of no better thermometer to your spiritual temperature than this, the measure of the intensity of your prayer.
spiritual prayer heart
True prayer is the trading of the heart with God, and the heart never comes into spiritual commerce with the ports of heaven until God the Holy Ghost puts wind into the sails and speeds the ship into its haven.
spiritual defeat forget
You are engaged in a work so spiritual, so far above all human power, that to forget the Spirit is to ensure defeat.
spiritual luxury lap
Precious few are those who can live in the lap of luxury ... who can keep their moral, spiritual and financial equilibrium ... while balancing on the elevated tightrope of success. ... there is about one in a hundred who can dance to the tune of success without paying the piper named Compromise. Charles R. Swindoll
spiritual needs rejoice
Rejoicing is clearly a spiritual command. To ignore it, I need to remind you, is disobedience.
spiritual determination growing-up
There is an enormous difference between growing old in the Lord and growing up in Him. One is automatic and requires no effort at all ... just aging. But the other is never automatic, or easy. It calls for personal discipline, continual determination, and spiritual desire. Churches are full of sleepy saints who are merely 'logging time' in God's family.
spiritual exercise thinking
We must cease striving and trust God to provide what He thinks is best and in whatever time He chooses to make it available. But this kind of trusting doesn't come naturally. It's a spiritual crisis of the will in which we must choose to exercise faith.
spirit left
The further left you go, the meaner the spirit Dennis Prager
spiritual atheist science
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. Denis Diderot
spiritual self years
Over time, years of meditation gave me glimpses of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all life. I experienced that on one level we are alone, separate, apart from everyone and everything; on another level, we are the Self in different disguises, different names and forms, a part of everyone and everything. This experience of interconnectedness is part of spiritual traditions and the perennial wisdom in virtually all religions and cultures. Dean Ornish
spiritual men needs
Consequently there is a need for spiritual vitality. What protection is there against the danger of organisation? Man is once more faced with the problem of himself. He can cope with every danger except the danger of human nature itself. In the last resort it all turns upon man. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
spiritual stress giving
The consciousness of being borne up by a spiritual tradition that goes back for centuries gives one a feeling of confidence and security in the face of all passing strains and stresses.
spiritual mean love-is
Human love is directed to the other person for his own sake, spiritual love loves him for Christ's sake. Therefore, human love seeks direct contact with the other person; it loves him not as a free person but as one whom it binds to itself. It wants to gain, to capture by every means; it uses force. It desires to be irresistible, to rule.
spiritual sleep should-have
We are silent at the beginning of the day because God should have the first word, and we are silent before going to sleep because the last word also belongs to God.
spiritual blessed adversity
Never to suffer would never to have been blessed. Edgar Allan Poe
spiritual blessed inspiration
Cathedrals are built with pennies of the faithful. A great opera house also is a spiritual center, a temple of sorts, where many gather together for recreation, education, and inspiration - a blessed trinity worthy of public support. Eleanor Robson Belmont
spiritual spirituality ifs
If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all. Eleanor Roosevelt
spiritual thinking make-you-think
If I supply you with a thought, you may remember it and you may not. But if I can make you think a thought for yourself, I have indeed added to your stature. Elbert Hubbard
spiritual believe economic
I believe in salvation through economic, social, and spiritual freedom.
spiritual events spirit
No great spiritual event befalls those who do not summon it.