#spirit

In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation suffers, in each one a Savior is crucified. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#crucified #each #flesh #individual #made

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#anguish #cost #i #i am #know

Love is when you love someone’s spirit as much as their body, even if their spirit has departed and their body is buried wherever you hid it. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#death #dying #funny #humor #love

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

#meditation #our #soul #spirit #tongue

Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: 'It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity. ↗

— James Keller

#ago #bear #carved #cell #condemned

The secret to strong leaders is that strong leaders are strong because they have been tempered by the negative. They have discovered the secret of combining the negative and the positive to PRODUCED their very own POWER plant! ↗

— John Paul Warren

#central-christian-church #church #inspirational #john-paul #john-paul-warren

Poverty is relative, and the lack of food and of the necessities of life is not necessarily a hardship. Spiritual and social ostracism, the invasion of your privacy, are what constitute the pain of poverty. ↗

— Alice Foote MacDougall

#food #hardship #invasion #lack #life

Taking part in your own creation is as simple as changing your mind. The way you think literally creates your everyday reality. Obsessive and negative thinking fosters a negative or even hostile lifestyle. Positive and constructive thoughts create happiness and contentment in the same manor. The fortunate thing for us is that the frequency wave of a positive thought far exceeds that of a negative one, so even if we suffer through a bout of depression or anger, a few positive thoughts can easily reverse the damage we have created in ourselves ↗

— Gary Hopkins

#enlightenment #god #higher-self #holy-spirit #inspirational

You can lose your MONEY. You can lose your FRIENDS. You can lose your JOB and you can lose your MARRIAGE...and still recover...as long as there is HOPE. Never lose HOPE. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#central-christian-church #church #inspirational #john-paul #john-paul-warren

We are not cured of alcoholism. What we have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our daily activities. ↗

— William Griffith Wilson

#alcoholism #carry #condition #contingent #cured