Quotes about Spirituality

I am not the man I ought to be, I am not the man I wish to be and I am not the man I hope to be, but, by the grace of God, I am not the man I used to be.

Of all of God's children, I will have needed him the most.

Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.

Never worry alone. When anxiety grabs my mind, it is self-perpetuating. Worrisome thoughts reproduce faster than rabbits, so one of the most powerful ways to stop the spiral of worry is simply to disclose my worry to a friend... The simple act of reassurance from another human being [becomes] a tool of the Spirit to cast out fear -- because peace and fear are both contagious.

We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.

Those who believe they believe in God but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and even at times without despair, believe only in the idea of God, and not in God himself. MADELEINE L'ENGLE

Spiritual discipline: Any activity that can help me gain power to live life as Jesus taught and modeled it.

None of us may ever know the true effects of our prayers this side of death. But we do know this: History belongs to the intercessors.

But to grow spiritually means to live increasingly as Jesus would in our unique place—to perceive what Jesus would perceive if he looked through our eyes, to think what he would think, to feel what he would feel, and therefore to do what he would do.

Unless men see a beauty and delight in the worship of God, they will not do it willingly.

We need to attend diligently to the state of our soul, and to deal fervently and effectively with God about it.

Do you mortify; do you make it your daily work; be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you.