Rajneesh Quotes

In the normal life of an actor or director, running around, there's not much time to go to church. But there's other ways to be spiritual, too.

Chanting is no more holy than listening to the murmur of a stream, counting prayer beads no more sacred than simply breathing. . . . If you wish to attain oneness with the Tao, don't get caught up in spiritual superficialities.

I find the practice of yoga very spiritual and taking the time to just be and to reflect through meditation and chanting helps me to connect to a higher energy.

Much of my experience with language was formed in the church, which has an oral tradition. There are lots of repetitions in prayers and song refrains. There's a sense of incantation, that if you call not once and not twice but for a third time, the spirit appears.

I was always a God guy.

I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious.

I was raised Presbyterian, but I'm not really going to church. I think the experience in meditation is pretty much where it's at for me.

I think I'm a spiritual person. I don't really go to church often when services are on, but I like going in when they are empty and quiet, and just sitting there and thinking for a little while.

The music that I have learned and want to give is like worshipping God. It's absolutely like a prayer.

My prayer is improvised - though like some standard jazz performance, the improv happens within pretty strict parameters - and asks for nothing.

I am not a person of faith. I'm a Catholic. I was brought up Catholic, but I'm not a church-going sort of girl. I'm very spiritual. I pray every night. I believe in Heaven and Hell, but I'm not a person that goes to church, like, every Sunday.

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.

Like, you can have church at your house. I feel like as long as you're giving Him praise, you can do it wherever. You don't have to be inside of a church to give praise to Him.

I went to church. I found the light.

I am evangelical and believe much in God.

I'm not in any way religious. I don't go to church, but I consider myself spiritual.

Prayer continues to provide power--spiritual power. Prayer continues to provide peace--spiritual peace.

Laughter relaxes. And relaxation is spiritual.

When you take your troubles to God, you may have them but they don't have you.

Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body.

The gift of prayer is not always at our command.

I give you soul. I give you wisdom and light and music and a bit of laughter. Also, I am the world's greatest horseplayer.

The solution is always spiritual, and it almost never has anything to do with the problem ... laughter is carbonated holiness.

Laughter is a symptom of spirituality. Laughter is the flow of love coursing through your body. Laughter is the nectar of present moment awareness. Invite more laughter into your life and relish the magic in every moment.

Laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it's love and love alone that really matters.