Quotes about spirit
spiritual men light
The story of Ramakrishna is a story of religion in practice. His life enables us to see God face to face.... In this age of skepticism Ramakrishna presents an example of a bright and living faith which gives solace to thousands of men and women who would otherwise have remained without spiritual light. Mahatma Gandhi
spiritual enemy allies
The ally we must cultivate is the part of our enemy which knows the truth.
spiritual men thinking
Just think out for yourselves, if a man who was good yesterday has become bad after having come in contact with me, is he responsible that he has deteriorated or am I? ... It is well to take the blame sometimes.
spiritual flames thousand
A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness can be spread without diminishing that of yourself.
spiritual giving rose
Don't talk about it. The rose doesn't have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it. Live it, and people will come to see the source of your power.
spiritual insane action
There is no such thing as ‘too insane’ unless others turn up dead due to your actions.
spiritual lying enemy
To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend.
spiritual trying world
I should love to satisfy all, if I possibly can; but in trying to satisfy all, I may be able to satisfy none. I have, therefore, arrived at the conclusion that the best course is to satisfy one’s own conscience and leave the world to form its own judgment, favorable or otherwise.
spiritual heart evil
It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.
spiritual views liberty
But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.
spiritual practice giving
It is not that I do not get angry. I don't give vent to my anger. I cultivate the quality of patience as angerlessness, and generally speaking, I succeed. But I only control my anger when it comes. How I find it possible to control it would be a useless question, for it is a habit that everyone must cultivate and must succeed in forming by constant practice.
spiritual men boys
It is easier to build a boy than to mend a man.
spiritual courage truth
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.
spiritual voice feelings
The inner voice is something which cannot be described in words. But sometimes we have a positive feeling that something in us prompts us to do a certain thing. The time when I learnt to recognise this voice was, I may say, the time when I started praying regularly.
spiritual animal men
Ethically they had arrived at the conclusion that man's supremacy over lower animals meant not that the former should prey upon the latter, but that the higher should protect the lower, and that there should be mutual aid between the two as between man and man. They had also brought out the truth that man eats not for enjoyment but to live.
spiritual pieces
Everyone holds a piece of the truth.
spiritual may speak
I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I am invincible.
spiritual men bent
No one can ride on the back of a man unless it is bent.
spiritual anger men
The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species. Where in is the cause for anger, envy or discrimination?
spirit masters
Whomsoever you follow, howsoever great, see to it that you follow the spirit of the master and not imitate him mechanically.
spiritual eye discovery
Hinduism has made marvelous discoveries in things of religion, of the spirit, of the soul. We have no eye for these great and fine discoveries. We are dazzled by the material progress that Western science has made. Ancient India has survived because Hinduism was not developed along material but spiritual lines.
spiritual believe mean
If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: Search after truth through non-violent means. A man may not believe in God and still call himself a Hindu. Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth... Hinduism is the religion of truth. Truth is God. Denial of God we have known. Denial of truth we have not known.
spiritual waste next
If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.
spiritual responsibility accountability
It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.
spiritual reality talking
I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. We find so many people impatient to talk. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.
spiritual track patriotism
True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.
spiritual lying heart
True beauty lies in purity of the heart.
spiritual differences doe
The various religions are like different roads converging on the same point. What difference does it make if we follow different routes, provided we arrive at the same destination?
spiritual character would-be
All your scholarship would be in vain if at the same time you do not build your character and attain mastery over your thoughts and your actions.
spiritual ocean love-is
True love is boundless like the ocean and, swelling within one, spreads itself out and, crossing all boundaries and frontiers, envelops the whole world.
spiritual goal path
The path is the goal.
spiritual loneliness character
Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.
spiritual best-love break
What barrier is there that love cannot break?