Spiritual Quotes and Wisdom Sayings

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Uplifting Inspirational Spiritual Quotes


This lens has links to websites and books with wise quotes from various spiritual traditions to uplift your life and inspire you to kindness, patience, inner strength and a better life in general.

Lao Tzu quotes - your favorites 

Inspirational Daoist quotes submitted by readers of this lens


Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching Poster


Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.


Lao Tzu

"A good traveler has no fixed plan, and is not intent on arriving."


Lao Tzu

"If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled."


Lao Tzu

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."


Lao-tzu

The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (or Lao Tse) 

Taoist inspiration from China

Great affordable edition of this all time classic by Lao Tzu (or Lao Tse).

Tao Te Ching (Barnes & Noble Classics)

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Buddhism inspired quotes - your favorites 

Inspirational Buddhist quotes

All the Buddhas of all the ages have been telling you a very simple fact: Be - don't try to become. Within these two words, be and becoming, your whole life is contained. Being is enlightenment, becoming is ignorance.


OSHO

Prayer Wheels and Flags, Lhasa, Tibet

Prayer Wheels and Flags, Lhasa, Tibet Photographic Print
Su, Keren


Understanding unity helps to solve humanity's biggest challenges. There is no such thing as an isolated problem. By injuring any part of the world's system, you injure yourself. There is no such thing as a win/lose situation. Think of life on this planet in terms of systems and not detached elements. Broaden your field of vision and assimilate the knowledge you have. See that the environment does not belong to any single country to exploit and then disregard. You cannot afford to think of your relationship with the earth as a one-night stand. There's no such thing as a free glass of milk. It's time to buy the cow.


Za Rinpoche

My Religion is simple; My Religion is kindness.


Dalai Lama

Spiritual cards to inspire and guide 

Motivation, Positive thinking & 'The Secret' quotes 

submitted by readers

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More about the power of the mind

What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of man can achieve.

Napolean Hill11 points

Whether You Think You Can or Can't, You're Right

Henry Ford9 points

If not you, who? If not now, when?

Rabbi Hillel7 points

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi5 points

You can have anything you want if you will give up the belief that you can't have it.

Basic concept in 'The Secret'4 points

Healing is a process of handling pain and pleasure in positive ways rather than self-destructive ways.

Gary Eby, author and therapist3 points

Thoughts become things... choose the Good Ones

Thoughts become things...choose the Good Ones
Mike more...3 points

Reality is faced by everyone, but only capitalized by some.

Kevin Abdulrahman2 points

The more you do it, the better you get at it.

Goes for any skill really1 point

If you want something you have never had, you will have to do something you have never done

If you want something you have never had, you will more...1 point

If I had even a slight awareness, and practiced the Great Way, what I would fear would be deviating from it.

The Buddha1 point

Life Happens

1 point

Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

1 point

If it's going to be, it's up to me!

Anonymous0 points

There Is greatness all around you - welcome it! It is easy to be great when you get around great people.

Bob Richards0 points

Everything will be okay in the end.

If it's not ok,
it's not the end.0 points

If you fly with the crows, you will get shot with the crows.

Well that's what my old grandad told me.And he was more...0 points

Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often 

Live, Laugh, Love

Live, Laugh, Love poster
Klassen, Kim

Your favorite Spiritual and Religious quotes 

Inspiring Quotes submitted by readers of this lens

This Is My Wish - Anonymous
This Is My Wish, Anonymous - Magnet


"And so Galahad decided that it would be a disgrace to set off on a quest with the other knights. Alone he would enter the dark forest where there was no path. This is the myth of The Hero's Journey."


Joseph Campbell

God does not play dice with the Universe


Einstein

A good friend with a quiet mouth is a rare find.


Anonymous

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.


Max Ehrman, Desiderata

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.


Albert Camus

There is No Junk, it is all in the eye of the beholder!


The mother of a reader

Collecting your own spiritual quotes 

This is how I started collecting spiritual quotes: in notebooks. I have several: small, to take along with me when traveling, and also bigger ones in which I collect my thoughts.

Christian Spiritual Quotes 

The amount of Christian spiritual quotes on this lens was getting overwhelming. So I decided to share them on two new lenses. One on Christian Spiritual Quotes in general. One on Bible quotes about God in particular.

Wisdom quotes online 

Wise uplifting quotations from various spiritual traditions.

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Pick a random spiritual quotes from various spiritual traditions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Yoga, Theosophy, New Age and ancient Greece.
Religious Quotations
Quotes from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Confucianism and the Baha'i Faith - even Animism is included.
Wisdom quotes
Quotes on love, kindness, strength, karma and more by authors like Jiddu Krishnamurti, H.P. Blavatsky, Thich Nhat Hanh, George William Russell, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi and more.
Bhagavad Gita quotes
Quotes from the central Hindu sacred scripture: the Bhagavad Gita.
Buddhism Quotes
Quotes from Buddha, the Dhammapada and Zen Buddhism.
Jiddu Krishnamurti quotes
Quotes about life problems and challenges. Includes quotes on issues like relationships, education, anger, love, meditation and more.
Lao Tse Quotes
Quotes on leadership.
Sufism quotes
Quotes from the mystical tradition in Islam: Sufism.
Yoga quotes
Quotes on practising yoga: some funny, some insightful.
Christian Quotes
Biblical quotes and sayings from the Christian religious tradition.

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