102+ EXCLUSIVE Spiritual Quotes To See Life Differently

What does it mean to be spiritual? Being spiritual is about being a person whose highest priority is to love yourself and be kind to others. A spiritual person cares about people, animals and the planet.

What is spiritual enrichment? It is about self-transformation and self-mastery. Spiritual enrichment implies seeking to better understand one’s inner life in order to act more wisely in the world.

Transformative spiritual quotes will enrich your life and broaden your perspective by helping you develop a stronger connection to everything inside and outside of you.

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Best Spiritual Quotes

I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer. – Martin Luther

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Big-heartedness is the most essential virtue on the spiritual journey. – Matthew Fox

Realisation is not the acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage. – Ramana Maharshi

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it. – Henri J.M. Nouwen

Relax into the moment and let the universe do the driving. If there was a secret to happiness in life, I’d say that was it. – Jed McKenna

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. – Denis Waitley

Take care of your inner, spiritual beauty. That will reflect in your face. – Dolores del Rio

spiritual quotes of the day

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, man cannot live without a spiritual life. – Buddha

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you; none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. – Swami Vivekananda

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious – the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. – Albert Einstein

Keep your feet on the ground but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment. – Arthur Helps

spiritual quotes about life

If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world. – C.S. Lewis

Step out of the circle of time and into the circle of love. – Rumi

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself. – Anais Nin

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another’s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises. – Leo Buscaglia

spiritual quotes of encouragement

It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters. – Amit Ray

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love. – Marcus Aurelius

I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos, a blip on the timeline of eternity, I was not without purpose. – R.J. Anderson

The next message you need is always right where you are. – Ram Dass

spiritual quotes about love

The darker the night, the brighter the stars. The deeper the grief, the closer is God! – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up. – Eckhart Tolle

Awakening is not changing who you are but discarding who you are not. – Deepak Chopra

We may speak about a place where there are no tears, no death, no fear, no night; but those are just the benefits of heaven. The beauty of heaven is seeing God. – Max Lucado

Short Spiritual Quotes About Life, Love and Journey

Surrender is the most difficult thing in the world while you are doing it and the easiest when it is done. – Bhai Sahib

Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are. – Jack Kornfield

Our biological rhythms are the symphony of the cosmos, music embedded deep within us to which we dance, even when we can’t name the tune. – Deepak Chopra

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. – Dalai Lama

The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love. – Marianne Williamson

Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. – Hermann Hesse

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

He who is filled with love is filled with God himself. – Saint Augustine

At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it. – Thich Nhat Hanh

When you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you. – Stephen Richards

Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice. If you can cry with a pure heart, nothing else compares to such a prayer. – Kripalvanandji

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again. – Joseph Campbell

Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved. – Jane Goodall

Fools laugh at others. Wisdom laughs at itself. – Osho

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. – Carl Jung

When you realize there is no lacking, the whole world belongs to you. – Lao Tzu

God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars. – Elbert Hubbard

Beautiful Spiritual Quotes

Each one of us has our own evolution of life, and each one of us goes through different tests which are unique and challenging. But certain things are common. And we do learn things from each other’s experience. On a spiritual journey, we all have the same destination. – A. R. Rahman

Religion, science, and spirituality help us make sense of the world. Life without at least one of them is a lonely and confusing place. – Naval Ravikant

It is in our wild nature that we best recover from our un-nature, our spirituality. – Friedrich Nietzsche

One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, ‘I love you’, ‘I’m sorry’, ‘I appreciate you’, ‘I’m proud of you’… whatever you’re feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share it… cause a smile today for someone else… and give plenty of hugs. – Steve Maraboli

Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it… – Wilferd Peterson

Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations. – Samuel Ullman

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others. – David A. Bednar

This moment is all there is. – Rumi

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. – Daniel Defoe

Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey. – Henri Nouwen

The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. – Henry Miller

I choose gentleness… Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself. – Max Lucado

