“Real art, like the wife of an affectionate husband, needs no ornaments. But counterfeit art, like a prostitute, must always be decked out. The cause of production of real art is the artist's inner need to express a feeling that has accumulated...The cause of counterfeit art, as of prostitution, is gain. The consequence of true art is the introduction of a new feeling into the intercourse of life... The consequences of counterfeit art are the perversion of man, pleasure which never satisfies, and the weakening of man's spiritual strength.” MenNeedsArtRealFeelingsSpiritualArtistCausesPleasureWifeHusbandArt IsConsequenceGainsProductionsOriginalityIntroductionProstitutionIntercourseOrnamentsAffectionatePerversionCounterfeitWeakeningSpiritual StrengthNew Feelings Author:Leo Tolstoy
“The work of art is born of the artist in a mysterious and secret way. From him it gains life and being. Nor is its existence casual and inconsequent, but it has a definite and purposeful strength, alike in its material and spiritual life.” WayArtSpiritualArtistBornSecretExistenceMaterialsArt IsGainsMysteriousWorks Of ArtSpiritual LifeDefiniteCasual Book:Concerning the spiritual in art Source: Concerning the spiritual in art
“I believe that the obsessive worship of movie, TV and sports figures is less likely to produce spiritual gain than praying to Thor.” BelieveSpiritualI BelieveSportsFiguresProduceTvsPrayingWorshipGainsObsessive Author:Chuck Lorre
“The idea of suicide, understandable as it is, does not seem commendable to me. We live in order to gain the greatest possible amount of spiritual development and self-awareness. As long as life is possible, even if only in a minimal degree, you should hang onto it, in order to scoop it up for the purpose of conscious development. To interrupt life before its time is to bring to a standstill an experiment which we have not set up. We have found ourselves in the midst of it and must carry it through to the end.” IfsShouldLongDoeIdeasEndsSelfSeemsSpiritualLife IsPurposeOrderFoundAwarenessDevelopmentAmountDegreesConsciousGainsSelf AwarenessSuicideExperimentsMidstSpiritual DevelopmentStandstillCommendable Author:Carl Jung
“Often poetry, especially the sort of poetry I write, is concerned with looking at the borders between the sensual and the spiritual and seeing them as divided, equivocal, that mystery somehow can break in to the ordinary. And we read poetry I think in part, to gain a sense of that intimacy with things that we can't understand that are unable to be understood but that buoy up our lives.” ThinkingWritingSpiritualBreakOur LivesSeeingMysteryOrdinaryUnderstoodGainsConcernedSensualIntimacyBordersDividedBuoys Author:Kevin Hart
“Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness is Adophe Monod at his best. It is a masterpiece, bringing together profound comfort, realistic understanding, practical wisdom, and heavenly glory for every believer and, in a special way, for those who are preparing for or are working directly in some ministry. By the Spirit's grace, if you digest Monod's book slowly, seriously, and prayerfully, you will make great spiritual gain as you engage in holy warfare against your own temptations and lusts. You really must read this book.” IfsWayBookTogetherSpiritualSpiritJesusUnderstandingGraceSpecialHolyComfortGloryGainsProfoundBelieverLustPracticalsTemptationHeavenlyWildernessRealisticMinistryWarfarePreparingMasterpieceTemptedGreat Spiritual Author:Joel Beeke
“Learn spiritual sciences, to recognize God and gain access to Him, no matter what religion or sect you belong to!” MatterSpiritualGainsNo Matter WhatAccessSects Author:Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
“The unique personality which is the real life in me, I can not gain unless I search for the real life, the spiritual quality, in others. I am myself spiritually dead unless I reach out to the fine quality dormant in others. For it is only with the god enthroned in the innermost shrine of the other, that the god hidden in me, will consent to appear.” I CanRealSpiritualSpiritualityReligiousQualityFinePersonalityUniqueGainsUnityReal LifeReach OutCan NotConsentDormantShrinesUnique Personality Author:Felix Adler
“The unique personality which is the real life in me, I cannot gain unless I search for the real life, the spiritual quality, in others.” RealSpiritualQualityPersonalityDiversityUniqueGainsReal LifeShrinesUnique Personality Author:Felix Adler