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Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.
From Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan
To address violence, we must engage with the spiritual dimensions of humanity.
From Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence by Karen Armstrong
Faith is a daring trust in the unknown.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Indeed, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest.
The soul is neither born, and nor does it die.
From The Bhagavad Gita by Anonymous
Rituals can transform the mundane into the sacred.
From The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
To understand God, we must first understand ourselves.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
Faith is an essential part of what it means to be human.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
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
Myth is the language of the divine.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
The purpose of religion is to foster a sense of the sacred in our lives.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
In times of crisis, people often turn to religion for solace and guidance.
From Why Religion? by Elaine Pagels
Indeed, with hardship comes ease.
To understand running, you must understand the soul.
From Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
The essence of Islam is not in the rituals, but in the spirit of those rituals.
From No god but God by Reza Aslan
To know God is to know ourselves.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
Faith is not a set of beliefs but a way of being in the world.
From God Is Not One by Stephen Prothero
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.
From You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
The hero's journey is a sacred journey.
From The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
Faith is a journey, not a destination.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
The mystical experience is often a deep and abiding sense of union.
The journey within is the most profound adventure.
From Out of the Ether by Matthew Leising
Mysticism is the heart of all religions.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
Doubt is a necessary part of faith.
The experience of the divine is universal and transcends cultural boundaries.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
The soul's journey is one of awakening to the divine within.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The sacred is not a thing but a relationship.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
Art is a spiritual practice.
From The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
I am a Muslim, because Islam is my religion.
Jesus’ message was not about the afterlife; it was about life here and now.
From Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan
The journey of meditation is the journey of the heart.
O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul.
Compassion is the foundation of all spiritual practice.
From The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
Wisdom is the fruit of the spiritual journey.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Mysticism allows us to experience the divine directly, beyond the confines of dogma.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
Our creativity is a gift from the universe.
From The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
The primitive man believes in a world of spirits that govern his fate.
From The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
In the unknowing lies the true knowledge of God.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
Violence is often a response to spiritual crisis.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
I think that all writing is a form of prayer.
From Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
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
The journey of cancer is a journey of the soul.
He who has no attachments can really love others, for his love is pure and divine.
From The Bhagavad Gita by Anonymous
There is a deep connection between spiritual insight and ethical behavior.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
And He found you lost and guided [you].
Religious man lives in a world that is not limited to the natural world.
To understand the divine is to realize that our understanding is always limited.
Dogma is the enemy of faith.
Faith requires a commitment to the unknown.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
The heart must be prepared to receive Him.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again.
From The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
And if you are grateful, I will surely increase your favor.
Mythology serves as a bridge between the sacred and the everyday world.
The divine is often experienced through community.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
The path is not in the sky; the path is in the heart.
From The Dhammapada by Eknath Easwaran
Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest.
The great religions are the great systems of meaning.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Rituals play a significant role in Jewish life.
It is in the realm of the spirit that we must fight our battles.
Letting go is the essence of enlightenment.
From The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
The true nature of the divine is often hidden from those who seek it in conventional ways.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Faith is the most important factor in the art of healing.
Compassion is the heart of the path.
From The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.
From The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
From The Dhammapada by Eknath Easwaran
To be free is to be yourself.
The concept of the divine feminine is central to many Gnostic texts.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The most spiritual experience is the most material experience.
The purpose of life is to realize our inherent divinity.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
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
Salt has played a role in many religions.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Rituals have the power to heal and restore us.
From The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
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?
The notion of God is a reflection of our own needs and desires.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
Rituals are bridges between the mundane and the sacred.
From The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
The path of the spirit is the path of self-realization.
The divine is found within each person, not imposed from without.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
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
Meditation is the key to transforming our lives.
From The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
In the Gnostic view, knowledge is the key to spiritual awakening.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The sacred is not a thing or a concept; it is an experience.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
The most common and perhaps the most important feature of religious experience is the sense of the divine.
For if you are to know God, you must forget yourself.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
The Gnostic perspective allows for a more intimate relationship with God.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The Gnostic texts suggest that the divine is accessible to everyone, not just a select few.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Say, 'My Lord has commanded justice and that you maintain yourselves [in worship] of Him.'
For the religious man, the cosmos is a sacred reality.
Art is a spiritual path; it is a journey into the depths of our being.
From The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
For Humboldt, the exploration of nature was a spiritual quest.
From The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf
Silence is the language of God.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
The experience of the divine can be found in many forms.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
Faith can be a trap as well as a refuge.
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
It is better to be with God and with a man who suffers than to be alone in glory.
The sacred is not separate from the world but interwoven into the fabric of existence.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
Faith is not belief without proof; it is trust without reservation.
From Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan
The destiny of men is in their own souls.
Divinity is not a state; it is a relationship.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan