This Life Quotes - Page 27

• If spirituality is not religion or cynicism or sentimentality or narcissism, then what is it?... we can confidently say... that spirituality is fearlessness. It is a way of looking boldly at this life we have been given, here, now, on earth, as this human being.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Earth, Way, Spirituality

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• Lord, catch me off guard today. Surprise me with some moment of beauty or pain so that at least for the moment, I may be startled into seeing that you are here in all your splendor, always and everywhere, barely hidden, beneath, beyond, within this life I breathe.

  Frederick Buechner

  Pain, May, Today

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• Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Easy, Ifs

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• Forgiveness is an embrace, across all barriers, against all odds, in defiance of all that is mean and petty and vindictive and cruel in this life.

  Kent Nerburn

  Mean, Odds, Embrace

  Kent Nerburn (2010). “Calm Surrender: Walking the Path of Forgiveness”, p.130, New World Library

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• Being an artist doesn’t take much, just everything you got. Which means, of course, that as the process is giving you life, it is also bringing you closer to death. But it’s no big deal. They are one in the same and cannot be avoided or denied. So when I totally embrace this process, this life/death, and abandon myself to it, I transcend all this meaningless gibberish and hang out with the gods. It seems to me that that is worth the price of admission.

  Hubert Selby, Jr.

  Mean, Artist, Giving

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• Actually, all gifts have been given for reasons of temporal use and need and they will surely pass away at the end of the present dispensation. Love, however, will never be cut off. It works in us and for us, and not simply in this life. For when the burden of physical need has been laid aside in the time to come it will endure, more effectively, more excellently, forever unfailing, clinging to God with more fire and zeal through all the length of incorruption.

  John Cassian

  Cutting, Fire, Forever

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• I testify of the great blessing of children and of the happiness they will bring us in this life and in the eternities.

  Neil L. Andersen

  Children, Blessing, Eternity

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• By sharing something, I realized that I'm not alone, that there are a lot of people that share with me the same preoccupations, the same ideas, the same ideals, and the same quest for a meaning for this life.

  Paulo Coelho

  Ideas, People, Quests

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• Death is a door. When we close our eyes in this life, we will open our eyes to Jesus.

  Anne Graham Lotz

  Jesus, Eye, Doors

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• This pain in your heart was created to make you yearn less for this life. And to yearn more for jennah. Allahu akbar

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Pain, Heart, Eden

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• Arise! Arise! A tidal wave is coming! Onward! Men and women, down to the Chandala (Pariah) - all are pure in his eyes. Onward! Onward! There is no time to care for name, or fame, or Mukti, or Bhakti! We shall look to these some other time. Now in this life let us infinitely spread his lofty character, his sublime life, his infinite soul. This is the only work - there is nothing else to do.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Character, Eye, Men

  Swami Vivekananda (2007). “Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India”

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• All religions promise a reward beyond life, in eternity, for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Heart, Understanding, Promise

  "The World as Will and Idea".

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• The West regards marriage as consisting in all that lies beyond the legal tie, while in India it is thought of as a bond thrown by society round two people to unite them together for all eternity. Those two must wed each other, whether they will or not, in life after life. Each acquires half of the merit of the other. And if one seems in this life to have fallen hopelessly behind, it is for the other only to wait and beat time, till he or she catches up again!

  Swami Vivekananda

  Marriage, Lying, Two

  Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Complete Works”

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• Just consider, my friend, whether a pure spirit and virtue are anything other than saving your life and being saved. Perhaps we need to discard the idea of longevity and cease loving this life, instead committing these things to God and, believing that no one ever escapes destiny, to consider, with that in mind, how we may live the best possible life in the time that remains.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Life, Believe, Destiny

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• Does the world satisfy thee? Then thou hast thy reward & portion in this life; make much of it, for thou shalt know no other joy

  Charles Spurgeon

  Joy, Rewards, Doe

  Charles Spurgeon (2016). “Morning and Evening”, p.748, Discovery House

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• Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life.

  Lionel Blue

  Home, Heaven, Church

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• The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this life. For it is only through meditation that you can undertake the journey to discover your true nature, and so find the stability and confidence you will need to live, and die, well; Meditation is the road to enlightenment.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Journey, Giving, Meditation

  FaceBook post by Sogyal Rinpoche from Jun 04, 2013

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• We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are.

  Steve Gleason

  Mistake, Who We Are, Made

  "Fired radio host admits he'd be offended by segment mocking ill player" by Greg Botelho, www.cnn.com. June 18, 2013.

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• Why do people embrace God? In my opinion, belief in God and an afterlife is a necessary extension of man's need to feel that this life does not end with what we call death.

  Robert Vaughn

  Men, Afterlife, People

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• We enjoy some gratification when our good friends die; for though their death leaves us in sorrow, we have the consolatory assurance that they are beyond the ills by which in this life even the best of people are broken down or corrupted.

  Saint Augustine

  Death, Good Friend, People

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• Personal testimony of the gospel and the Church is the most important thing you can earn in this life. It will not only bless and guide you during this life, but it will also have a direct bearing on your life throughout eternity.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Important, Church, Eternity

  "Receiving a Testimony of Light and Truth". www.lds.org. October 2014.

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• I want you to live the best life you can. You can be world-changers. .. Pursue this life of love with focus and passion and ambition and courage. Give it your all. And that will be your path to true success.

  John Legend

  Passion, Ambition, Giving

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• This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Storm, Shelter

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• Kindness and a good heart are the foundation for success in this life, progress on the spiritual path, and the fulfillment of our aspirations. Our need for them is not limited to any specific time, place, society, or culture.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Kindness, Heart

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• This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear

  Gerry Mulligan

  Hard Life, Bears, Mulligans

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