William James Quotes

For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us, in our personal life and the history of our times, of the power of love.

Happiness is a great power of holiness. Thus, kind words, by their power of producing happiness, have also a power of producing holiness, and so of winning men to God.

I hang out with my guru in my heart. And I love every thing in the universe. That's all I do all day.

If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.

Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit; don't give your heart to anything, but the love of those whose hearts are glad.

All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.

This is love: the flowering of love is meditation.

I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love.

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. It is meant to transform anxiety into peace, arrogance into humility, envy into compassion, to awaken the pure soul in man and his love for the Source, which is God.

Love means that everything is right with the world. Love and only love. Love means that you are content within your own heart and in the presence of the person that you love, who fills your day and makes you stronger and wiser, and gives you the confidence to go out into the world. Love is just the most beautiful, joyous feeling.

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.

My mantra is: Let there be happiness in my soul, and let me share it with the world.

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves.

You can recognize women who are grateful to be a daughter of God by their outward appearance. These women understand their stewardship over their bodies and treat them with dignity.

The hardest thing to find in life is balance - especially the more success you have, the more you look to the other side of the gate. What do I need to stay grounded, in touch, in love, connected, emotionally balanced? Look within yourself.

Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love.

I've never seen service as separate from my spiritual practice or my spiritual teaching.

Spirituality, for me, is acquiring and giving happiness without hurting anyone.

The mark of spirituality is the fragrance of Christ in our lives and the fragrance of Christ in every aspect of who we are as a person.

Love is a wave flowing in the direction of bliss for all living things. It will carry you if you allow it to flow through you.

Find joy and solace in the simple, and cultivate your utopia by feeling the Tao in every cubic inch of space.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.