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“On the first of May, with my comrades of the catechism class, I laid lilac, chamomile and rose before the altar of the Virgin, and returned full of pride to show my blessed posy. My mother laughed her irreverent laugh and, looking at my bunch of flowers, which was bringing the may-bug into the sitting-room right under the lamp, she said: Do you suppose it wasn't already blessed before?”

“The only footwear I need is an inexpensive pair of blue sneakers. They have soft fabric tops and soft rubber-like soles. I get them one size too large so I can wiggle my toes. I feel as free as though I were barefoot! And I can usually get 1,500 miles to a pair. I wear a pair of navy blue socks.There's a reason why I chose navy blue for my wearing apparel-it's a very practical color, doesn't show dirt, and the color blue does represent peace and spirituality.”

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“Science has the capacity to show mankind the full development of the mental life. Spirituality has the capacity to show mankind the possibility and inevitability of the life beyond the mind, the supramental life.”

Mind Shows Spirituality Mankind Possibility Development Capacity Inevitability

Book:The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga

Source: The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga

“God made everything out of nothing. But the nothingness shows through.”

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Author:Paul Valery

“You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God's creative principle works in you.”

World Way Done Shows Running Spiritual Spirituality Principles Courage Creative Achievement Ordinary Dazzle Autobiography Of A Yogi

Author:Paramahansa Yogananda

“What makes fantastic declarations believable is, in part, the vehemence with which they're proffered. Again, in the world of spirituality as well as of pop psychology, intensity of personal belief is evidence of truth. It is considered very bad form - even abuse - to challenge the veracity of any personal testimony that might be offered in a twelve-step group or on a talk show, unless the testimony itself is equivocal... Whatever sells, whatever many people believe strongly, must be true.”

“You can cite a hundred references to show that the biblical God is a bloodthirsty tyrant, but if they can dig up two or three verses that say "God is love" they will claim that you are taking things out of context!”

Ifs Two Shows Religion Spirituality Three Atheism Hundred Bible Claims Tyrants Verses Biblical God Is Love Citing Of Context

Book:Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist

Source: Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist

“...that is our calling: to show that there is a reality in personal relationship, and not just words about it.”

God Shows Reality Spirituality Calling Personal Relationships

Book:True Spirituality

Source: True Spirituality

“Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.”

Thinking Men Character Shows Spirituality Three Consciousness Identity Honor Integrity Angel Every Man Hypocrisy Exhibits Inspirational Character Character Of A Man Personality And Character

Author:Alphonse Karr

“We don't need someone to show us the ropes. We are the ones we've been waiting for. Deep inside us we know the feelings we need to guide us. Our task is to learn to trust our inner knowing.”

Knows Needs Shows Feelings Spirit Spirituality Waiting Knowing Tasks Guides Rope Deep Inside

Author:Sonia Johnson

“And when we come to refute them, we shall show in its fitting place that this class of men [i.e., the gnostics] has been instigated by satan to a denial of that baptism which is regeneration to God, and thus to a denial of the whole faith [by denying all physical aspects of spirituality, including the incarnatian and bodily resurrection of Jesus].”

Men Has Beens Whole Shows Spirituality Jesus Class Aspect Including Denial Satan Resurrection Fitting Baptism Regeneration Jesus Resurrection

Author:Irenaeus of Lyons

“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. Share the botanical bliss of gardeners through the ages, who have cultivated philosophies to apply to their own - and our own - lives: Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.”

Heart Soul Philosophy Shows Body Hands Age Spirituality Sun Share Glory Garden Bliss Gardening Dirt Nurture Show Me Gardener

Author:Alfred Austin

“Man becomes aware of the Sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the Profane.”

Men World Doe Different Shows Reality Spirit Religion Spirituality Events Objects Sacred Encounters Our World Profane

Author:Mircea Eliade

“Institutions are not pretty. Show me a pretty government. Healing is wonderful, but the American Medical Association? Learning is wonderful, but universities? The same is true for religion... religion is institutionalized spirituality.”

Shows Government Spirituality Healing Wonderful Institutions University Medical Association Show Me Not Pretty

Author:Huston Smith

“Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then calling all his brothers and sisters to share the find, Richard J. 'Foster has 'found' the spiritual disciplines that the modern world has stored away and forgot, and has excitedly called us to celebrate them. For they are, as he shows us, the instruments of joy, the way into mature Christian spirituality and abundant life.”

“The law of chastity is not a negative proposition, but a positive one because in its observance there are spiritual values that far outweigh the physical dangers that we often emphasize. I believe the chances are that our children will respond to the positive attitude quicker and more thoroughly than they do to the negative. Let's show them the values that there are in that law.”