“In the beginning we define what is spiritual. But as you go on, you see that everybody and everything is an instrument of infinity.” SpiritualBuddhismGoes OnInstrumentsBuddhistInfinityEtiquette Author:Frederick Lenz
“But is there any reason to believe that a woman's spiritual fibre is less sturdy than a man's? Is it not possible for a woman to come to terms with herself if not with the world; to withdraw more and more, as time goes on, her own personality from her productions; to stop childish fears of death and eschew charming rebellions against facts?” IfsMenWorldBelieveReasonFactsSpiritualTermGoes OnPersonalityProductionsRebellionCharmingFear Of DeathSturdyTime Goes On Book:Journey around my room: the autobiography of Louise Bogan : a mosaic Source: Journey around my room: the autobiography of Louise Bogan : a mosaic
“The spiritual task of life is to feed hope. Hope is not something to be found outside of us. It lies in the spiritual life we cultivate within. The whole purpose of wrestling with life is to be transformed into the self we are meant to become, to step out of the confines of our false securities and allow our creating God to go on creating. In us.” SelfWholeSpiritualLife IsLyingPurposeFoundStepsSecurityGoes OnCreatingTasksMeant To BeWrestlingSpiritual LifeTransformed Author:Joan D. Chittister
“The truth is that the materialistic paternalism of the present day, if allowed to go on unchecked, will rapidly make of America one huge "Main Street," where spiritual adventure will be discouraged and democracy will be regarded as consisting in the reduction of all mankind to the proportions of the narrowest and least gifted of the citizens. God grant that there may come a reaction, and that the great principles of Anglo-Saxon liberty may be rediscovered before it is too late!” IfsMayAmericaSpiritualLibertyPrinciplesDemocracyStreetsMankindAdventureHugeGoes OnCitizensTruth IsLateReactionsProportionToo LateGrantsGiftedDiscouragedReductionMaterialisticPresent DayMain StreetAnglo SaxonPaternalism Author:John Gresham Machen
“There are various forms of weaponry, intellectual weaponry, spiritual weaponry, political weaponry, economic weaponry. Because we are on the battlefield, and there are bullets flying, some symbolic, some literal and the life of the mind is a crucial place where the battle goes on.” MindSpiritualFormPoliticalEconomicGoes OnBattleIntellectualVariousFlyingCrucialBulletsSymbolicBattlefieldsLiteralWeaponry Author:Cornel West
“You are just one idea away from what you sow in your brains, in your prophecies that God spoke over your life. You're one idea away. You are not waiting on God - God is waiting on you! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to go on and on about that. I have this stuff in me and I have no place to release it to you because sometimes church people are so spiritual they make me nauseous, because they expect God to do everything.” PeopleMeanIdeasSometimesSpiritualStuffWaitingChurchBrainGoes OnSorryReleaseJust OneSpokesOver YouProphecyI'm SorryWaiting On God Author:T. D. Jakes
“There are so many kinds of different feelings - not good feelings - going on in the room, and he comes in with so much compassion. He's a straight talker and pulls them into what feels like a really positive action-struggle kind of feeling. Without seeing that, you might have all kinds of judgments or feelings about what might go on in a place like that. But it felt akin to a spiritual healing more than I could have possibly anticipated.” FeelsKindDifferentFeelingsMightActionSpiritualFeltRoomsHealingCompassionStruggleSeeingGoes OnJudgmentAll KindsSpiritual HealingTalkersGood FeelingReally PositiveDifferent Feelings Author:John H Richardson
“In medicine, we have invented an entirely new healing paradigm. Now we no longer simply look to the doctor and to medicine to heal us. We now recognize what has been substantiated scientifically everywhere from Harvard to Duke to Stanford - that the power of the mental and spiritual consciousness of the patient is as significant in healing as physical factors are. If we apply that same paradigm to politics, we see that the mind and the spiritual consciousness of the citizen are every bit as important as anything that goes on in the government.” IfsMindLooksHas BeensImportantGovernmentSpiritualBitsHealingConsciousnessGoes OnCitizensDoctorsMedicinePatientSignificantHealFactorsHarvardParadigmDukesStanford Author:Marianne Williamson
“I definitely think that since I've become born again, if you understand in the supernatural realm the spiritual warfare that goes on everyday, I've had far greater challenges on a personal level than before I became a Christian.” IfsThinkingChristianSpiritualBornChallengesLevelsGreaterGoes OnEverydayRealmsWarfareBorn AgainSpiritual Warfare Author:Stephen Baldwin
“One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.” WaySpiritualLife IsJesusGoes OnTiredFollowingOne WayFedsSpiritual LifeSomething BetterFed UpFollowing Jesus Author:Eugene H. Peterson