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The sacred is found in the questions we ask.
The path of the spirit is the path of self-realization.
For if you are to know God, you must forget yourself.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
Violence is often a response to spiritual crisis.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
Mysticism is the heart of all religions.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
Faith is not a set of beliefs but a way of being in the world.
From God Is Not One by Stephen Prothero
The Gnostic Gospels challenge the belief that salvation is only through the church.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Art is a spiritual path; it is a journey into the depths of our being.
From The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
The Gnostic perspective allows for a more intimate relationship with God.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The most common and perhaps the most important feature of religious experience is the sense of the divine.
Faith is not a matter of believing in something, but of living it.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
The divine is not something to be understood but something to be experienced.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
The ultimate goal of life is to realize the Self.
From The Upanishads by Anonymous
Death is not the end but a transformation.
Letting go is the essence of enlightenment.
I think that all writing is a form of prayer.
From Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you.
From The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
The greatest service which can be rendered to any man is to help him stand erect in his own soul.
The Gnostic texts suggest that the divine is accessible to everyone, not just a select few.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Faith is not belief without proof; it is trust without reservation.
The sacred is not separate from the world but interwoven into the fabric of existence.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
The hardest part of a funeral is the silence.
Dogma is the enemy of faith.
It is better to be with God and with a man who suffers than to be alone in glory.
The concept of covenant is central to the relationship between God and the Jewish people.
The sacred is often intertwined with the profane.
From The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
For there is no other way to come to the knowledge of God than by unknowing.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
Your wealth and your children are but a trial, whereas Allah has with Him a great reward.
Salt has played a role in many religions.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Religion provides a sense of meaning and purpose that many people find essential.
From Why Religion? by Elaine Pagels
Sharpening a pencil is a ritual that prepares us for the act of creation.
From The Pencil: A History by Henry Petroski
Religion is not about believing things; it’s about participating in things.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
Faith is a journey, not a destination.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
Religion is not a belief system; it is a way of life.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
God cannot be understood by the intellect.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
The divine is found in the connections we make with others.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
Indeed, your ally is Allah and His Messenger and those who have believed.
Wine has been integral to religious rituals and social practices throughout history.
The God we create is a reflection of ourselves.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
The experience of the divine is universal and transcends cultural boundaries.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
The king is dead; long live the king!
From The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest.
Wisdom is the fruit of the spiritual journey.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Mysticism is the heart of all religions.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Faith requires a commitment to the unknown.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
To understand running, you must understand the soul.
From Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
The path is not in the sky; the path is in the heart.
From The Dhammapada by Eknath Easwaran
In the unknowing lies the true knowledge of God.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
Compassion was the central teaching of all the great religious traditions.
The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.
From The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
And if you are grateful, I will surely increase your favor.
To understand God, we must first understand ourselves.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
He who has no attachments can really love others, for his love is pure and divine.
From The Bhagavad Gita by Anonymous
The journey within is the most profound adventure.
From Out of the Ether by Matthew Leising
The essence of Islam is not in the rituals, but in the spirit of those rituals.
From No god but God by Reza Aslan
Religious man is not a stranger to the world, but he is not only a part of it; he is a part of another world.
The divine is not a being but a presence that can be experienced in a variety of ways.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
The mystical experience is often a deep and abiding sense of union.
In times of crisis, people often turn to religion for solace and guidance.
From Why Religion? by Elaine Pagels
Rituals play a significant role in Jewish life.
It is in the realm of the spirit that we must fight our battles.
In the Gnostic view, knowledge is the key to spiritual awakening.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The way to God is through the unknowing of the mind.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
The journey of cancer is a journey of the soul.
Jesus’ message was not about the afterlife; it was about life here and now.
When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn't make any sense.
From The Essential Rumi by Jalal al-Din Rumi
Religions are not just a set of beliefs; they are also a set of practices.
From God Is Not One by Stephen Prothero
The experience of the divine can be found in many forms.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is an integral part of it.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
To be religious is to be aware of the depth of life and the wonder of existence.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
The sacred is not a matter of belief but of experience.
To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually.
From The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.
Ceremonies help us to mark important transitions in our lives.
From Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
Compassion is the heart of the path.
The hero's journey is a sacred journey.
From The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
Rituals are the outward expressions of the inner beliefs of a people.
From The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
The Gnostics emphasized personal experience of the divine over dogma.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The most spiritual experience is the most material experience.
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
From The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
And He found you lost and guided [you].
Mystical states can be more easily understood than explained.
The soul's journey is one of awakening to the divine within.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Our creativity is a gift from the universe.
From The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
From Cosmos by Carl Sagan
The Kingdom of God is not a place, but a state of being.
We are not this physical body; we are the soul.
For the religious man, the cosmos is a sacred reality.
The sacred is not separate from the world; it is interwoven with it.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Rituals have the power to heal and restore us.
From The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
The history of religion is the history of human kind’s relationship with the divine.
From The Evolution of God by Robert Wright
In times of crisis, people often revert to their spiritual roots.
Divinity is not a state; it is a relationship.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
Religious experience transcends the boundaries of particular faiths.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
The destiny of men is in their own souls.
The purpose of life is the evolution of consciousness.
To know God is to know ourselves.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
To understand the divine is to realize that our understanding is always limited.
Meditation is the key to transforming our lives.
Mythology serves as a bridge between the sacred and the everyday world.