Seyyed Hossein Nasr Quotes

The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.

If you knew who walked beside you at all times, on the path that you have chosen, you could never experience fear or doubt again.

The soul... may have many symbols with which it reaches toward God.

I never read a self-help book except for the Bible.

'You better do a lot of praying' is good counsel for all of the Lord's servants, new or seasoned. It is what His wise servants do. They pray. The disciples of Jesus Christ when He lived on the earth noticed that about Him.

To this light, then, would I recommend all, with mine own soul, - to this sure way of salvation.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

I'm a deeply spiritual person, and I strongly believe that God is watching over me!

The great test of life is obedience to God.

Do not concern yourself with politics and the world; your job is to connect the hearts to God.

I have a very strong spiritual base.

I have a very powerful belief structure. I'm very spiritual. I'm not religious but I am spiritual.

The ten commandments and the sermon on the mount contain my religion.

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.

Learn to keep close to Jesus, to listen to His voice, and follow Him.

Religion will never show the way.

Religion is intended to facilitate hope and faith. Much like a path is intended to facilitate a journey.

There is no true and abiding morality that is not founded in religion.

What is any religion? A little ritual, a little superstition, and some magic. It's not a strictly spiritual affair; it has psychological roles to fulfill. You might not want it to be a religion based on your own experience but that's like wanting to clean up your dreams

Christianity . . . sees the necessity for man to have spiritual values and it shows him how to get at those through physical sacraments.

I'd met so many enlightened spiritual teachers that it became a challenge to select one. I believed in the oneness of spirituality - unconditional love for God, and unconditional compassion for the beings of this world - but I also understood that unless I chose a particular path, I couldn't focus and take blessings from teachers that would allow me to have deep realizations and spiritual experiences.

The one seeking to demonstrate the power of spiritual realization in everyday affairs should believe in Divine guidance... and that everything in life is controlled by love, harmony, and peace.

Islam is a faith that brings comfort to people. It inspires them to lead lives based on honesty, and justice, and compassion.

I have a lot of spiritual books that I read that I really, really love - everything from the Bible to Joseph Campbell, who I love. He wrote The Hero of a Thousand Faces. It's about exploring what is heroic in you. It helps me a lot.