A. C. Benson Quotes

Each one of us could describe his or her life as a sacred journey. You are journeying from the beginning to the end, and what makes it sacred is that in the process of this journey you encounter the holy in various forms which, unless you have your eyes open, you might not even notice.

Life is too mysterious to try to map it out. I've certainly lived long enough to know it will take you places you never thought it would take you - and some of those places are kind of wonderful.

The spiritual path - is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don't know it.

I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.

I have learned to live my life one step, one breath, and one moment at a time, but it was a long road. I set out on a journey of love, seeking truth, peace and understanding. I am still learning.

Every soul is a melody which needs renewing.

A big part of what I wanted to do with this character was go from when I was a boy and try and develop into a man, really try and play him as a man who is on this search, on a journey of personal, spiritual, political, social discovery.

I want to tell people how to live spiritually. After you've bought all your houses and your clothes, you want something bigger.

For me, going to Minneapolis is like going to Mecca.

All my books reflect travel adventures of some kind, and all have a soul: a spiritual or mystical underpinning.

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.

I had a mystical experience when I was in my late teens, early 20s, and I spent years trying to recapture that.

You can't have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation.

Everybody wants to get enlightened but nobody wants to change.

My faith did not require beauty or belonging - the deeper I went into my practice, the less it required at all.

God truly had a better plan for me than I had imagined. You never know what life has in store.

The mystery of the soul is like that of a closed door. When you open it, you see something which was not there before.

Since 2005, I have been on a steadfast journey inward as a self-proclaimed Spirit Junkie. And I've never looked back.

I think religion is a gateway for spiritual awakening.

I believe my life has been covered by grace since I trusted in Christ at age 13. I just had to turn 40 to notice.

I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an artist of life.

Things take the time they take. don't worry. How many roads did St. Augustine follow before he became St. Augustine?

For aging is an art. The years between its first intimations and the time of the ultimate letting go of all earthly things can-if the readiness and resolve are there-be the real harvest of our lives.

It's the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, 'till we find our place, on the path unwinding.

For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress.