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“If I had to pick a hero, it would be Charles Darwin--the size of his mind, which included all that scientific curiosity and knowledge seeking, and the ability to put it all together. There is a genuine spirituality about Darwin's thinking.”

Ifs Thinking Mind Would Be Together Spirituality Ability Hero Picks Curiosity Size Seeking Genuine

Author:Ursula K. Le Guin

“By getting as close to the true idea of religion, of spirituality as it is possible for us to get.. ...we would be in possession of the only tangible relationship tot the deity in things.”

Ideas Would Be Spirituality Possession Deities Tangible Tots

Author:Marsden Hartley

“prayer can be an easy substitute for real spirituality. It would be impossible to have spirituality without prayer, of course, but it is certainly possible to pray without having a spirituality at all. How do you know? 'Am I becoming kinder?' is a good place to start.”

Knows Real Would Be Spirituality Courses Easy Prayer Impossible Praying Becoming Substitutes Do You Know Kinder Good Place

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“Its taken 14 billion years for matter to gain the capacity to become conscious of itself. If this is true, it wouldn't make any sense that the whole point of enlightenment would be to escape from the whole process at the very instant that the universe is beginning to awaken to itself.”

Ifs Life Years Matter Whole Would Be Spirituality Universe Process Taken Evolution Enlightenment Conscious Gains Capacity Awakening Billions Instant

Author:Andrew Cohen

“To recover a spiritual tradition in which creation, and the study of creation, matters would be to inaugurate new possibilities between spirituality and science that would shape the paradigms for culture, its institution, and its people.”

People Matter Would Be Spiritual Culture Spirituality Study Creation Possibility Shapes Tradition Institutions Paradigm New Possibilities

Author:Matthew Fox

“My first deepening of spirituality came when I was 6, when I was moved from my grandmother and sent to live with my mother - whom I really did not know - who had moved to Milwaukee. Something inside myself knew that I was never going to see my grandmother again - I would be wasting my time to live in that space of wanting that.”

Knows Firsts Would Be Mother Spirituality Space Moved My Time Grandmother My Grandmother Wasting My Time Milwaukee

Author:Oprah Winfrey

“Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that.”

Ifs Men Doe Two Would Be Spiritual Spirituality Interest Opposites Two Things Selfless Providence Lots Of Money Cricket Commentary Endorsements

Author:Imran Khan

“Religion should unite all hearts and cause wars and disputes to vanish from the face of the earth; it should give birth to spirituality, and bring light and life to every soul. If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division, it would be better to be without it... Any religion which is not a cause of love and unity is no religion.”

Ifs Giving Should Heart War Soul Light Would Be Earth Faces Spirituality Causes Birth Hatred Unity Division Dislike Disputes Baha

Author:Abdu'l-Bahá

“If you could only keep quiet, clear of memories and expectations, you would be able to discern the beautiful pattern of events. Its your restlessness that causes chaos.”

Ifs Would Be Able Beautiful Spiritual Spirituality Causes Memories Clear Events Quiet Expectations Chaos Patterns Restlessness

Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“I simply go with what works. And what works is the healthy skepticism embodied in the scientific method. Believe me, if the Bible had ever been shown to be a rich source of scientific answers and enlightenment, we would be mining it daily for cosmic discovery.”

Ifs Believe Would Be Science Spirituality Religious Answers Rich Source Healthy Enlightenment Discovery Method Cosmic Believe In Me Skepticism Scientific Method Mining

Book:The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

Source: The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

“The great distinction of a true Christian is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. How careful should he be, lest anything in his thoughts or feelings would be offensive to the Divine Guest.!”

Should God Feelings Would Be Christian Spirit Spirituality Divine Holy Careful Holy Spirit Distinction Guests Offensive

Book:The Francis Schaeffer Collection: True Spirituality / He Is There and He Is Not Silent

Source: The Francis Schaeffer Collection: True Spirituality / He Is There and He Is Not Silent

“Conscious business.. business that is conscious of inner and outer worlds.. would therefore be business that takes into account body, mind, and spirit in self, culture, and nature. Put differently, conscious business would be mindful of the way that the spectrum of consciousness operates in the Big Three worlds of self and culture and nature.”

World Way Mind Self God Body Bigs Would Be Spirit Culture Spirituality Three Business Consciousness Self Help Conscious Accounts Spectrum Outer Worlds

Author:Ken Wilber

“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.”