There is...a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied...by better cars on longer credit terms.
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There is...a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied...by better cars on longer credit terms.
Creativity is intelligence having fun.
For the Divine to function through you, it is important to make every breath, every pulsation in the body, and your very existence an offering.
Apakah penampilanku satu-satunya hal yang membuatku berharga? Jika begitu, jangan tatap aku. Wajahku bisa menyembunyikan hati yang palsu.
We have so committed ourselves in different ways that we have hardly any time for self-reflection, to observe, to study.
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.
By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
In its primary aspect, a painting has no more spiritual message than an exquisite fragment of Venetian glass. The channels by which all noble and imaginative work in painting should touch the soul are not those of the truths of lives.
The only trouble is that in the spiritual life there are no tricks and no shortcuts. Those who imagine that they can discover spiritual gimmicks and put them to work for themselves usually ignore God's will and his grace.
Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.
It doesn't matter how many drugs I take, I'm not fulfilled. This isn't satisfying. There's a spiritual hunger going on. Everybody feels it. If you don't feel it now, you will. Trust me. You will... Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's the real rebellion.
I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it--just don't get lost in it.
Direct your attention inward. Have a look inside yourself. What kind of thoughts is your mind producing? What do you feel? Direct your attention into the body. Is there any tension? Once you detect that there is a low level of unease, the background static, see in what way you are avoiding, resisting, or denying life-by denying the Now.
You deserve all the good things that happen to you. Don't feel guilty and accept the blessings.
He who lives as children live - who does not struggle for his bread and does not believe that his actions possess any ultimate significance - remains childlike.
A private relationship of worshiping God is the greatest essential element of spiritual fitness.
The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.
Governments move armies, but only individuals can move hearts. And with every act of love that emanates from any of us, we are activating miracles, adding to a spiritual ocean that in time will purify our planet of all vestiges of fear. Love alone can triumph over hate, and if we give it the chance, it will.
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