Dogs are our best teachers and biggest healers. We can learn so much from them about how to live life in balance, and they are a constant source of spiritual uplift and unconditional love that is so important to have in order to be healthy.
I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person's soul.
Divine love does not weigh down, nor carry his servant captive and enslaved to the lowest depths, but raises him, supports him and magnifies him above all liberty whatsoever.
The wretched and miserable would rise into plenty of joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps of my mosque.
Not even the most secular among us can fail to be uplifted by Christianity's architectural legacy - the great cathedrals. These immense and glorious buildings were erected in an era of constricted horizons, both in time and in space.
..still to have loved her without return would have lifted you higher than all those, be they who they may, that have ever known her to love.
To me, art is the glorification of the human spirit.
You need to get ready because I have explosive blessings coming your way.
Anybody can and should dance... It's good for the body and the spirit.
Truth lifts the heart, like water refreshes thirst.
A good man's prayers will from the deepest dungeon climb heaven's height, and bring a blessing down.
We unavoidably stand in so many unholy places and are subjected to so much that is vulgar, profane, and destructive of the Spirit of the Lord that I encourage our Saints all over the world, wherever possible, to strive to stand more often in holy places.
That which is eternal in Woman lifts us above.
If listeners aren't carried away to Heaven, I'm failing.
Nothing is better than music; when it takes us out of time, it has done more for us than we have the right to hope for.
The experience of watching great cinema - great art - is life enriching and spiritually uplifting no matter whether it's about as difficult as it gets, like 'Breaking the Waves,' or as light as it gets, like 'Jerry Maguire,' 'Election' or 'Toy Story.'
It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.
The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.
As regards my own 'philosophy,' I continue to be inspired by the music, liturgy and architectural tradition of the Anglican Church in which I was brought up. No one can fail to be uplifted by great cathedrals - such as that at Ely, near my home in Cambridge.
Prayer immediately turns us into something greater than ourselves.
The spiritual uplift, the goodwill, cheerfulness and optimism that accompanies every expedition to the outdoors is the peculiar spirit that our people need in times of suspicion and doubt...No other organized joy has values comparable to the outdoor experience.
All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar.
It's one thing to entertain, to educate, but to edify, to lift people up, that's - to God be the glory.
When, indeed, men speak of Beauty, they mean, precisely, not a quality, as is supposed, but an effect - they refer, in short, just to that intense and pure elevation of soul - not of intellect, or of heart.
Instead of concentrating on your problems and getting discouraged, focus on God and meditate on His promises for you. You may have fallen down, but you don't have to stay down. God is ready, willing and able to pick you up.
