Spiritual Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old spiritual quotes, spiritual sayings, and spiritual proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Spirituality is like a bird: If you hold it too closely, it chokes, And if you hold it too loosely, it escapes. Yisroel Salanter
In the spiritual life there is no such thing as an indifference to love or hate. Thomas Merton
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Teilhard de Chardin
To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground. Stephen R. Covey
Spiritual knowledge improves intuitive ability, innovative ability and communication. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows about the works and ways and purposes and promises of God. J. I. Packer
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 path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. M. Scott Peck
Spiritual knowledge is the experience of enlightenment, and requires an understanding of the inner-most workings of the enlightenment cycle. Frederick Lenz
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the spiritual realm nothing is indifferent: what is not useful is harmful. Leo Tolstoy
Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace. Aberjhani
The garden is a metaphor for life, and gardening is a symbol of the spiritual path. Larry Dossey
Spirituality is impacted not only by remembrance but by diet, stress, sleeping and eating habits among other things. Take care of yourself. Nouman Ali Khan
The spiritual is inclusive. It is the deepest sense of belonging and participation. We all participate in the spiritual at all times, whether we know it or not. Rachel Naomi Remen
Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness. Billy Graham
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. A. W. Tozer
We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen. Calvin Coolidge
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. Mahatma Gandhi
Spirituality is about being ready. All the spiritual disciplines of your life - prayer, study, meditation or ritual, religious vows - are there so you can break through to the eternal. Spirituality is about awakening the eyes, the ears, the heart so you can see what's always happening right in front of you. Richard Rohr