Soulful Living Quotes

People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. They will practice Indian yoga and all its exercises, observe a strict regimen of diet, learn the literature of the whole world - all because they cannot get on with themselves and have not the slightest faith that anything useful could ever come out of their own souls.

We're a little lazy about spirituality in this country.

Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.

God chose us to live both in body and in soul, but the body functions for the sake of the soul more than the soul functions for the body.

The book that I shall make people read is the book of the heart, which holds the key to the mystery of life

Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.

The big truth for men is that often we have to leave home in the first half of life before we can return home at a later stage and find our soul there.

Money is small and the soul stands tall. All those who don't realize this, fall.

Spiritual growth requires the development of inner knowing and inner authority. It requires the heart, not the intellect.

True spirituality is a mental attitude you can practice at any time.

Spirit is passionate; without passion no one can be truly spiritual.

Walking the spiritual path properly is a very subtle process; it is not something to jump into naively. There are numerous sidetracks which leades to a distorted, ego-centered version of spirituality; we can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spiritually when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques. This fundamental distortion may be referred to as spiritual materialism

There is nothing more harmful to you than improving only your material, animal side of life. There is nothing more beneficial, both for you and for others, than activity directed to the improvement of your soul.

The Hoffman Process brings forth spiritual leadership in a person. It made my spirituality come alive. Through the Hoffman Process I actually brought my faith into my daily actions.

To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of loneliness and to change it by gentle and persistent efforts into a garden of solitude.

We cannot get grace from gadgets. In the Bakelite house of the future, the dishes may not break, but the heart can. Even a man with ten shower baths may find life flat, stale and unprofitable.

Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

I like this thought: Your mind is a cupboard, and you stock the shelves. Let us make certain that our cupboard shelves, and those of our family members, are stocked with the things which will provide safety to our souls and enable us to return to our Father in Heaven. Such shelves could well be stocked with gospel scholarship, faith, prayer, love, service, obedience, example, and kindness

In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart.

It doesn't do any good to wire the world if we short circuit the soul.

We are not social workers. We are contemplatives in the heart of the world.

Plant now the roses of Hope, Love, Promise, God Consciousness, and the Glory of your Soul.

It's prudent to gain the whole world and lose your own soul. But don't forget that your soul sticks to you if you stick to it; but the world has a way of slipping through your fingers.

Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.