Lionel Blue Quotes

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

If our lives are made up of a string of a thousand moments, at some of those moments we look a lot more spiritually evolved than at others.

The only thing you're taking out of here is your spirit and your soul, so we need to be conscious to try and develop that part of ourselves, because we're all spiritual creatures.

A steady diet of the higher truths might prove exhausting, but it's important that we acknowledge their validity and celebrate their survival.

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.

From a Hindu perspective, you are born as what you need to deal with, and if you just try and push it away, whatever it is, it's got you.

There has already been the karmic work: that what life has transformed in me, this initiation brought on, of necessity, by trials.

You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good.

Each one of us decides to incarnate upon this planet at a particular point in time and space. We have chosen to come here to learn a particular lesson that will advance us upon our spiritual, evolutionary pathway.

I have always been fond of recognizing the spiritual side of someone's personality. It's a very lovely concept.

How well I walk my talk, and not talk my talk, determines the quality of my engagement, of all my experience with what is quite personally my God. I'm my greatest teacher, and within me, I have the power to push myself deeper and higher.

The rest of us are still trying to find ways to live in the world with spirit-ual values. Myself included. We've learned certain skills, we've learned to prevail somewhat, but we've not made it over the mountain.

The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and partly poems in prose.

I try to dig deep into my soul to figure out something positive in the pain. I think I go to certain places when I play to heal.

We will not find the inner strength to evolve to a higher level if we do not inwardly develop this profound feeling that there is something higher than ourselves.

Only a person who has passed through the gate of humility can ascend to the heights of the spirit.

'Alive' stems from emotional growth and contentment. Before writing the song, I was swimming in a pool of hurt, guilt and spiritual discomfort. Instead of drowning, I decided to embrace these feelings and express gratitude for the lessons learned. With this new-found sense of life, I am stronger and happier than ever.

I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself - you and God - at some point.

To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your own inward ground and then confront yourself.

It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or writer, or salesclerk, and go to a supportive environment to deeply immerse in meditation practice.

I realised success as an actor alone wouldn't make me happy. I needed to explore my spiritual side in more depth.

To ignore one's spiritual self is unsettling, to say the least. That's a very profound outlook on it.

I am not a spiritual guy, but all of a sudden I felt the need to really feel things.