Soulful Reflection Quotes

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

I always tell my students that Malcolm X came both to his spirituality and to his consciousness as a thinker when he had solitude to read. Unfortunately, tragically, like so many young black males, that solitude only came in prison.

When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace in my heart.

Life without music would be a mistake.

What do I have to say to the universe? A soul ought to have something to say to the universe if it's going to be immortal.

There is no need to get to a place of prayer; pray wherever you are.

For me, poetry is the music of being human. And also a time machine by which we can travel to who we are and to who we will become.

Solitude begins with a time and place for God, and him alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but also that he is actively present in our lives—healing, teaching, and guiding — we need to set aside a time and space to give him our undivided attention.

Whenever I read the psalms, I feel like I am eavesdropping on a saint having a personal conversation with God.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

I went inside my heart to see how it was. Something there makes me hear the whole world weeping.

My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is the prayer of a bleeding heart for forgiveness for sins unwittingly committed.

Take some time to be silent and repeat the sound of God as an inner mantra. Meditation allows you to make conscious contact with your Source and achieve success in every area. If a problem arises, then go within, get very quiet about it and find the answers inside of you

I still have a spiritual base and a spiritual foundation. And my conversation with God is very open-ended. I pray for humility, honestly, because it's very easy to be caught up in this world.

I should allow only my heart to have imagination; and for the rest rely on memory, that long drawn sunset of one's personal truth.

Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy.

Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

We can think of Lent as a time to eradicate evil or cultivate virtue, a time to pull up weeds or to plant good seeds. Which is better is clear, for the Christian ideal is always positive rather than negative.

It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky... a mysterious transaction between the infinity of the soul and the infinity of the universe.

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.

We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.

Prayer is like a secret garden made up of silence and rest and inwardness. But there are a thousand and one doors into this garden and we all have to find our own.

Prayer unfolds in the stillness of the soul.

Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.

Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.