Top 80 Spiritual Quotes

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You might not be a spiritual person. However, that doesn’t mean that you can’t derive some wisdom for spiritual people. With that in mind, check out the top 80 spiritual quotes.

#80 – 70. Spiritual Quotes

80. “Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.“ Will Smith

79. “The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God’s love for us does not.“ C.S. Lewis

78. It is in our wild nature that we best recover from our un-nature, our spirituality. Friedrich Nietzsche

77. “Stars, too, were time travelers. How many of those ancient points of light were the last echoes of suns now dead? How many had been born but their light not yet come this far? If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize we were alone? I had always known the sky was full of mysteries — but not until now had I realized how full of them the earth was.“ Ransom Riggs

76. A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

75. “We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.“ Carl Sagan

74. “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.“ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

73. Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage. Ramana Maharshi

72. This moment is all there is. Rumi

71. I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer. Martin Luther

70. The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious – the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Albert Einstein

#69 – 60. Spiritual Quotes

69. You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. Swami Vivekananda

68. The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself. Anais Nin

67. The greater the doubt, the greater the awakening. Albert Einstein

66. “Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one.“ Dean Koontz

65. “No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn’t in submission to God!“ T.D. Jakes

64. “Knock, and He’ll open the door. Vanish, And He’ll make you shine like the sun. Fall, and He’ll raise you to the heavens. Become nothing, and He’ll turn you into everything.“ Jalaluddin Rumi

63. God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars. Elbert Hubbard

62. “I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos, a blip on the timeline of eternity, I was not without purpose.“ R.J. Anderson

61. “It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters“ Amit Ray

60. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. Carl Jung

#59 – 50. Spiritual Quotes

59. “And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.“ C.S. Lewis

58. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love. Marianne Williamson

57. “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.“ Albert Einstein

56. The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. Michel de Montaigne

55. Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. Hermann Hesse

54. “We may speak about a place where there are no tears, no death, no fear, no night; but those are just the benefits of heaven. The beauty of heaven is seeing God.“ Max Lucado

53. “A man’s spirit is free, but his pride binds him with chains of suffocation in a prison of his own insecurities“ Jeremy Aldana

52. “Our biological rhythms are the symphony of the cosmos, music embedded deep within us to which we dance, even when we can’t name the tune.“ Deepak Chopra

51. We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. Dalai Lama

50. “What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.“ Hans Urs von Balthasar

#49 – 40. Spiritual Quotes

49. The Way is not in the sky; the Way is in the heart. Buddha

48. The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. Henry Miller

47. “More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.“ Roy T. Bennett

46. Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity. Voltaire

45. When you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you. Stephen Richards

44. “I challenge every one of you who can hear me to rise to the divinity within you. Do we really realize what it means to be a child of God, to have within us something of the divine nature?“ Gordon B. Hinckley

43. “It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other soon find there is nothing else. Without a central loyalty, life is unfinished.“ Fulton J. Sheen

42. It isn’t until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are – not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within – that you can begin to take control. Oprah Winfrey

41. This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. Ralph Waldo Emerson

40. “Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice. If you can cry with a pure heart, nothing else compares to such a prayer.“ Kripalvanandji

#39 – 30. Spiritual Quotes

39. Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. Franklin D. Roosevelt

38. You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this. Henry David Thoreau

37. Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you. Eckhart Tolle

36. Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not. Deepak Chopra

35. Nothing is, unless our thinking makes it so. William Shakespeare

34. If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit. Thomas Merton

33. “There is a LIGHT in this world. A healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering, and too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.“ Richard Attenborough

32. “Don’t ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.“ William Paul Young

31. “Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.“ Brian L. Weiss

30. Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are. Jack Kornfield

#29 – 20. Spiritual Quotes

29. “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.“ C.S. Lewis

28. The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates

27. The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it. Henri J.M. Nouwen

26. Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved. Jane Goodall

25. “Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you’ve changed, by believing. Once you’ve changed, other things start to follow. Isn’t that the way it works?“ Diane Duane

24. “How hurtful it can be to deny one’s true self and live a life of lies just to appease others.“ June Ahern

23. “Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it…“ Wilferd Peterson

22. The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. Daniel Defoe

21. I close my eyes in order to see. Paul Gauguin

20. I choose gentleness… Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise, If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer, If I make a demand, may it be only of myself. Max Lucado

#19 – 10. Spiritual Quotes

19. Wake up and live. Bob Marley

18. Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life. Eckhart Tolle

17. I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. John Lennon

16. “Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant to the passage of time. Our inner lives are eternal, which is to say that our spirits remain as youthful and vigorous as when we were in full bloom. Think of love as a state of grace, not the means to anything, but the alpha and omega. An end in itself.“ Gabriel García Márquez

15. “One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, ‘I love you’, ‘I’m sorry’, ‘I appreciate you’, ‘I’m proud of you’… whatever you’re feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share it… cause a smile today for someone else… and give plenty of hugs.“ Steve Maraboli

14. The next message you need is always right where you are. Ram Dass

13. When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love. Marcus Aurelius

12. Forever is composed of nows. Emily Dickinson

11. Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. Ludwig van Beethoven

10. At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it. Thich Nhat Hanh

#9 – 1. Spiritual Quotes

9. “The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.“ Black Elk

8. My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. Albert Einstein

7. It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. William Shakespeare

6. “Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.“ Roy T. Bennett

5. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. Mahatma Gandhi

4. He who is filled with love is filled with God himself. Saint Augustine

3. When you realize there is no lacking, the whole world belongs to you. Lao Tzu

2. “Have you ever met someone for the first time, but in your heart, you feel as if you’ve met them before?“ JoAnne Kenrick

1.Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

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