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Compassion was the central teaching of all the great religious traditions.
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again.
From The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
For Humboldt, the exploration of nature was a spiritual quest.
The most spiritual experience is the most material experience.
The Gnostics emphasized personal experience of the divine over dogma.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually.
From The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
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
Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.
For there is no other way to come to the knowledge of God than by unknowing.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
To run fast, you must first learn to run with your heart.
From The Perfect Mile by Neal Bascomb
The God we create is a reflection of ourselves.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
Death is not the end but a transformation.
It is in the realm of the spirit that we must fight our battles.
The experience of the divine is universal and transcends cultural boundaries.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you.
From The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
God cannot be understood by the intellect.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
The concept of covenant is central to the relationship between God and the Jewish people.
The sacred is not separate from the world but interwoven into the fabric of existence.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
The Gnostic Gospels challenge the belief that salvation is only through the church.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Salt has been used in rituals and religious practices.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Science and spirituality are two different paths leading to the same truth.
From The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra
To know God is to know ourselves.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
To be free is to be yourself.
Say, 'My Lord has commanded justice and that you maintain yourselves [in worship] of Him.'
To understand running, you must understand the soul.
From Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
The path of the spirit is the path of self-realization.
Meditation is the science of the soul.
The sacred is not a matter of belief but of experience.
Faith is not belief without proof; it is trust without reservation.
The joy of the spirit knows no bounds.
I am a Muslim, because Islam is my religion.
The sacred is found in the questions we ask.
The concept of the divine feminine is central to many Gnostic texts.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Art is a spiritual practice.
From The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
The journey within is the most profound adventure.
From Out of the Ether by Matthew Leising
The sacred is not separate from the world; it is interwoven with it.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger.
I think that all writing is a form of prayer.
From Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
The greatest service which can be rendered to any man is to help him stand erect in his own soul.
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.
In this darkness, you will find the light of God.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
Self-consciousness is the first step in the development of spirit.
The divine is found within each person, not imposed from without.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The purpose of religion is to foster a sense of the sacred in our lives.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
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 the most important factor in the art of healing.
O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul.
Faith is not a set of beliefs but a way of being in the world.
From God Is Not One by Stephen Prothero
Spirit is the infinite, self-determining, and self-realizing essence.
To understand God, we must first understand ourselves.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
We are all waves of the same ocean.
The history of religion is the history of human kind’s relationship with the divine.
From The Evolution of God by Robert Wright
In the Gnostic view, knowledge is the key to spiritual awakening.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The heart must be prepared to receive Him.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.
From You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
Love, in the Gnostic tradition, is seen as a transformative force.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The destiny of men is in their own souls.
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
Salt has played a role in many religions.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Spirit is the unity of the universal and the particular.
Our creativity is a gift from the universe.
From The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
In times of crisis, people often turn to religion for solace and guidance.
From Why Religion? by Elaine Pagels
Contemplation allows us to connect with the divine.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
Let go of all your own understanding.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
The way to God is through the unknowing of the mind.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
Rituals have the power to heal and restore us.
From The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
Rituals play a significant role in Jewish life.
Mysticism is the heart of all religions.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
For if you are to know God, you must forget yourself.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
The great religions are the great systems of meaning.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is an integral part of it.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
The essence of Islam is not in the rituals, but in the spirit of those rituals.
From No god but God by Reza Aslan
Torah is central to Jewish life and thought.
Mysticism is the heart of all religions.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy to remember. So is there anyone who will remember?
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
From Cosmos by Carl Sagan
The divine is often experienced through community.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
The soul is neither born, and nor does it die.
From The Bhagavad Gita by Anonymous
The truth is that God is not a being, but rather that God is the very ground of being itself.
From No god but God by Reza Aslan
Religious experience transcends the boundaries of particular faiths.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Hope is the thing that drives us forward.
Speed is not just about the bike; it’s about the rider's spirit.
To know the true essence of religion is to see it as a quest for the ultimate.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Doubt is a necessary part of faith.
Mysticism allows us to experience the divine directly, beyond the confines of dogma.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
In the pursuit of the divine, we find ourselves.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
In times of crisis, people often revert to their spiritual roots.
Rituals can transform the mundane into the sacred.
From The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
Religious traditions have often been a response to the human condition.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
Mythology serves as a bridge between the sacred and the everyday world.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The sacred is often intertwined with the profane.
From The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
The ultimate goal of life is to realize one's true nature.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
The notion of God is a reflection of our own needs and desires.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
Your wealth and your children are but a trial, whereas Allah has with Him a great reward.
The path is not in the sky; the path is in the heart.
From The Dhammapada by Eknath Easwaran
Meditation is the key to transforming our lives.
The Gnostic perspective allows for a more intimate relationship with God.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.
From The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
The divine is not something to be understood but something to be experienced.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan