- I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer. Martin Luther
- You’ll be calm the day you learn to sit alone and do nothing. Maxime Lagacé
- The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious – the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Albert Einstein
- The next message you need is always right where you are. Ram Dass
- Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not. Deepak Chopra
- Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are. Jack Kornfield
- I close my eyes in order to see. Paul Gauguin
- Don’t try to steer the river. Deepak Chopra
- At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it. Thich Nhat Hanh
- The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. Carl Jung
- Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you. Eckhart Tolle
- He who is filled with love is filled with God himself. Augustine of Hippo
- Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. Hermann Hesse
- The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it. Henri J.M. Nouwen
- Religion, science, and spirituality help us make sense of the world. Life without at least one of them is a lonely and confusing place.
- I choose gentleness… Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself. Max Lucado
- Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
- Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage. Ramana Maharshi
- If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit. Thomas Merton
- Relax into the moment and let the universe do the driving. If there was a secret to happiness in life, I’d say that was it. Jed McKenna
- Nurture great thoughts, for you will never go higher than your thoughts. Benjamin Disraeli
- Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. Carl Jung
- The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates
- Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. Ludwig van Beethoven
- We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. 14th Dalai Lama
- It isn’t until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are – not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within – that you can begin to take control. Oprah Winfrey
- You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this. Henry David Thoreau
- Nothing is, unless our thinking makes it so. William Shakespeare
- It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. William Shakespeare Click to tweet
- It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. Mahatma Gandhi
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- The Way is not in the sky; the Way is in the heart. Buddha
- Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. Franklin D. Roosevelt
- I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. John Lennon
- This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity. Voltaire
- My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. Albert Einstein
- The greater the doubt, the greater the awakening. Albert Einstein
- The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. Michel de Montaigne
- Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical. Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Wake up and live. Bob Marley
- I am realistic – I expect miracles. Wayne Dyer
- Do anything, but let it produce joy. Walt Whitman
- The Holy Land is everywhere. Black Elk (Native American)
- Forever is composed of nows. Emily Dickinson Click to tweet
- Be guided by spirit and not driven by ego. Unknown
- There is nothing more important than this moment. Unknown
- It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. Francis of Assisi
- For it is in giving that we receive. Francis of Assisi
- Everything in the world was my Guru. Ramana Maharshi
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- Quiet the mind and the soul will speak. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
- Spiritual progress is like a detoxification. Marianne Williamson
- Reach for a thought that feels better. Abraham Hicks
- Your thoughts become things. Rhonda Byrne Click to tweet
- Your thoughts are the primary cause of everything. Rhonda Byrne
- When you make a choice, you change the future. Deepak Chopra
- God finds himself by creating. Rabindranath Tagore
- One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, “I love you”, “I’m sorry”, “I appreciate you”, “I’m proud of you”…whatever you’re feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share it…cause a smile today for someone else…and give plenty of hugs. Steve Maraboli
- You and your purpose in life are the same thing. Your purpose is to be you. George Alexiou
- I am convinced that the jealous, the angry, the bitter and the egotistical are the first to race to the top of mountains. A confident person enjoys the journey, the people they meet along the way and sees life not as a competition. They reach the summit last because they know God isn’t at the top waiting for them. He is down below helping his followers to understand that the view is glorious where ever you stand. Shannon L. Alder
- You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God’s creative principle works in you. Paramahansa Yogananda
- Bring into play the almighty power within you, so that on the stage of life you can fulfill your high destined role. Paramahansa Yogananda
- The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you really are. Carl Jung
- You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible. Deepak Chopra Click to tweet
- When a man is willing and eager, the Gods join in. Aeschylus
- Arise, awake, stop not till the goal is reached. Swami Vivekananda
- And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin
- The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. W.B. Yeats
- Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path. Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy and greed stem from a lost soul. Pray that they will find guidance. Elder Wisdom
- Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings Heaven even in a moment. Swami Vivekananda (See also: hard work quotes)
- I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself. Shooter Teton Sioux (Native American)
- Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart. Erma Bombeck
- Bath, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined. Ambrose Bierce
- You can’t have everything… where would you put it? Steven Wright
- Self-love is a good thing but self-awareness is more important. You need to once in a while go “Uh, I’m kind of an asshole”. Louis C.K.
- Walk with those seeking truth… Run from those who think they’ve found it. Deepak Chopr