#spirituality

Man lives on earth not once, but three times: the first stage of his life is his continual sleep; the second, sleeping and waking by turns; the third, waking forever. ↗

— Gustav Fechner

#philosophy #psychology-spirituality #life

At that moment of realization (that union with God is always present), that's when God let me go, let me slide through His fingers with this last compassionate, unspoken message: You may return here once you have fully come to understand that you are always here. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love

Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence. ↗

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#love #spirituality #love

the reason why Christians do not make use of their entitlement in Christ Jesus is ignorance, or as the Bible puts it beautifully, 'lack of knowledge'! ↗

— Pedro Okoro

#spiritual-warfare #spirituality #beauty

Awe is what moves us forward. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#mythology #philosophy #spirituality #art

In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#mythology #philosophy #spirituality #art

Love is marked by the inward beauty of Christ in your heart and the way you treat others whether they are in your presence or not. A person who is showing Christ-like Love will not say bad things about others when they are not around. Instead they will seek to encourage them and build them up in the Lord at every opportunity. ↗

— Anya vonderLuft

#beauty

Animals are not only beholders of great beauty, but they are also beholders of ancient wisdom. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#animal-totem #animal-wisdom #beauty #beholders #inspiration

A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#men

Yet through their endeavor, men would glimpse the unimaginable artistry of Yahweh's work, in seeing how ingeniously the world had been constructed. By this construction, Yahweh's work was indicated, and Yahweh's work was concealed. ↗

— Ted Chiang

#knowledge #spirituality #tower-of-babylon #men