Anoushka Shankar Quotes

To me, spirituality means 'no matter what.' One stays on the path, one commits to love, one does ones work; one follows one's dream; one shares, tries not to judge, no matter what.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.

You have to make peace with life.

The serenity prayer, 'God grant me the strength to accept...' That's a prayer that's actually in my car. I say it every day.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

How do you survive living in a cell knowing you are innocent? Many of those exonerated whom I have met seem to have a more benign, grateful attitude toward life than those of us who walk free. Many find a religious or spiritual stronghold.

Allowing myself to love God completely has obviously shed light on my self-love because he loves me more than I could ever love myself.

My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

When I'm really stressed out, I go to church. I light candles and sit and pray. And I'll ask myself, What's the lesson? Why am I going through this? There's got to be a reason I'm here. What am I supposed to learn?

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

I believe if religion brings you to a sense of peace, that's beautiful. But I also believe if religion's not your thing, that's fine, too, just so long as you're a good person and you find that one thing that leads you to peace and teaches you to have harmony with yourself and other people around you.

I pray for forgiveness. For help and guidance. To be a better person. For the health of my family. For the world to be a better place.

We experience God to the extent to which we love, forgive, and focus on the good in others and ourselves.

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.

If I get to the end of my life, if I die, and I find out religion is one big lie, I still won't regret it because it's helped me to live a better life, to be a better person, to care about people, to believe in forgiveness, to believe in hope.

When I realize I've come through so much, good and bad, because of my relationship with Christ, I can't hide that light within me.

Spirituality has greatly enriched me and I hope it does so to others, too.

I'm a spiritual dude, and a part of me is forgiving.

Spirituality is a great bent of mind. It gives peace and hope to me.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender

Genuine transcendence doesn't just look away from human suffering and say, "I am at peace, so I'm at the mountaintop." Genuine transcendence looks human suffering in the eye and attains peace because of a faith in things unseen.

You can't go to Heaven hating somebody. Forgive now. Be compassionate now. Be patient now. Be grateful now. Love Jesus and Mary now. Accept God's will now.

Forgiveness means that I continually am willing to forgive the other person for not being God — for not fulfilling all my needs. I, too, must ask forgiveness for not being able to fulfill other people's needs. … The interesting thing is that when you can forgive people for not being God, then you can celebrate that they are a reflection of God.