Quotes about Spirituality

My life is such a contradiction. My soul yearns for holiness and then runs from the mortification necessary to attain it.

The greatest mystery of existence is existence itself.

I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

Failure to honour God in the material realm cannot be compensated for by religiosity in the spiritual realm.

There is one voice we never hear. God does not speak in the whole book of Lamentations.11 Heaven is silent. Which does not necessarily mean that heaven is deaf or blind. We shall consider later what Kathleen O'Connor calls 'the power of the missing voice'.

You can stand in the middle of a street and let the drops fall on you and feel refreshed. It's like God's little sprinkler.

The only real escape from the demands of the flesh is to find something more than the flesh to love; and that Mary is the refuge of sinners.

And remember, the truth that once was spoken: To love another person is to see the face of God.

But listen, there will be more joy in heaven over the tears of a repentant sinner than over the white robes of a hundred just men.

We pray together, we are afraid together, and then we go to sleep. Even if Satan came into the house, no one would interfere. After all, what is there to fear in this house? There is always one with us who is the strongest. Satan may visit our house, but the good Lord lives here.

God will reward you,' he said. 'You must be an angel since you care for flowers.