Novalis Quotes

Whatever it is that can help to bring God close is something to be revered.

. . . it seemed to me that where others had prayed before to their God, in their joy or in their agony, was of itself a sacred place.

Man makes holy what he believes.

The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.

I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.

Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

What I have is a personal relationship with God.

I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I see God. That's a juvenile way of thinking about it.

My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship.

I'm a big believer in the way ritual can put us in connection with our spirituality.

I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.

Mine is just a simple old human story - of one person trying, with great rigor and discipline, to comprehend her personal relationship with divinity.

You don't have to be peculiar to find God.

I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them.

I pray every night, sometimes long prayers about a lot of things and a lot of people, but I don't talk about it or brag about it because that's between God and me, and I'm no better than anybody else in God's sight.

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.

People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.

The temple is a place of worship. Reverence is a supernal form of worship. It is the form of worship found in the celestial kingdom.

From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity.

Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.

The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity.

Religion is not theory - it is life. It is not intellectual conviction - it is divine humanity, and nothing else.

In doing God's work, there is no substitute for praying. The men of prayer cannot be displaced with other kinds of men.

If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine.

Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God.