Paul Horn Quotes

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.

I have been to Golden Temple couple of times now. I feel calm and at peace when I am there. It's a very special place for me because I have a lot of childhood memories with my family there.

The heart of man is, so to speak, the paradise of God.

This is going to sound pretentious and esoteric, but I truly mean it from the bottom of my heart. Acting has always been a spiritual journey for me. The very first project I ever acted on paralleled my experience so perfectly even before I was aware of it.

In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.

Silence, you know, is the best place to get close to spirit for me.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

Being with nature opens us up to divine experience.

Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life.

The spirituality that I experience sometimes touches on religion, in that I resonate with the thread of continuity that permeates through all religions. But in terms of it being a concretized, organized part of my life, it's not.

Since the time of St. Jerome, it was mandatory for any kind of scholar or thinker to spend time out in the desert in solitude. It's no coincidence that the desert has been a major part of the visionary or mystical experience from the beginning of time.

In a way then, the Divine Principle, this new revelation, is the documentary of my life. It is my own life experience. The Divine Principle is in me, and I am in the Divine Principle.

Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer.

I have one room dedicated to just meditation.

We talk of communing with Nature, but 'tis with ourselves we commune... Nature furnishes the conditions - the solitude - and the soul furnishes the entertainment.

Sometimes I just sit still and enjoy God's presence.

You spend all this time reading or thinking or praying or searching or exploring.Maybe there's an Omega Point of love.

I went to the mosque one day, and it came to me, like, 'This is where I belong.'

I love just being in the sphere of nothingness looking inwards.

Spirituality is not about looking up or down - it's about looking inward.

One of the tenets in Quaker meditation is that you 'go inside to greet the light.' I am interested in this light that's inside greeting the light that's outside.

There's a song called 'My Faith' that's kind of my spiritual song on my record. It's a little bit of my softer side of me, comin' out of left field a little bit.

The mind is a great gift, but it has to be quieted down in order to feel, hear and see the presence of God.

I have visited Ajmer Sharif Dargah a couple of times before, and each time, it fills my heart with so much love and gratitude.

In solitude, where we are least alone.