“You'd see that today holds something special Something holy, not superficial So here's to the birthday boy who saved our lives It's something we all try to ignore And put a wreath up on your door So here's something you should know that is for sure Christmas must be something more”— Taylor Swift, open.spotify.com
“Our highest point of consciousness, as well as greatest empowerment, lies in praying that our lives be used for purposes higher than our own.”— Marianne Williamson, twitter.com
“I have said this before, and I will say it again: All things work for good to those who love God.”— Miriam Defensor Santiago, twitter.com
“In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. Even when your spirit is calm do not let your body relax, a…”— Miyamoto Musashi, en.wikiquote.org
“It is difficult to know yourself if you do not know others. To all Ways there are side-tracks. If you study a Way daily, and your spirit diverges, you may think you are obeying a good way, but objectively it is not the true Way. If you are following the true Way and diverge a little, this will later…”— Miyamoto Musashi, amazon.com
“But my favorite of Einstein's words on religion is "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." I like this because both science and religion are needed to answer life's great questions.”— Temple Grandin, amazon.com
“A musician once said: In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is doing or what one knows, and when there remains an energy that is all the stronger for being constrained, controlled and compressed. It is therefore necessary to present oneself with the greatest humilit…”— Henri Matisse, amazon.com
“There’s a holiness there. If that were to go away, I don’t think I would be interested in it, and I don’t think they would. We’re a real rock ’n’ roll band — always have been. And to us, in the era we came up in, it was a religion in a way. It was more than commerce, it wasn’t about that. It was abo…”— Tom Petty, latimes.com
“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.”— Caroline Myss, iamgenie.org
“The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.”— Victor Hugo, amazon.com
“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?”— Oscar Wilde, amazon.com
“That is the one weakness that has led me into the most trouble. Trying to be kind to others I often get my soul shredded into a kind of spiritual pasta.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“Our minds are all we have. They are all we have ever had. And they are all we can offer others.”— Sam Harris, amazon.com
“I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world.”— Albert Camus, amazon.com
“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.”— Kurt Vonnegut, amazon.com
“Fundamentally, all spiritual traditions help us train our minds, overcome our negativities and fulfill our inner potential.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“When we awaken the Buddha within, we awaken a force that can bring compassion to the whole of the world.”— Jack Kornfield, twitter.com
“God is unknown to those who know him, and is known to those who do not know him at all.”— Alan Watts, amazon.com
“If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go.”— Alan Watts, amazon.com