Quotes on Spirituality

You can kill the body, but not the spirit.

To me spirituality needs an honest individuality. It does not allow any kind of dependence. It creates a freedom for itself, whatever the cost. It is never in the crowd but alone, because the crowd has never found any truth. The truth has been found only in people's aloneness.

Spirituality for me is recognizing that I am connected to the energy of all creation, that I am a part of it and it is always a part of me.

I cannot tell you any spiritual truth that deep within you don't know already. All I can do is remind you of what you have forgotten.

The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself.

You will find the Divine in the last place, because once you find it, you will not go on searching.

Real life is, to most men, a long second best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible.

Your birthday is the vintage of your wine; the mark that warns you of your future.

Every real object must cease to be what it seemed, and none could ever be what the whole soul desired.

The trees reflected in the river - they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.

Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention.

Almost any garden, if you see it at just the right moment, can be confused with paradise.

The word Atman (Soul) means the "breath of life". Atman is the principle of man's life, the Soul that pervades his being, his breath, his intellect and transcends them. Atman is what remains when everything that is not the self is eliminated. It is the unborn and immortal element in man, which is not to be confused with body, mind or intellect.

Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about identity.

God is the Soul of all souls - The Supreme Soul - The Supreme Consciousness.

The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer recognizes himself or the fact that he is praying.

My mother ... had a very deep inner spirituality that allowed her to rebuild her life. It's extraordinary that she had such a strong sense of self and such a commitment to the future and such a strong creative sense that she could build new worlds for herself and for us out of the total devastation in her life.

This latter day work is spiritual. It takes spirituality to comprehend it, to love it, to discern it. Therefore, seek the spirit in all you do. Keep it with you continually. That is our challenge.

Be faithful in little things, for in them your strength lies. To the good God nothing is little, because He is so great and we are so small.

Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments

Ethical existence [is] the highest manifestation of spirituality.