John Lanchester Quotes

Doubt is a precipice on the way to God. Blessed is he who is freed from its bonds. He who fares without any doubt, adhere to his footprints if you do not know the way. Cleave to the footprints of the deer and advance with care that you may reach the musk-gland. By means of such trekking, even if you walk on fire, you will reach the luminous peak.

I'm not religious, but I'm very spiritual.

Only a spiritual being has awareness.

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

I took that time off - I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane.

I am a very spiritual person. Maybe not traditionally religious in terms of Sunday Mass every week, that sort of thing.

People don't realize I'm a very spiritual person.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

I was inspired to spend an entire year - my 65th year - reading, researching, and meditating on Lao-tzu's messages, practicing them and ultimately writing down these insights as I felt Lao-tzu wanted us to know them.

I do feel like I'm spiritual, without getting too personal.

I have always been spiritual.

The great quest of life has always been to discover truth.

I have always considered myself to be spiritual in a way that has less to do with religion and more with an awareness that you have, and the consciousness you have of being alive and the consciousness that you will be dead.

The time of wisdom cannot be measured, and for me, wisdom is the garden. There is no time in the garden.

I am a very spiritual person: I could say a Catholic with a strong underpinning of Zen.

I got started on my spiritual path when I was a kid. My mom taught me how to meditate and brought me to ashrams and spiritual circles.

I'm so spiritual.

I'm very spiritual.

I'm not religious, but I'm spiritual.

Fasting detaches you from this world. Prayer reattaches you to the next world.

Information can perhaps be useful as a support-stick and help you cross the way... but if you want to find your way in the darkness, only knowledge can forge that path for you... only knowledge.

Wisdom is neither gold, nor silver, nor fame, nor wealth, nor health, nor strength, nor beauty.

Any path to knowledge is a path to God-or Reality, whichever word one prefers to use