Spirituality Quotes

The soul can never be corrupted with the corruption of the body, but it is like the wind which causes the sound of the organ, and which ceases to produce a good effect when a pipe is spoilt.

The spirit desires to remain with its body, because, without the organic instruments of that body, it can neither act, nor feel anything.

In the end, reconciliation is a spiritual process, which requires more than just a legal framework. It has to happen in the hearts and minds of people.

The trouble isn't so much that our scientific genius lags behind, but our moral genius lags behind. The great problem facing modern man is that, that the means by which we live have outdistanced the spiritual ends for which we live.

The real problem is that through our scientific genius we've made of the world a neighborhood, but through our moral and spiritual genius we've failed to make of it a brotherhood.

The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided man.

Whenever racial discrimination exists it is a tragic expression of man's spiritual degeneracy and moral bankruptcy. Therefore, it must be removed not merely because it is diplomatically expedient, but because it is morally compelling.

We cannot long survive spiritually separated in a world that is geographically together.

The moral philosophy and spiritual conceptions of men and nations should hold their own amid these formidable scientific evolutions...No material progress, even though it takes shapes we cannot now conceive, or however it may expand the faculties of man, can bring comfort to his soul.

For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.

I'm not into organized religion. I'm into believing in a higher source of creation, realizing we're all just part of nature.

When the intellectual part of guitar playing overrides the spiritual, you don't get to extreme heights.

I didn't have to go all the way to India for spiritual enlightenment. The blue-collar spirituality of everyday life was right in front of me, it was in every nook and cranny if I wanted to seek it, but I had chosen to ignore it.

Whose the spiritual people pon earth. The Black people. Dem a deal wit God. And God no let dem down.

I'n'I nah come to fight flesh and blood, But spiritual wickedness in 'igh and low places. So while they fight you down, Stand firm and give Jah thanks and praises. 'Cos I'n'I no expect to be justified by the laws of men - by the laws of men. Oh, true they have found me guilty, But through - through Jah proved my innocency.

Man can't do without God. Just like you're thirsty, you have to drink water. You just can't go without God.

There is a spiritual side to me that goes real deep, but I confess right up front that I'm the biggest sinner of them all.

I believe what I practice has to do with something deeper than religion, that it embodies all religions, including Judaism. And Christianity. And Islam.

I believe that God knows what each of us wants and needs. It's not necessary for us to make it to church on Sunday to reach Him. You can find Him anyplace.