#ritual

I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been. ↗

— John Templeton

#busier #enthusiastic #ever #focus #i

Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

#artist #contact #creates #creation #different

We lack rituals in this modern world. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#modern #modern world #rituals #world

Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#atheist #believes #catholicism #grandeur #great

The relation between practical and spiritual spheres in music is obvious, if only because it demands ears, finger, consciousness and intellect. ↗

— Luciano Berio

#between #consciousness #demands #ears #finger

One way to prevent yourself from going through a considerable amount of useless pain is to see the truth of the following and then to act upon your discovery accordingly: judging others doesn't change how much they disturb you; it serves only to distract you from seeing just how little it actually takes to set you off. ↗

— Guy Finley

#spiritual #change

Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread - but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow. ↗

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

#ask #available #bread #daily #daily bread

Leaders in OVER their heads is the mere result of getting ahead of their intended SEASON. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#church #inspirational #john-paul #john-paul-warren #john-warren

The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time. ↗

— Stella Adler

#spiritual #theatre #time #x-ray

The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness of the presence of God. Prayer becomes real when we grasp the reality and goodness of God's constant presence with 'the real me.' Jesus lived his everyday life in conscious awareness of his Father. ↗

— John Ortberg Jr.

#god #jesus #joy #prayer #presence