“Too many of us seem to be searching for something 'out there' to make our lives complete. What we are all really searching for is the divine essence that lives within.” LifeInspirationalSeemsOur LivesPositiveDivineEssence Author:Susan Jeffers
“A ship's engine far away on the water expands the summer-night horizon. Both joy and sorrow swell in the dew's magnifying glass. Without really knowing, we divine; our life has a sister ship, following quietly another route. While the sun blazes behind the islands.” JoyNightWaterBehindsSunKnowingOur LivesDivineSorrowSummerGlassesFollowingShipsIslandsHorizonEnginesFar AwayRoutesDewJoys And SorrowsMagnifyingSummer NightsMagnifying Glass Author:Tomas Transtromer
“May we incorporate into our own lives the divine principles which he Joseph Smith so beautifully taught by example, that we, ourselves, might live more completely the gospel of Jesus Christ. . . May our lives reflect the knowledge we have that God lives, that Jesus Christ is His son, that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that we are led today by another prophet of God - even President Gordon B. Hinckley.” MayMightTodayJesusPresidentChristPrinciplesOur LivesExampleTaughtDivineSonJesus ChristProphetGod LifeJoseph SmithGordon B Hinckley Author:Thomas S. Monson
“the mysterious complexity of our life is not to be embraced by maxims ... to lace ourselves up in formulas of that sort is to repress all the divine promptings and inspirations that spring from growing insight and sympathy.” InspirationLife IsOur LivesGrowingDivineSpringInsightMysteriousComplexityFormulasMaximsSlogansLace Book:The Mill on the Floss Source: The Mill on the Floss
“There are mythic patterns under all of our lives. Each one of us, often unbeknownst to ourselves, is engaged in a drama of soul that is not reserved only for gods, heroes, and saints. Story is one bridge between the human realm and the divine.” HumansSoulGodStoriesOur LivesDivineHeroDramaSaintPatternsFeministBridgesNovelistsRealmsEngagedReserved Author:Deena Metzger
“we cannot break a law of eternal justice, however ignorantly, but throughout the entire universe will there be a jar of discord that will so trouble the divine harmonies that in the rebound we shall find each man his own hell! The sooner we arrive at this knowledge, the sooner we take the certainty to our souls, the sooner do our lives begin to assume the square allotted to us.” MenSoulLawUniverseJusticeBreakHellOur LivesTroubleDivineEternalHarmonyAssumingCertaintySquaresJarsDiscordRebound Author:Charlotte Saunders Cushman
“The Providence of God is the great protector of our life and usefulness, and under the divine care we are perfectly safe from danger.” CareOur LivesDangerDivineSafeProvidenceUsefulnessProtector Book:Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon Source: Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon
“There is no safer anchorage for our learning, our lives, and our public actions than that provided by Divine teachings.” ActionOur LivesTeachingDivine Author:Haile Selassie
“God formed us for His pleasure, and so formed us that we as well as He can in divine communion enjoy the sweet and mysterious mingling of kindred personalities. He meant us to see Him and live with Him and draw our life from His smile.” WellsEnjoyPleasureOur LivesDivineSweetPersonalityDrawsMysteriousCommunionKindredHis SmileMingling Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“The chief end of our life is to live in communion with God. To this end the Son of God became incarnate, in order to return us to this divine communion, which was lost by the fall into sin. Through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, we enter into communion with the Father and thus attain our purpose.” InspirationalEndsChristianLife IsPurposeOrderFallFatherJesusLostChristReligiousSinOur LivesDivineSonReturnJesus ChristChiefsOrthodoxCommunionCommunion With God Author:Theophan the Recluse
“Let's be about leaving this world better than we find it each and every day. Our life is a testimony and through us divine loving is becoming more manifest. Greater good is calling upon us here in this world to be done this day. One of my rallying calls is let's go out and do some good. This is who we are. This is what we are about.” WorldDoneLife IsGreaterOur LivesThis WorldDivineBecomingCallingLeavingWho We AreThis DayManifestTestimonyBecoming MoreGreater GoodRallying Author:John Morton
