“From the point of view of meditation, there is nothing that is not God. When we meditate, we are participating in a spiritual experience. We are seeing life is not perhaps as we thought, but a little bit different, vastly different.” LittlesDifferentSpiritualLife IsBitsViewsMeditationSeeingBuddhismLittle BitPoint Of ViewParticipatingSpiritual Experience Author:Frederick Lenz
“Spiritual growth is like learning to walk. We stand up, fall, stand up, fall, take a step, fall, take a couple of steps, fall, walk a little better, wobble a bit, fall, run, and finally, eventually fly.” LittlesRunningSpiritualFallBitsGrowthWalksStepsCoupleSpiritual Growth Book:Stumbling Toward Enlightenment Source: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment
“The life, beauty and meaning of the whole created order, from the tomtit to the Milky Way, refers back to the Absolute Life and Beauty of its Creator: and so lived, every bit has spiritual significance.” WayWholeSpiritualOrderBitsAbsolutesEnvironmentalCreatorSignificanceBeauty Of LifeMilky WayLife And Beauty Book:The Spiritual Life Source: The Spiritual Life
“The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingKindEndsProblemSpiritualBitsModelsCriticalLibertarianWinnerOutcomesCrushSocialistCommitteesModerationUtopia Author:Jaron Lanier
“Only someone as puffed up and demented as John Maynard Keynes, every left wing fascist's sainted mentor in this connection, could manage to convince himself that taxing America's Productive Class can restore it to prosperity. In point of fact, it's like screwing for chastity, guzzling alcohol for sobriety, or gorging to fight gluttony. It's like killing indiscriminately for peace - oops, Democrats, Republicans and their moral and spiritual ilk have devoutly believed that particular bit of perverse nonsense since at least the War of 1812.” WarFactsAmericaSpiritualFightingLeftBitsMoralClassParticularRepublicanConnectionsWingsDemocratKillingProsperityAlcoholManageProductiveNonsenseConvinceMentorFascistsSobrietyChastityLeft WingGluttonyDementedKeynesWar Of 1812 Author:L. Neil Smith
“If a person sets out to practice meditation in this lifetime and they have a little bit of spiritual evolution behind them and they're quite dedicated, it really is not at all an impossible task to enter into salvakalpa samadhi in this particular lifetime.” IfsLittlesPersonsSpiritualBitsBehindsPracticeMeditationImpossibleParticularEvolutionLittle BitTasksLifetimeDedicatedSamadhiSpiritual Evolution Author:Frederick Lenz
“though humility and acknowledgement of one's real failings is good, the gratuitous eating of worms not put before us by God does not nourish our souls a bit - merely in fact upsets the spiritual tummy.” DoeRealSoulFactsSpiritualBitsFailingHumilityEatingUpsetWormsShortcomingsAcknowledgement Author:Evelyn Underhill
“I'm a very pragmatic soul. I'm part of the business and I'm a bit of a cynic when it comes to being an over-believer in spiritual or in paranormal matters.” SoulMatterSpiritualBitsBelieverParanormalPragmaticCynic Author:Jane Anderson
“Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I shall never be like that. But they won through step by step, by little bits of wills, little denials of self, little inward victories, by faithfulness in very little things. They became what they are. No one sees these little hidden steps. They only see the accomplishment, but even so, those small steps were taken. There is no sudden triumph, no spiritual maturity. That is the work of the moment.” FeelsLittlesHas BeensSelfSometimesMomentsSpiritualBitsStepsTakenVictoryLittle BitDenialTriumphMaturityAccomplishmentLittle ThingsInwardFaithfulnessConquerorSmall StepsSpiritual MaturityDespondent Author:Amy Carmichael
“Cross-country running was so beautiful with all the trails and the lake regions ... very physical and also a bit spiritual, where you could come over the mountain and all of a sudden you'd see a Buddhist landscape fog.” CountryRunningBeautifulSpiritualBitsMountainCrossesBuddhistLandscapeLakesRegionsFogTrailsCross Country Running Author:Robin Williams
“Every relationship that does not raise us up pulls us down, and vice versa; this is why men usually sink down somewhat when they take wives while women are usually somewhat raised up. Overly spiritual men require marriage every bit as much as they resist it as bitter medicine.” MenDoeSpiritualBitsMarriageWifeHusbandDown AndRaisesMedicineRaisedVicesBitterVice VersaHusband And WifeWhy Me Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Magic has a spiritual element, and is considered very important and of value, and magicians have always been a little bit silly, so if you're going to portray a modern day magician, there's gotta be a little silliness.” IfsLittlesImportantSpiritualValuesBitsMagicModernElementsLittle BitSillyMagicianModern DaySilliness Author:Jon Turteltaub