Spiritual Life Quotes - Page 15

• The inner attitude of the heart is far more crucial than the mechanics for coming into the reality of the spiritual life.

  Richard J. Foster

  Christian, Spiritual, Attitude

  Richard J. Foster (2009). “Celebration of Discipline: The Path To Spiritual Growth”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• Frequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit - a very common symptom indeed among God's children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a severe blow upon spiritual life.

  Watchman Nee

  Forgiveness, Christian, Spiritual

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.554, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness.

  Olympia Dukakis

  Spiritual, Thinking, Knowing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The moment you ascribe who you are right now to what happened yesterday, you have written off your life.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Life, Spiritual, Truth

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• Ignoring the source of creation and trying to conduct your life yourself is a terribly egoistic and ignorant attitude towards life.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Life, Spiritual, Truth

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• The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence; but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God and bear the cost.

  Evelyn Underhill

  Spiritual, Choices, Cost

  Evelyn Underhill (2015). “The School of Charity: Meditations on the Christian Creed”, p.16, Aeterna Press

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• Essentially, yoga means dissolving your identity.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Life, Spiritual, Truth

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• Any teaching will not transform you as long as you are deeply attached to your body. Yoga is towards reducing this attachment.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Life, Spiritual, Truth

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• We neither need a political revolution nor a religious revolution. What we need is an inner transformation in human beings.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Life, Spiritual, Religious

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• Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is brutal. The brutality of ignorance is such that it will make you dead while alive.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Life, Spiritual, Truth

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• If we do not work for individual transformation, talking about world peace is just entertainment.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Life, Spiritual, Truth

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• Children, we are told to make an offering at the temple or at the feet of the guru, not because the Lord or guru is in need of wealth or anything else. Real offering is the act of surrendering the mind and the intellect. How can it be done? We cannot offer our minds as they are, but only the things to which our minds are attached. Today our minds are greatly attached to money and other worldly things. By placing such thoughts at the feet of the Lord, we are offering Him our heart. This is the principle behind giving charities.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Children, Real

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• Unfortunately, the only meaning that society attributes to life today is an opportunity to make money.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Opportunity, Today

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• If we are not able to fix the Lord firmly in our hearts, even a lifetime of temple-going does not do us any good.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Heart, Doe

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• In the spiritual life it is not necessary to have a complete map of the path in order to begin traveling. On the contrary, having such complete knowledge may actually hinder rather than help the onward march. The deeper secrets of spiritual life are unraveled to those who take risks and who make bold experiments with it. They are not meant for the idler who seeks guarantees at every step. Those who speculate from the shore about the ocean shall know only its surface, but those who would know the depths of the ocean must be willing to plunge into it.

  Meher Baba

  Spiritual, Ocean, Order

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• Isn't it human beings who impart vitality to the image in the temple? If no one sculpts the stone, it doesn't become an image. If no one installs it in the temple, it does not acquire any sanctity. If no worship is done, it does not acquire any power. Without human effort there cannot be any temples. What is wrong then in saying that we should view great masters as equal to God? Temples installed by such spiritual masters have a special energy of their own.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Views, Effort

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• Children, we may go to the temple, reverently circumambulate the sanctum sanctorum and put our offering in the charity box, but on our way out if we kick the beggar at the door, where is our devotion? Compassion towards the poor is our duty to God. Mother is not saying that we should give money to every beggar that sits in front of a temple, but do not despise them. Pray for them as well. When we hate others, it is our own mind that becomes impure. Equality of vision is God.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Mother, Spiritual, Children

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• The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts.

  George Muller

  Christian, Spiritual, Vigor

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• The spiritual life is a call to action. But it is a call to ... action without any selfish attachment to the results.

  Eknath Easwaran

  Spiritual, Selfish, Attachment

  Eknath Easwaran (2000). “A More Ardent Fire”, p.111, Nilgiri Press

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• Peace is something tangible. It silences the outgoing energy of the mind and feeds the aspiring heart. Peace is not merely the absence of quarreling and fighting. True peace is not affected by the roaring of the world, outer or inner. This sea of peace is at our command if we practise the spiritual life.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Spiritual, Heart, Fighting

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• Let our lives be firmly rooted in Truth. Abstain from lies. In this dark age of materialism, adherence to truth is the greatest austerity. We might have to tell lies now and then to protect somebody or to sustain dharma, but we must be careful not to speak lies for our own selfish purposes.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Lying, Selfish

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• Our attitude should be: Whatever happens I will remain strong, courageous and happy.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Strong, Attitude

  Twitter post from Jan 27, 2013

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• One of the things that kills Buddhist spiritual life is excessive seriousness.

  Gil Fronsdal

  Spiritual, Buddhist, Life Is

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• Children, when we go to the temple, do not hurry to have darshan, then make some offering and return home in a hurry. We should stand there patiently in silence for some time and try to visualize the beloved deity in our hearts. If possible, we should sit down and meditate. At each step, remember to do japa. Amma doesn't say that the offerings and worship are not necessary, but of all the offerings we make, what the Lord wants most is our hearts!

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Children, Home

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• I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems.

  Macklemore

  Spiritual, Careers, Firsts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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