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Quote by Bernard of Clairvaux

“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.”

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Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernard of Clairvaux, born in 1090 and died on August 20, 1153, was an individual of an unknown profession/category. more

“We are living in a very exciting and powerful time. On the deepest level of consciousness, a radical spiritual transformation is taking place. I believe that on a worldwide level, we are being challenged to let go of our present way of life and create an entirely new one. We are, in fact, in the process of destroying our old world and building a new one in its place.”

Source: Living in the Light: A Guide to Personal and Planetary Transformation

“Spirituality lies in regarding existence merely as a vehicle for contemplation, and contemplation merely a vehicle for joy.”

Soul Spiritual Joy Lying Spirituality Existence Contemplation Vehicle

Book:The Philosophy of Santayana

Source: The Philosophy of Santayana

“The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.”

Enemy Luxury Folly Gates Criminality Enemy Within

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Look within. Within you is the hidden God. Within you is the immortal soul. Within you is the inexhaustible spiritual treasure. Within you is the ocean of bliss. Look within for the happiness which you have sought in vain.”

Looks Soul Spiritual Ocean Treasure Vain Bliss Immortal Within You Immortal Soul

Book:Gyana Yoga

Source: Gyana Yoga

“No man who has lived through a temporary spiritual experience is ever likely to forget it. His days will be haunted until he sets out to seek ways and means of repeating it.”

Men Way Mean Soul Spiritual Forget Temporary Forget It Spiritual Experience

Author:Paul Brunton

“The spiritual path is one of falling on your face, getting up, brushing yourself off, turning and looking sheepishly at God and then taking the next step.”

Soul Faces Spiritual Fall Next Steps Path Your Face Spiritual Path Next Steps Brushing

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“The spiritual quest is a journey without distance. You travel from where you are right now To where you have always been. From ignorance to recognition.”

Soul Spiritual Journey Ignorance Right Now Distance Recognition Where You Are Quests

Book:Heart of the Enlightened: A Book of Story Meditations

Source: Heart of the Enlightened: A Book of Story Meditations

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