O Krishna, the stillness of divine union which you describe is beyond my comprehension. How can the mind, which is so restless, attain lasting peace? Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, powerful, violent; trying to control it is like trying to tame the wind.
—The Bhagavad Gita Hindu Scripture
All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than expectation.
—Owen Feltham (1602–68) English Essayist
Walking uplifts the spirit. Breathe out the poisons of tension, stress, and worry; breathe in the power of God. Send forth little silent prayers of goodwill toward those you meet. Walk with a sense of being a part of a vast universe. Consider the thousands of miles of earth beneath your feet; think of the limitless expanse of space above your head. Walk in awe, wonder, and humility. Walk at all times of day. In the early morning when the world is just waking up. Late at night under the stars. Along a busy city street at noontime.
—Wilferd Arlan Peterson (1900–95) American Author
Nothing is more repulsive than a furtively prurient spirituality; it is just as unsavory as gross sensuality.
—Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) Swiss Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Philosopher
Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
The man is free to rule his world, not his world rule him.
—Indian Proverb
You can kill the body but not the spirit.
—Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94) Scottish Novelist
He who doesn’t have the spirit of his time, has all its misery.
—Voltaire (1694–1778) French Philosopher, Author
When you examine the lives of the most influential people who have ever walked among us, you discover one thread that winds through them all. They have been aligned first with their spiritual nature and only then with their physical selves.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
—Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France
Love is a spirit all compact of fire
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.
—Swami Chinmayananda (1916–93) Indian Hindu Spiritual Teacher
As Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate, and supporter of the Tibetan people, “We must understand that there can be no life without risk—and when your spirit is strong, everything else is secondary, even the risks.
—Robert K. Cooper (b.1957) American Author, Psychologist
Affluence = abundant flow.
—Eric Butterworth (1916–2003) American Spirituality Writer
You translate everything—whether physical, mental, or spiritual into muscular tension.
—F. Matthias Alexander (1869–1955) Australian Actor, Educationalist
Choose to be in close proximity to people who are empowering, who appeal to your sense of connection to intention, who see the greatness in you, who feel connected to God, who live a life that gives evidence that Spirit has found celebration through them.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
All that spirits desire, spirits attain.
—Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese-American Philosopher, Poet, Sculptor
Wherever you go, you will always bear yourself about with you, and so you will always find yourself.
—Thomas a Kempis (1379–1471) German Religious Priest, Writer
The most spiritual human beings, assuming they are the most courageous, also experience by far the most painful tragedies: but it is precisely for this reason that they honor life, because it brings against them its most formidable weapons.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more than changing our ideas about what is normal.
—Deepak Chopra (b.1946) Indian-born American Physician, Public Speaker, Writer
Let us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
They understand but a little who understand only what can be explained.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian Novelist
The spirit reveals itself to everyone with the same intensity and consistency, but only warriors are consistently attuned to such revelations.
—Carlos Castaneda (1925–98) Peruvian-born American Anthropologist, Author
I have learned that everything is an opportunity for spiritual enrichment.
—Marlo Morgan (1937–98) American Novelist, Author
When you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage.
—Hebrew Proverb
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.
—Demosthenes (384–322 BCE) Greek Statesman, Orator
It is consciousness that sets all limits of life, if there are any limits.
—Eric Butterworth (1916–2003) American Spirituality Writer
The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and plants grow automatically and along fixed lines; man can grow as he will. Trees and plants can only develop certain possibilities and characteristics; man can develop any power which is or has been shown by any person anywhere. Nothing that is possible in spirit is impossible in flesh and blood. Nothing that man can think is impossible. Nothing that man can imagine is impossible of realization.
—Wallace Wattles (1860–1911) American New Thought Author
We are not separated from spirit, we are in it.
—Plotinus (c.205–270 CE) Greek Philosopher, Founder of Neoplatonism
Transformation literally means going beyond your form.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
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