#spirit

He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God. ↗

#education #faith #god #gravity #isaac-newton

Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging waterfall. Follow the stream, have faith in its course. It will go its own way, meandering here, trickling there. It will find the grooves, the cracks, the crevices. Just follow it. Never let it out of your sight. It will take you. ↗

— Sheng-yen quoted by Thomas Moore in "The Soul’s Religion"

#faith

Many married women who have deliberately spurned the "hour" of childbearing are unhappy and frustrated. They never discovered the joys of marriage because they refused to surrender to the obligation of their state. In saving themselves, they lost themselves! ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#childbirth #christianity #expectation #family-planning #happiness

The more that science unravels about the wonder of life and the universe, the more i am in are of it. the beauty and wonder of the universe and all that surrounds us offers proof of God. I like that idea ↗

— Ranya Idliby

#religious #spiritual #beauty

When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111) ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#mythology #spiritual-experience #spirituality #translation #art

You become mature when you become the authority of your own life. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#mythology #philosophy #spirituality #art

We...believe that art is religious, because it is one of man's highest aspirations. There is no such thing as pagan art, only good and bad art. ↗

— Irving Stone

#creativity #judgement-of-art #religion #spirituality #art

True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#education #mind-body-spirit #teachers #art

To the degree you experience God's love towards you - seeing you as beautiful and radiant - to that degree sex won't ruin your life. ↗