“Nature is another important aspect of nourishing the soul. After a hike in the mountains where we live, for instance, I feel a remarkable sense of gratitude and awe. My mind quiets down and allows me to see more clearly the beauty of creation. And through that gratitude, the beauty of the universe is reflected back to the creator.” FeelsMindImportantSoulUniverseNatureCreationGratitudeMountainAspectDown AndCreatorInstanceAweRemarkable Author:Joan Z. Borysenko
“I think that having comedy where people talk the way they really talk, when you talk with your friends and whatever, it's really, it's important. Or else you're making stuff that's a little bit watered down and irrelevant.” PeopleThinkingWayLittlesImportantStuffBitsComedyLittle BitDown AndIrrelevant Author:Seth Gordon
“It is as important to monitor your mind constantly as it is to sit down and practice meditation.” MindImportantPracticeMeditationBuddhismMindfulnessDown And Author:Frederick Lenz
“On coming to the house, they (the Magi), saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. (Matthew 2:11) [This] adoration, too, was not the same as the worship of God. In my opinion they did not yet recognize him as God, but they acted in keeping with the custom mentioned in Scripture, according to which Kings and important people were worshiped; this did not mean more than falling down before them at their feet and honoring them.” PeopleMeanChildrenImportantMotherFallHouseOpinionSawsFeetKingsWorshipDown AndScriptureCustomsMaryFalling DownAdorationMatthewMother Mary Author:Martin Luther
“There is something wonderful about a death, how everything shuts down, and all the ways you thought you were vital are not even vaguely important. Your husband can feed the kids, he can work the new oven, he can find the sausages in the fridge, after all. And his important meeting was not important, not in the slightest.” WayImportantKidsDeathWonderfulHusbandDown AndMeetingsYour HusbandOvensSausageFridges Author:Anne Enright
“The history of religions reaches down and makes contact with that which is essentially human: the relation of man to the sacred. The history of religions can play an extremely important role in the crisis we are living through. The crises of modern man are to a large extent religious ones, insofar as they are an awakening of his awareness to an absence of meaning.” MenHumansImportantPlayReligiousRolesModernAwarenessRelationDown AndCrisisSacredAwakeningAbsenceContactModern Man Author:Mircea Eliade
“When I'm at our house in France I totally cut myself off from the rest of the world. I never have to listen to phones ringing and that's because - and Vanessa would confirm this - phones are banned from the house. We have a beautiful life and I feel that spending time in France has just calmed me down and made me stop worrying about things which aren't really important.” WorldFeelsMadeImportantFunnyBeautifulHouseWorryCuttingDown AndPhonesSpendingFranceBeautiful LifeBannedSpending TimeStop Worrying Author:Johnny Depp