Quotes about Spirituality

Far better it is for you to say: "I am a sinner," than to say: "I have no need of religion." The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God.

Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected and completed.

Evil in man is radical, so much so that it cannot be overcome by human power.

In sanctification, there is never, under any circumstances, any room for self-pride or self-praise.

The freedom of the man of God has nothing to do with autonomy and does not stand opposed to submission to God.

We stand, as did the men of old, in the valley, and ask the same question as they: "Watchman, what of the night?" Men of God upon the heights of vision, seers of the present day, looking out upon the great horizon, send back to us the old answer, "The morning cometh; the night also." The signs of the times are such as reveal the power of spirituality, side by side with the development of evil; but, thank God, beyond the night that comes is the larger day and gladder age for man.

I have given up reading any book outside the Bible for proof of its inspiration. This blessed Book is gripping my inner consciousness more and more, and is compelling my obeisance to what must.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

Step softly, under snow or rain, To find the place where men can pray; The way is all so very plain that we may lose the way.

One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.

Long-term marital intimacy requires accepting this truth: to stop giving yourself to your spouse is to spiritually divorce them.