#ene

We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry. ↗

— Francis Chan

#humbleness #modern-life #life

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

— Albert Schweitzer

#religion #self-awareness #spirituality #life

If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#life #solitude #life

Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty. ↗

— George Eliot

#pride #vanity #witty #life

But you don’t have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.” “You don’t have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn’t always out to get you. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#benefit-of-the-doubt #everyone #life #truth #world

The Self says ‘I AM’–as in the very grand sayings of Christ, especially in the Gospel of John, in which he says in the state of onenenss with Yahweh (which in Hebrew means ‘I AM’), I AM is the way and the truth and the life–but the ego says ‘I am this’ or ‘I am that,’ thus attaching itself only to a small portion of the Vastness. (62) ↗

— Ravi Ravindra

#ego #gospel-of-john #oneness #self #life

‎"The more we search for ourselves, the less likely we are to find ourselves; and the more we search for God, and to serve our fellow-men, the more profoundly will we become acquainted with ourselves, and the more inwardly assured. This is one of the great spiritual laws of life." (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, February 18, 1954) ↗

— Shoghi Effendi

#life

Be ordinary, but bring a quality of awareness to your ordinary life. Bring God to your ordinary life introduce God into your ordinary life. Sleep, eat, love, pray, meditate, but don’t think that you are making or doing something special—and then you will be special. ↗

— Osho

#eat #god #life #love #meditate

She was full of some strange energy that morning. Her every movement had purpose and life and she seemed to find satisfaction in every little thing. ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#love #satisfaction #life

Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life. ↗

— Smiley Blanton

#life #love #life