quotations about spirituality
But Christ, that came into the world not to imitate, but to correct and transcend both that of the Jews and of the philosophers, sequesters his doctrine from the empty formality of names, reducing it to its inward vigour and spirituality.
ROBERT SOUTH
"Sermon LIII", Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions
Spirituality is not a different way of living. Spirituality is the tool, the compass, which guides me in my normal day-to-day living--whether personal, professional life, family life. That is spirituality. My power lies in the present moment.
SISTER SHIVANI
"On Chai With Manju", India New England News, July 11, 2017
Spirituality is a process by which individuals recognize the importance of orienting their lives to something nonmaterial that is beyond or larger than themselves ... so that there is an acknowledgement of and at least some dependence upon a higher power, or Spirit.
J. E. MARTIN & C. R. CARLSON
Spiritual Dimensions of Health Psychology
Spirituality refers to a way of being in the world that acknowledges the existence of, and the desire to be in relationship with, a transcendent dimension or higher power. This spiritual tendency is believed to move the individual toward knowledge, hope, love, transcendence, connectedness, and compassion.
M. T. BURKE & J. MIRANTI
The Spiritual and Religious Dimensions of Counseling
There are in every man, always, two simultaneous allegiances, one to God, the other to Satan. Invocation of God, or Spirituality, is a desire to climb higher; that of Satan, or animality, is delight in descent.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
My Heart Laid Bare
There is in you, the least of you, what only God could give out of his inmost and highest being, a spiritual existence.
HENRY WHITNEY BELLOWS
Twenty-Four Sermons Preached in All Souls Church, New York
There is no spiritual life without growth in grace.
EDWARD MEYRICK GOULBURN
Thoughts on Personal Religion: Being a Treatise on the Christian Life in Its Two Chief Elements, Devotion and Practice
Pop-spirituality is a trend created by market forces ... but pop-spiritualists mistakenly believe that an individual, if he is truly individual, cannot mislead himself. But there is a difference between honest and dishonest spirituality, between real and imagined revelation. Because pop-spirituality is fashionable and followers of fashion must follow, pop-spirituality cannot create a mature leadership; it cannot enlighten our lone moment of death.
THOMAS M. EASLEY
"Talk of pop spirituality", The Economic Times, August 5, 2017
It was impossible for the human mind to suspect that it was itself the sole creator of the divine world. It found the divine world before it; it found it as history, as tradition, as a sentiment, as a habit of thought; and it necessarily made it the object of its loftiest speculations. Thus was born metaphysics, and thus were developed and perfected the divine ideas, the basis of Spiritualism.
MIKHAIL BAKUNIN
God and the State
There is such a fixed antipathy in nature against the spirituality of the ways of God, that unless it be wrought out by the Spirit's giving us "a new heart to perceive, and eyes to see," there is no possibility of ever reconciling these together.
ROBERT SOUTH
"Sermon LIII", Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions
Spirituality is a healing force in which there are no rules attached to God's love and God's ability to sustain us.
SUKHRAJ S. DHILLON
Science, Religion & Spirituality
If the spiritual values of human existence at its highest term of development and achievement do not endure, amidst all the changes and chances of this mortal universe, there seems to be no stable or coherent meaning in existence. Then the universe is irrational--indeed it is no universe at all.
JOSEPH ALEXANDER LEIGHTON
Man and the Cosmos: An Introduction to Metaphysics
For me, spirituality includes the belief in things larger than ourselves, an appreciation of nature and beauty, a sensitivity to the world, a feeling of shared connection with other living things, a desire to help people less fortunate than ourselves. All of these things can occur with or without God. I do not believe in the existence of God, but I consider myself a spiritual person in the manner I have just described. I call myself a spiritual atheist. I would imagine that many people are spiritual atheists.
ALAN LIGHTMAN
"Six Questions", Harper's Magazine, March 19, 2014
Spirituality is deeply personal and while some practices like yoga may be performed alongside others the actual belief structures and connection is unique to the individual and often completely known only to themselves.
DAWN DEMERS
"7 Differences Between Spirituality and Religion", beliefnet, July 23, 2017
Spirituality is a simple welcoming and blissful attitude towards life, yourself and others. It is an innate intelligence that keeps you aware and sharp as you perform your daily activities. Spirituality is no dogma or philosophy to be forced on you in order to transform you. Spirituality is the science that has created experiential techniques that give you the power and ability to go back to your natural you, the you who retains all your latent intelligence, potential and possibilities, as well as the experience of the truth of Existence.
NITHYANANDA
Life Bliss Magazine, August 2009
God is the eternal Giver. The spiritual task is to become the conduit for the generosity of God.
SWAMI AGNIVESH
Applied Spirituality
When I asked the seeress why she thinks spirituality is experiencing such a boom, she gave a surprising answer: Because it's pretty.
EMILY SHUGERMAN
"If Urban Outfitters Did Mystic Healing", The Independent, July 18, 2017
Spiritual quest is the new Lamborghini. It's not the new iPhone, swanky car, designer gowns that are being flaunted -- spiritual glamour is the latest aspiration for the millennial. The next time you enter the velvet rope, be sure to brush up your knowledge on the world of spirituality, and carry the aura of positivity. It's 'in'.
NONA WALIAL
"In vogue: Spiritual glamour", Times of India, July 9, 2017
Nothing is more repulsive than a furtively prurient spirituality; it is just as unsavory as gross sensuality.
CARL JUNG
Marriage as a Psychological Relationship
Every culture has recognized a life force that moves through all creation. The soul comes alive when it is nurtured by this sacred energy, and one's existence becomes infused with passion, power, and depth.
DAVID N. ELKINS
Beyond Religion