Quotes about Spirituality

Out of such prison, though Spirits of purest light,   Purest at first, now gross by sinning grown.

For Death from Sin no power can separate

In goodness and in power pre-eminent. Tell me how may I know him, how adore,? From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know.

I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am

I am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the land of the living soon. (his last words)

If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him.

You have liberty to cast all your cares upon him who cares for you. By one hour's intimate access to the throne of grace, where the Lord causes his glory to pass before the soul that seeks him — you may acquire more true spiritual knowledge and comfort, than by a day or a week's converse with the best of men, or the most studious perusal of many folios.

The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May.

Joy is God's basic character. Joy is his eternal destiny. God is the happiest being in the universe.

Prayer, perhaps more than any other activity, is the concrete expression of the fact that we are invited into a relationship with God.

People nowadays take time far more seriously than eternity. — Thomas Kelly

God wants to be known, but not in a way that overwhelms us, that takes away the possibility of love freely chosen. "God is like a person who clears his throat while hiding and so gives himself away," said Meister Eckhart.