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Religious man lives in a world that is not limited to the natural world.
The mystical experience is often a deep and abiding sense of union.
Meditation is the key to transforming our lives.
The greatest service which can be rendered to any man is to help him stand erect in his own soul.
The soul's journey is one of awakening to the divine within.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.
From The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
The journey of cancer is a journey of the soul.
The sacred is the opposite of the profane.
Mysticism is the heart of all religions.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Jesus’ message was not about the afterlife; it was about life here and now.
To understand running, you must understand the soul.
From Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Death is not the end but a transformation.
And He found you lost and guided [you].
Faith is an essential part of what it means to be human.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
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 Gnostic Gospels challenge the belief that salvation is only through the church.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
God cannot be understood by the intellect.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
The purpose of religion is to foster a sense of the sacred in our lives.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
In the unknowing lies the true knowledge of God.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
Religious experience transcends the boundaries of particular faiths.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Doubt is a necessary part of faith.
Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you.
From The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
Dogma is the enemy of faith.
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
Art is a spiritual practice.
From The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
The divine is not something we can possess; it is a mystery we engage with.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
Your wealth and your children are but a trial, whereas Allah has with Him a great reward.
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy to remember. So is there anyone who will remember?
The journey of meditation is the journey of the heart.
For Humboldt, the exploration of nature was a spiritual quest.
Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.
We create gods to help us navigate the mysteries of life.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
The ultimate goal of life is to realize the Self.
From The Upanishads by Anonymous
O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul.
For the religious man, the cosmos is a sacred reality.
Religion provides a sense of meaning and purpose that many people find essential.
From Why Religion? by Elaine Pagels
Compassion is the heart of the path.
The divine is often experienced through community.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.
From You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
Faith is a journey, not a destination.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
The sacred is not a thing but a relationship.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
Gnostic myths often highlight the tension between the material and spiritual worlds.
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 Gnostic texts suggest that the divine is accessible to everyone, not just a select few.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The experience of the divine is universal and transcends cultural boundaries.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
The Kingdom of God is not a place, but a state of being.
The experience of the divine can be found in many forms.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
The concept of covenant is central to the relationship between God and the Jewish people.
The great religions are the great systems of meaning.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
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
Rituals have the power to heal and restore us.
From The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
Our creativity is a gift from the universe.
From The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Mystical states can be more easily understood than explained.
Rituals play a significant role in Jewish life.
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
From Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Salt has been used in rituals and religious practices.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
You are not your body; you are the soul.
The divine is often found in the silence between thoughts.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
The divine is found within each person, not imposed from without.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Religion is not about believing things; it’s about participating in things.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
We are all waves of the same ocean.
The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.
From The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
Indeed, your ally is Allah and His Messenger and those who have believed.
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
To understand the divine is to realize that our understanding is always limited.
The sacred is not a matter of belief but of experience.
To be free is to be yourself.
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
The path of the spirit is the path of self-realization.
Faith is not belief without proof; it is trust without reservation.
The way to God is through the unknowing of the mind.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
It is in the realm of the spirit that we must fight our battles.
Mythology serves as a bridge between the sacred and the everyday world.
The sacred is not separate from the world; it is interwoven with it.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Faith is not a matter of believing in something, but of living it.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Love, in the Gnostic tradition, is seen as a transformative force.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
In times of crisis, people often revert to their spiritual roots.
For if you are to know God, you must forget yourself.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
I think that all writing is a form of prayer.
From Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger.
Faith requires a commitment to the unknown.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
Mysticism is the heart of all religions.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
The sacred is often intertwined with the profane.
From The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
It is better to be with God and with a man who suffers than to be alone in glory.
The essence of Islam is not in the rituals, but in the spirit of those rituals.
From No god but God by Reza Aslan
The journey within is the most profound adventure.
From Out of the Ether by Matthew Leising
There is a deep connection between spiritual insight and ethical behavior.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
The path is not in the sky; the path is in the heart.
From The Dhammapada by Eknath Easwaran
The divine is found in the connections we make with others.
From God: A Human History by Reza Aslan
Faith is a daring trust in the unknown.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
The sacred is not separate from the world but interwoven into the fabric of existence.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
Rituals are bridges between the mundane and the sacred.
From The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
Science and spirituality are two different paths leading to the same truth.
From The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra
Health is not just about the body; it’s about the mind and spirit too.
From Finding Ultra by Rich Roll
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again.
From The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
The concept of the divine feminine is central to many Gnostic texts.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The Gnostic perspective allows for a more intimate relationship with God.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
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