Harry Belafonte Quotes

Personal experience is the lightning of the soul; it transforms the heart in ways that leave the brain behind.

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.

I've been very happy to see some of the success that I've had along the way in opening the eyes of people, especially people who listen to music.

I don't know where I'd be without 'The Chase', it changed my life.

The Voice' changed my life.

First Fruits has impacted my life personally and the lives of countless others!

It is astonishing, how many difficulties clear up without any effort when the inner life gets straightened out. If half the time we spend trying to fix up outward things were spent in getting our hearts right, we would be delighted with the result. Strange as it may seem, harmony within our hearts depends mostly upon our getting into harmony with God.

Life didn't just happen to them. They experienced life at a deeper level than I had ever experienced it. I had been a radical, a left-wing politico, and meeting the Indian people made me realize that the politics of the left and the right were so much less important than the politics of the heart and the spirit.

The awakening passed from simple recognition of my need for God at the center of my life, to a depth where the will is stirred And that is a deeper place by far. That is the place of response, of unifying one's heart, mind, soul and feet around a decision.

If you are inspiring others to do better, you're successful.

If your inner being changes, your whole outer life will be totally different. It will have a different fragrance, a different beauty, a different grace. And when your inner being is changed and becomes a flame of light, you will become a light unto others too. You will become a beckoning light, a great herald of a new dawn. Your very presence will trigger revolutions in other people's lives.

Spiritual formation cannot, in the nature of the case, be a 'private' thing, because it is a matter of whole-life transformation. You need to seek out others in your community who are pursuing the renovation of the heart.

It is not so important whether a young man has been through the experience of a mission as it is whether the mission experience has been through him.

Mercy can purge the soul of sin, making room for a fresh start. Truth is vital in order that we have an unvarying standard by which to determine what we are to be and to do and what we are to rid ourselves of. All the cardinal virtues, therefore, carry their own intrinsic as well as outward reward. A merciful man does do good to his own soul.

The Bible can touch our hearts, order our minds, refresh our souls.

If nature is your teacher, your soul will awaken.

May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.

I dreamt -- marvellous error! -- that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures.

Let those desert places in our hearts bloom.

Head knowledge without heart knowledge is worse than useless; but when head and heart join forces, it changes our lives forever.

The saved man is not a perfect man, but his heart's desire is to become perfect.

Look carefully around you and recognize the luminosity of souls. Sit beside those who draw you to that.

I don't want to be like you. I look for the pure of heart, and the ones that have made a start.