- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Spiritual Quotes
On faith, music, and staying spiritual outside of structure.
These quotes explore spirituality outside strict structure—identifying as spiritual without needing a church, hearing spiritual undertones in music, and treating shared problems as ultimately spiritual ones. See our spiritual prayers for more.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I belonged to the 'Point Break' generation - I watched the original when I was 13 years old. It's basically the story of the rescue of the human spirit, and we continue to fight that same spiritual battle, but with a political expression.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
A potlatch is similar to a court case in that both are prohibitively expensive; both involve lengthy speeches and the vigorous examination and debate of the actions, rights and legal responsibilities of the participants. One has food, singing and spiritual rites; the other, not so much.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is a spiritual event and a means to realize freedom.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lots of human-rights tragedies deserve concerts, but there's something extra with Tibet. It's a spiritual culture, a country rooted in humility and compassion. And among artists, there's a lot of Buddhists, people who want an alternative to basic Christianity, which doesn't offer much.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you read or hear, and then recognize them. I say 'recognize' because you're not... it's not new.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can't stand the suffering anymore.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So, the person is still there, but one could almost say that something more powerful shines through the person.
- Moral
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- Nov 07, 2020
My own personal, moral, spiritual, religious, etc. beliefs don't oppose same-gender marriage.
- Cognitive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
- Derives
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- Nov 07, 2020
The seductiveness of war derives in part from its location on this boundary of the human, the inhuman, and the superhuman. It requires us to confront the relationship among the noble, the horrible, and the infinite; the animal, the spiritual, and the divine.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
It depends on how it is done but what we are drifting into, which is that people grow up without any sense of a spiritual dimension to life, is just impoverishing.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
While the old spiritual 'Slavery Chain Done Broke at Last' was sung by blacks in the hours following the Appomattox surrender, racism sadly continues to be a crippling national scourge.
- Loneliness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Celebrities can suffer a horrible loneliness even though they have millions of fans. I started doing meditations because I realized that a spiritual path was necessary.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020