“For me, spirituality includes the belief in things larger than ourselves, an appreciation of nature and beauty, a sensitivity to the world, a feeling of shared connection with other living things, a desire to help people less fortunate than ourselves. All of these things can occur with or without God. I do not believe in the existence of God, but I consider myself a spiritual person in the manner I have just described. I call myself a spiritual atheist. I would imagine that many people are spiritual atheists.” PeopleWorldBelievePersonsHelpingFeelingsSpiritualDesireSpiritualityBeliefExistenceImagineConnectionsAtheistAppreciationFortunateImagine ThatSensitivityLiving ThingsWithout GodExistence Of GodLess FortunateNature And Beauty Author:Alan Lightman
“In every department of life--in its business and in its pleasures, in its beliefs and in its theories, in its material developments and in its spiritual connections--we thank God that we are not like our fathers.” SpiritualFatherBeliefPleasureProgressMaterialsTheoryDevelopmentConnectionsDepartmentThank GodOur FatherSpiritual Connection Author:James Anthony Froude
“The recurring theme of all religions is a sympathy, empathy, connection, capacity between the human and the divine - that we were made for union with one another. They might express this through different rituals, doctrines, dogmas, or beliefs, but at the higher levels they're talking about the same goal. And the goal is always union with the divine.” HumansMadeDifferentMightBeliefGoalLevelsTalkingDivineHigherEmpathyCapacityConnectionsUnionsDoctrineThemeRitualDogmaHigher LevelRecurringRecurring Themes Author:Richard Rohr
“Superstition is the irrational belief that an object or behavior has the power to influence an outcome, when there's no logical connection between them. Most of us aren't superstitious - but most of us are a 'littlestitious.'” BeliefInfluenceObjectsBehaviorConnectionsOutcomesLogicalSuperstitionsIrrationalSuperstitiousAuthentic HappinessIrrational Beliefs Author:Gretchen Rubin
“When Michelle and I decided that I would run for President, it was because of a shared belief in the power of community and connection, a commitment to the idea that we are our brothers' keepers.” IdeasRunningBeliefPresidentCommunityBrotherCommitmentConnectionsDecidedFascismDespotismKeepers Author:Barack Obama
“There is a vital connection between satyagraha and charkha, and the more I find that belief challenged, the more I am confirmed in it.” BeliefConnectionsSatyagraha Book:Gandhi on Nehru Source: Gandhi on Nehru
“Woe to him whose beliefs play fast and loose with the order which realities follow in his experience; they will lead him nowhere or else make false connections” PlayRealityTruthOrderBeliefConnectionsWoe Book:William James: Essays and Lectures Source: William James: Essays and Lectures
“Stupid people like to delude themselves that while they may not be clever, they were at least able to compensate with feelings and insights denied to the intellectual....It was precisely this kind of false belief that made stupid people so stupid. The truth was the clever people had infinitely more resources from which to make the leaps of connection that the world called intuition. What was 'intelligence' after all, but the ability to read into things?” PeopleWorldKindMayMadeFeelingsAbleBeliefAbilityStupidIntellectualResourcesConnectionsInsightIntuitionCleverLeapDeniedStupid People Author:Stephen Fry