“Many Christians are so spiritually frail, sickly, and lacking in spiritual vitality that they cannot stick to prayer for more than a few minutes at a time.” ChristianSpiritualPrayerMinutesSticksLackingVitalityFrail Author:Wesley L Duewel
“Can you go a whole day with joy in your heart? Joy and vitality are an inseparable combination. Joy is not concerned with having fun; it is an inner spiritual quality that overcomes despair, pain and defeat. You cannot turn on joy like an electric light, but you can prepare yourself to receive it.” HeartWholeLightPainSpiritualJoyTurnsFunQualityDespairConcernedOvercomingDefeatCombinationHaving FunElectricVitalityTurn-onInseparableElectric Light Book:The joy of living: inspiring and practical writings ... Source: The joy of living: inspiring and practical writings ...
“One of the unfortunate consequences of the intellectualization of man's spiritual life was that the word "spirit" was lost and replaced by mind or intellect, and that the element of vitality which is present in "spirit" was separated and interpreted as an independent biological force. Man was divided into a bloodless intellect and a meaningless vitality. The middle ground between them, the spiritual soul, in which vitality and intentionality are united, was dropped.” MenMindSoulSpiritualSpiritLostForceUnitedMiddleElementsConsequenceIndependentIntellectDividedMeaninglessSpiritual LifeUnfortunateReplacedVitalityMiddle GroundIntentionalitySpiritual Soul Book:Writings on religion Source: Writings on religion
“The interactions of business and culture, one upon the other, form one of the least explored phases of history. For such a study, no city would appear better fixed than Florence, so richly dowered with both economic and spiritual vitality.” SpiritualFormCultureCitiesStudyEconomicFixedInteractionPhasesVitalityFlorence Author:Mary Ritter Beard