Quotes about spirit
spiritual heart evil
It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say. Mahatma Gandhi
spiritual views liberty
But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.
spiritual practice giving
It is not that I do not get angry. I don't give vent to my anger. I cultivate the quality of patience as angerlessness, and generally speaking, I succeed. But I only control my anger when it comes. How I find it possible to control it would be a useless question, for it is a habit that everyone must cultivate and must succeed in forming by constant practice.
spiritual men boys
It is easier to build a boy than to mend a man.
spiritual courage truth
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.
spiritual voice feelings
The inner voice is something which cannot be described in words. But sometimes we have a positive feeling that something in us prompts us to do a certain thing. The time when I learnt to recognise this voice was, I may say, the time when I started praying regularly.
spiritual animal men
Ethically they had arrived at the conclusion that man's supremacy over lower animals meant not that the former should prey upon the latter, but that the higher should protect the lower, and that there should be mutual aid between the two as between man and man. They had also brought out the truth that man eats not for enjoyment but to live.
spiritual pieces
Everyone holds a piece of the truth.
spiritual may speak
I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I am invincible.
spiritual men bent
No one can ride on the back of a man unless it is bent.
spiritual anger men
The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species. Where in is the cause for anger, envy or discrimination?
spiritual eye discovery
Hinduism has made marvelous discoveries in things of religion, of the spirit, of the soul. We have no eye for these great and fine discoveries. We are dazzled by the material progress that Western science has made. Ancient India has survived because Hinduism was not developed along material but spiritual lines.
spiritual believe mean
If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: Search after truth through non-violent means. A man may not believe in God and still call himself a Hindu. Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth... Hinduism is the religion of truth. Truth is God. Denial of God we have known. Denial of truth we have not known.
spiritual waste next
If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.
spiritual responsibility accountability
It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.
spiritual reality talking
I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. We find so many people impatient to talk. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.
spiritual track patriotism
True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.
spiritual lying heart
True beauty lies in purity of the heart.
spiritual differences doe
The various religions are like different roads converging on the same point. What difference does it make if we follow different routes, provided we arrive at the same destination?
spiritual character would-be
All your scholarship would be in vain if at the same time you do not build your character and attain mastery over your thoughts and your actions.
spiritual ocean love-is
True love is boundless like the ocean and, swelling within one, spreads itself out and, crossing all boundaries and frontiers, envelops the whole world.
spirituality silent force
The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is.
spiritual goal path
The path is the goal.
spiritual loneliness character
Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.
spiritual best-love break
What barrier is there that love cannot break?
spiritual body may
They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.
spiritual bears grizzlies
If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly.
spiritual struggle soul
I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing to reach the ideal which I know to be true. It is a painful climb, but each step upwards makes me feel stronger and fit for the next.
spiritual peace way
There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.
spiritual children evil
I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
spiritual philosophical heart
We often confuse spiritual knowledge with spiritual attainment. Spirituality is not a matter of knowing scriptures and engaging in philosophical discussions. It is a matter of heart culture, of unmeasurable strength.
spiritual communication secular-society
If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!
spiritual peace feelings
I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.