Few spiritual or inspirational quotes I like

Creativity Poetry & Quotes
#1

“We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.”

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."
Mahatma Gandhi

“Never fear shadows, for shadows only mean there is a light shining somewhere near by”

…and this:

          "When things go wrong"

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will.
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill.

When the funds are low and the debts are high.
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.

When care is pressing you down a bit.
Rest if you must - but don’t you quit.

Success is failure turned inside out.
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.

And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems afar.

So, stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit.
It’s when things go wrong that you mustn’t quit.

– Author unknown

#2

thank you for these, Atman.

#3

Author unknown ?

Through the ability to vibe with it, and comprehension, we become co-authors. Truth is not created, it is just revealed and formulated. The autorship of formulation is of course important, but if it’s truth would not came alive in us, it would be useless.

Thank you for the quotes … indeed they are greatly inspiring.

#4

Great, thanks for sharing this.

[QUOTE=Hubert;24189]Author unknown ?[/QUOTE]

After doing a search, it seems the author really is unknown.

#5

thanks for these cool quotes!

#6

I am trying to place who said the first one. I have read it somewhere. Anyone know?

Here is a Hindu quote:
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

#7

The one about freedom is great. Here’s another one I like:

It’s only after you’ve lost everything that you’re free to do anything.

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#8

Wise words

The meek shall inherit the earth…thats if nobody minds

Sorry little old joke

#9

Heard this over the BBC today.

Poem: “Proverbial Ballade” by Wendy Cope from Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis.

Proverbial Ballade

Fine words won’t turn the icing pink;
A wild rose has no employees;
Who boils his socks will make them shrink;
Who catches cold is sure to sneeze.
Who has two legs must wash his knees;
Who breaks the egg will find the yolk;
Who locks his door will need his keys—
So say I and so say the folk.

You can’t shave with a tiddlywinks,
Nor make red wine from garden peas,
Nor show a blindworm how to blink,
Nor teach an old raccoon Chinese.
The juiciest orange feels the squeeze;
Who spends his portion will be broke;
Who has no milk can make no cheese—
So say I and so say the folk.

He makes no blot who has no ink,
Nor gathers honey who keeps no bees.
The ship that does not float will sink;
Who’d travel far must cross the seas.
Lone wolves are seldom seen in threes;
A conker ne’er becomes an oak;
Rome wasn’t built by chimpanzees—
So say I and so say the folk.

Envoi

Dear friends! If adages like these
Should seem banal, or just a joke,
Remember fish don’t grow on trees—
So say I and so say the folk.

#10

[QUOTE=Atman;24083]“We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.”[/QUOTE]

I like this saying.

[QUOTE=kareng;25369]The meek shall inherit the earth…thats if nobody minds[/QUOTE]

Us Canadians, then, eh?

#11

Here are some that I love:

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew. - Saint Francis de Sales, 1567-1622

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. - John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood…Make big plans, aim high in hope and work. - Daniel H. Burnham, 1846-1912

#12

Oh I forgot. This one’s my favorite.

“Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.”

#13

My favourite is …

“what we feel, we become”

#14

Here’s something I read from a book.

“Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.”

Everything happens for a reason.

#15

Awesome quotes, thanks for sharing!

#16

"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians, they are not like your Christ."
Mohan das Gandhi

#17

[B]Dadu Dayal-Realization came to me[/B]

When Realization came to me, I was filled with joy and all fear departed from me.
I found pure deliverance in the realm of the unapproachable, the unthinkable.
The Unapproachable has come near, the message of the Unthinkable abides with me always, the Unutterable find utterance.

From separation I have come to Union.
The bonds of self are loosened, all error has fled, and the light of the Brahman shines upon my soul.

Dadu says: I am neither Hindu nor Muslim
I am not attached to any of the six philosophical schools.
I love the merciful God.

In cutting Brahma up into bits the sects have divided him.
Dadu says: abandon limited thought in favour of the unlimited and become non-sectarian (nipakh).

Dadu says: since I am non-sectarian, the people are all in anger against me.

I have found that God is unchangeable, immortal, fearless, self-existent,
Almighty, pure, unimaged, unseen, infinite and incomprehensible.
Worship is due to Him and Him alone.
#18

[QUOTE=Baba;28035]"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians, they are not like your Christ."
Mohan das Gandhi[/QUOTE]

Unfortunately, Christ said the following:

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. - Matthew 10:34

But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign overthem, bring hither, and slay them before me. - Luke 19:27

Not much to like…

#19

[QUOTE=Dave;28189]Unfortunately, Christ said the following:

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. - Matthew 10:34

But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign overthem, bring hither, and slay them before me. - Luke 19:27

Not much to like…[/QUOTE]
:rolleyes:

I am not sure of all the things Jesus said. I am less sure of the accuracy of the Bible. I believe Gandhi had a very positive vision of Jesus Christ and would have been happy to meet Christians who imbibed what he perceived to be the Christ. :cool:

#20

If Gandhi had a very positive vision of Christ it was only because he mistakenly believed what he heard from others about him, and clearly not what the bible actually quotes him as saying. Not that I have any belief in the unerring accuracy of the bible - the new testament was written approximately 100 years after Jesus was said to have lived - the old testament longer than that after the events it claims to describe were supposed to have occurred. My point was that Christ was no “Prince of Peace” as his followers have claimed - obviously quite successfully.