“Faith takes us to deep places, to the ruptures in our self-confidence and our lives. Do not settle for spiritual comfort all the time...Darkness is divine also. Faith is not about positive thinking so much as about what kicks in when we are weak, sick, and short of self-confidence. The via positiva never stands alone. The via negativa is always with us on our faith journey as well.” ThinkingWellsSoulSelfSpiritualDarknessOur LivesJourneyPositive ThinkingDivineComfortWeakSickSelf ConfidenceSettlingKicksStand AloneRupture Author:Matthew Fox
“Tradition is the thief of power. There is no area of our lives where that theft is more evident than in the area of divine healing.” HealingOur LivesDivineAreasTraditionThievesEvidentTheftDivine Healing Author:Rod Parsley
“Easter is not complete without loving the one who made it possible-Judas. Forgiveness becomes possible when we transcend appearances and realize that those people who represent the Judases in our lives and those qualities within ourselves that seem to have betrayed us have been the divine process growing us into Christs. It’s all Love.” PeopleHas BeensMadeSeemsProcessChristRealizingQualityOur LivesGrowingDivineAppearanceMade ItEasterBetrayedJudas Author:Walter Starcke
“I think our lives are connected by threads. We're weaving our own quilts as we go along and it has been my experience that there are so many threads that connect people. Invisible threads, strong threads, sparkling threads, but I think there is so much interconnectivity between people and I acknowledge that and I see it all the time. I think some of that is divine.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensStrongOur LivesDivineConnectedInvisibleAcknowledgeThreadSparklingWeavingQuiltsInvisible Threads Author:Kathy Garver
“There are a lot of voices inside of us. We have the voices of our parents, our grandparents, our society, our bosses, our own should's and shouldn'ts, and our self-worth is in us, controlling us a lot. When we can get past all of those, and get to the deep, core part of us, there's a voice within our soul that I believe is connected to our Divine or Higher Self. That voice within is there to guide us through all aspects of our lives.” ShouldBelieveSoulSelfPastI BelieveParentVoiceOur LivesDivineHigherAspectConnectedGuidesCoreSelf WorthOur SocietyBossGrandparentHigher Self Author:Echo Bodine
“The selfless love that we give to others, to the point of being willing to sacrifice our lives for them, is all the proof I need that human beings are not mere animals of self-interest. We carry within us a divine spark, and if we chose to recognize it, our lives have dignity, meaning, hope.” IfsNeedsGivingHumansSelfInterestHuman BeingsAnimalOur LivesSacrificeDivineWillingDignityMereProofSparksSelflessSelf InterestSelfless Love Book:Seize the Night: A Novel Source: Seize the Night: A Novel
“Inspiration is a divine element inside our life. When we are inspired, we try to climb up the Himalayas. When we are inspired, we try to swim the English Channel. When we are in spired, we go from one country to another country to inspire people and to be inspired by them. I feel that when we inspire humanity, we automatically become good citizens of the world. This is my philosophy. My weightlifting feats I have done solely to inspire humanity.” PeopleWorldFeelsTryingCountryDonePhilosophyInspirationHumanityOur LivesInspireDivineCitizensElementsInspiredClimbsSwimFeatsBe InspiredGood CitizenHimalayasWeightlifting Author:Sri Chinmoy
“[People] might have a different word for the yearning of the heart and the yearning of the spirit that is looking for what I call "God," it still is the same thing. It is the heart's yearning to know the origin of its mystery. It's a heart's yearning to know the power of the divine in each of our lives. It's a heart's yearning to be connected to that.” PeopleKnowsHeartStillsDifferentMightSpiritOur LivesMysteryDivineConnectedYearning Author:Oprah Winfrey
“We have taken a physical identity so that we may express our divine identity. And every moment in our life provides us with an opportunity to do that.” MayMomentsOpportunityTakenOur LivesIdentityDivineMoments In Our Lives Author:Neale Donald Walsch