The burning zeal….that had led her to India had apparently vanished. At the same time….she clung steadfastly to the faith she professed, and without a drop of consolation, labored wholeheartedly in her daily service….of the...

Certainty is missing the point entirely.

The truth had lacerated him to the bone, had punctured his heart, and had ripped through his soul. The truth had slain him and tended to his wounds. The truth had hated him and loved...

But it is possible to let go of this addiction. Consciousness is power. Once we are aware of ourselves as a separate Presence from our thoughts, we can then witness them and perhaps notice the...

Action, not philosophy will get you going. Pick yourself up and move forward. That is the only way you can still enjoy life while you are blessed to be living it.

I’ve always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic.

An imaginative person can be spiritual but can’t be religious.

Not knowing anything, not searching for anything, understanding that we can’t hold on to anything, leaves us with nothing — nothing except our original nature, pure awareness.

An intelligence completely dissociated from the physical, or at least an impression of it, was a strange, curiously limited and almost perverse thing, and the precise form that your physicality took had a profound, in...

Grace is darkness and light, peacefully co-existing, as illumination.

No one can make you ‘better’ emotionally, mentally, spiritually or physically. You have to find this for yourself. You have to taste that brutal moment when you’re crying in a corner of the room, curled...

sometimes we doubt the truth in the face of this earth, but not to worry. the important thing is to follow your conscience to walk in the truth

Everything changes as you move through three stages of awareness:first, that beliefs are the result of conditions;second, that beliefs are the cause of conditions;and third, that beliefs are themselves conditions.

Sometimes you don’t choose greatness, it chooses you. And when it does, it requires a certain level of understandin’, courage and a degree of blind hope.

Limitations are possibilities . . . Opportunities to perceive ourselvesBeyond our present selves . . .

Once you awaken, you will have no interest in judging those who sleep.

There is no “I”, there’s only “we”. Meaning all you can touch, and all that you see is a part of you, and a part of me.

Your ultimate goal for marriage is that both of you—as husband and wife—commit to keep growing spiritually.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender

O Nanak, if a blind man goes to assay jewels, he shall not know their worth and shall return after making an exhibition of himself.

One Lord, one faith and one baptism.

Say no to parking lots!

Sunshine is a light.May the sunshine brighten your path of life.

The beauty of the soul; inner peace and joy.

The Christian living is a spiritual welfare. As the year draws to an end, seek the face of the Lord for guidance in the coming year.

Virtue of prayer, virtue of patience.

God was something I did not understand the way kids who went to church did. They said God was a man in the sky with white hair and a beard like Santa. This seemed strange...

There is nothing greater in this world then love. Many things in this world have limits and expiration dates, but love is constant and everywhere. More important, it can take many forms and even when...

Hope is strong trust in divine power.

There is nothing so whole as a broken heart.

Among the lessons I learned on Hajj was that I needed to be mindful andkeep the inner connection with God at all times and that self-improvement is definitely a never-endingstruggle.

Every now and then we enter the presence of the numinous and deduce for an instant how we’re formed, in what detail the force that infuses every petal might specifically run through us, wishing only...

The idea that each of us can be directly spiritual is radical. Most religions are based not on teaching adherents to be directly spiritual, but in persuading them to trust in the intercession of ministers...

I want to be a woman who lives totally abandoned to the first commandment: to love my Lord, my God, with all my heart. I don’t want the reputation that I love God, I don’t...

Let mental culture go on advancing, let the natural sciences progress in even greater extent and depth, and the human mind widen itself as much as it desires: beyond the elevation and moral culture of...

Her wild heart was rare, she saw blessings were most saw burdens & if one thing was certain; her smile was like a flower in the sunshine

Wherever you are in that lake, whether fighting to keep your head above water in those horrible first waves, or whether you’re somewhere along the more gently bobbing ones, just keep your eye on the...

You are not what you have done, but what you have overcome. All the hardships, the mistakes, the rejections, the pain and all the times you questioned why have given birth to the wisdom and...

The heart is cooking a pot of food for you. Be patient until it is cooked

Good deeds have echoes.

All the weapons of hate and cruelty cannot stand against God’s love. The spiritually blind and intentionally evil try to oppose it, but they cannot ultimately win. That’s because all creation was formed and is...

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

It is always easier to take the words of a Jesus, a Gandhi, a Marx, or a Confucius as constituting Holy Writ. This involves less reading, less study, less thought, less conflict, and less independent...

Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level – but I’m not a fan of contemporary Christian music.

Establishing the Word of God defeats our spiritual enemies and protects our prosperity.

Oftentimes people expect Christians to be perfect but the reality is…Spiritual perfection is imperfection! God then does His best work.

Not all paths lead to God, but God can lead any path to himself. This God will dine with anyone.

To have been where you have beenAnd to still have joy,Dazzling in your heart,Now there’s a thing to make the whole world smile.

Love me only for my actions, and I will grow stressed. Love me only for my body, and I will grow paranoid. Love me only for my words, and I will grow bitter.Love me only...

By practicing compassion and forgiveness, one can control hatred.