#spirituality

Any methodology for developing patience requires a multi-tiered approach. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#patience #psychology #spirituality #art

I know that you are wise. When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence…You believe that the story is true, because you responded to it from that sense of truth deep within you. But that sense of truth does not respond to a story's factuality...[rather] to a story's causality - whether it faithfully shows the way the universe functions. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#mythology #religion #spirituality #art

Everybody was talking about the religious man who committed suicide. While no one in the monastery approved of the man's action, some say they admired his faith. Faith?" said the Master. He had the courage of his convictions, didn't he?" That was fanaticism, not faith. Faith demands a greater courage still: to reexamine one's convictions and reject them if they do not fit the facts. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#religion #spirituality #courage

The glamorous life is a facade, a fraud a farce of frivolous trite The storybook is blank inside Chivalry has died ↗

— Donato DiCristino

#donato #heaven-and-hell #hollywood #limbo-bimbo #magical-prowess

Pure happiness and peace are at their peak when your body is in harmony with itself. ↗

— Asa Don Brown

#freedom #inspirational #motivational #psychology #spirituality

Are you living in the moment? ↗

— Asa Don Brown

#freedom #inspirational #motivational #psychology #spirituality

What is an unconditional state? ↗

— Asa Don Brown

#freedom #inspirational #motivational #psychology #spirituality

Are you seeking to be offended? ↗

— Asa Don Brown

#freedom #inspirational #motivational #psychology #spirituality

The way to create more joy in your life is by having an attitude of abundance. ↗

— Lynn A. Robinson

#divine-intuition #intuition #manifestation #spirituality #attitude

Mournier defined his own position as one of 'tragic optimism--' a Christian attitude of absolute engagement in the struggles of history, despite the fact that the Absolute cannot be contained in history. ↗

— Robert Ellsberg

#attitude