Fethullah Gulen Quotes

The balance and peace we seek for ourselves and our society won't be achieved through mental effort alone. Mind and spirit are meant to travel together, with spirit leading the way. Until we make a conscious commitment to understand and embrace our spiritual nature, we will endure the ache of living without the awareness and guidance of the most essential part of ourselves.

Meditation is a glorious link to connect and harmonize the two ends of life - material and spiritual.

Yoga means union, that in your experience, everything has become one.

To him whom contemplates a trait of natural beauty, no harm nor despair can come. The doctrines of despair, spiritual or political servitude, were never taught by those who shared the serenity of Nature. For each phase of Nature, though not invisible, is yet not too distinct or obtrusive. It is there to be found when we look for it, but not too demanding of our attention.

The material and the spiritual are but two parts of one universe and one truth. By overstressing one part or the other, man fails to achieve the balance necessary for harmonious development... Practice the art of living in this world without losing your inner peace of mind. Follow the path of balance to reach the inner wondrous garden of Self-Realization.

A soul who is not close to nature is far away from what is called spirituality. In order to be spiritual one must communicate, and especially one must communicate with nature; one must feel nature.

I just have this absolute belief that humans are moving away from cruelty and destruction towards a time when we can truly live in harmony with nature. When we understand that there is a spiritual power around us from which we can draw strength. That is where I believe human destiny ultimately is taking us. I just hope we have time.

When the material, psychological and spiritual dimensions are brought into balance, life becomes whole, and this union brings feelings of comfort and security.

Elves live in harmony with the world, and I try to do that.

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

Peace does exist. It exists in your heart and soul.

Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.

The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.

He is only happy when he can maintain himself - mentally and spiritually - at the intersection between a vertical line and horizontal one, in a state of perfect balance. For this, he needs to know where he is located every moment, both in his relationship to the divine and to his family here on earth. If he loses that balance, he loses his power.

Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.

Yoga has spread harmony between man and nature. It is a holistic approach to health and wellbeing.

What I believe, according to my own experience, is that a calm, peaceful mind is a very important element for sustaining the body in a balanced way.

It has been my experience that people who are at cross-purposes with nature are cynical about mankind and ill at ease with themselves.

.... we are a part of nature as a whole, whose order we follow.

I think both nature and grace live within everyone, and I always strive to be in a world of grace and compassion.

The supreme harmony of the cosmos is selected in the harmony of the spirit.

As I walk .. as I walk .. / The universe .. is walking with me .. / Beautifully .. it walks before me .... / Beautifully .. on every side .... / As I walk .. I walk with beauty.

Peace is a necessary condition of spirituality, no less than an inevitable result of it.