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from. – Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here. The spiritual journey is the relinquishment, or unlearning, of fear and the acceptance of love back into our hearts. – Marianne Williamson

Inspirational Spiritual Quotes That Will Brighten Up Your Life

Realization is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage. – Ramana Maharshi

The highest form of spiritual work is the realization of the essence of man…. You never learn the answer; you can only become the answer. – Richard Rose

If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit. – Thomas Merton

Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist, I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that. – Imran Khan

You can’t have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation. – Cory Booker

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life. – Eckhart Tolle

Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it’s not like you’re going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened. – Jack Kornfield

Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you. – Eckhart Tolle

The spiritual life is not a life before, after, or beyond our everyday existence. No, the spiritual life can only be real when it is lived in the midst of the pains and joys of the here and now. – Henri Nouwen

Nurture great thoughts, for you will never go higher than your thoughts. – Benjamin Disraeli

Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use. – Sai Baba

Soul is the central point of spiritual discipline. – Mahavira

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. – Ludwig van Beethoven

Survival is for the human animal; fear the motivation. For the spiritual being survival is irrelevant. Curiosity, compassion and creativity are the name of the game; unconditional love the motivation. – Peter Shepherd

It isn’t until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are – not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within – that you can begin to take control. – Oprah Winfrey

Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul. – Walt Whitman

Enlightening Spiritual Quotes to Embrace Your Full Life

Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow. – Dennis Banks

The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it. – C.C. Scott

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. – Albert Einstein

Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Spiritual progress is like a detoxification. – Marianne Williamson

The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility. – Swami Sivananda

You think of yourselves as humans searching for a spiritual awakening, when in fact you are spiritual beings attempting to cope with a human awakening. Seeing yourselves from the perspective of the spirit within will help you to remember why you came here and what you came here to do. – The Group

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again. – Joseph Campbell

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path. – Brené Brown

Anything that makes weak – physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison. – Swami Vivekananda

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction. – Rita Mae Brown

You are one thing only. You are a Divine Being. An all-powerful Creator. You are a Deity in jeans and a t-shirt, and within you dwells the infinite wisdom of the ages and the sacred creative force of All that is, will be and ever was. – Anthon St. Maarten

Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that. – Imran Khan

You can read books without ever stepping into a library; and practice spirituality without ever going to a temple. – Anthony de Mello

Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it. – Jack Kornfield

Encouraging Spiritual Quotes

Spiritual opening is not a withdrawal to some imagined realm or safe cave. It is not a pulling away, but a touching of all the experience of life with wisdom and with a heart of kindness, without any separation. – Jack Kornfield

One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, “I love you”, “I’m sorry”, “I appreciate you”, “I’m proud of you”…whatever you’re feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share it…cause a smile today for someone else…and give plenty of hugs. – Steve Maraboli

The whole of life is to spiritualize our activities by humility and faith, to silence our nature by charity. – Thomas Merton

Spirituality is fearlessness. It is a way of looking boldly at this life we have been given, here, now, on earth, as this human being. – Elizabeth Lesser

If this sounds too mystical, refer again to the body. Every significant vital sign- body temperature, heart rate, oxygen consumption, hormone level, brain activity, and so on- alters the moment you decide to do anything… decisions are signals telling your body, mind, and environment to move in a certain direction. – Deepak Chopra

You do not need to work to become spiritual. You are spiritual; you need only to remember that fact. Spirit is within you. God is within you. – Julia Cameron

As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that. … That is why people are always searching for a meaning to life… Meaning is only found when you go beyond meaning. Life only makes sense when you perceive it as mystery and it makes no sense to the conceptualizing mind. – Anthony de Mello

The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations. – Samuel Ullman

On the spiritual path, all the dreck and misery is transformed, maybe not that same day, but still transformed into spiritual fuel or insight. – Anne Lamott

When there’s nothing but humility, there’s nothing but spiritual oneness. – Frederick Lenz

No great spiritual awakening has begun anywhere in the world apart from united prayer. – J. Edwin Orr

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