If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete."

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare

“Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it.” – Richard Rohr

“What drains your spirit drains your body. What fuels your spirit fuels your body.” ― Caroline Myss

A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your weakness.” – Mother Teresa

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them

He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself

“Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.” – William Blake

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers.” – Ed Sullivan

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.

“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 privilege of a lifetime is to become who you really are

“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

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.”

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, but to live gratitude is to touch heaven.

“You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone.” – Amit Ray

Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and compassion. Practicing spirituality brings a sense of perspective, meaning and purpose to our lives.” – Brené Brown

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it's a profound source of spirituality

“No matter your religious or spiritual beliefs … for every person who inhales and exhales… you are alive, you can dream.” – Georgia Dawkins

"If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation."

Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not

I understand once again that the greatness of god always reveals itself in the simple things

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates

Energy can't be created or destroyed, and energy flows. It must be in a direction, with some kind of internal, emotive, spiritual direction. It must have some effect somewhere.”

Realization is not the acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.”

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

“We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.”– Neil DeGrasse Tyson

“Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there.” – Vine Deloria Jr.

“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware; joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” – Henry Miller

Peaceful is the one who’s not concerned with having more or less. Unbound by name and fame, he is free from sorrow from the world and mostly from himself.” – Rumi

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”

Wake up and live.” – Bob Marley

“Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.” – Barbara Kingsolver

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

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.

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

“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

“You have to expect spiritual warfare whenever you stand up for righteousness or call attention to basic values. It's just a matter of light battling the darkness. But the light wins every time. You can't throw enough darkness on light to put it out.”

“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.”

A quiet conscience makes one strong!” – Anne Frank

“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

Sometimes I think there are only two instructions we need to follow to develop and deepen our spiritual life: slow down and let go.” – Oriah Mountain Dreamer

“You can't have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation.” – Cory Booker

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul

Spirituality: the art of keeping your internal fire alive." – Maxime Lagacé

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

The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not

Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.”

“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again.”

“Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.”

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

Research shows that utilizing spiritual beliefs can be a productive way to cope with some of life's greatest challenges, including times of stress, depression, and grief

Like religion, spirituality as a whole is known to have many physical, mental, and social benefits. This list of quotes will help you reflect on your own spiritual journey thus far.

VINE DELORIA JR.

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