Spiritual Quotes and Wisdom Sayings

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Uplifting Inspirational Spiritual Quotes

This lens has reader submitted quotes from various spiritual traditions as well as links to websites and books with wise quotes to uplift your life and inspire you to kindness, patience, inner strength and a better life in general. I hope you're as inspired by these quotes as I am.
These quotations cover the main world religions. See also my other rare and famous quotes

Lao Tzu quotes - your favorites

Inspirational Daoist quotes submitted by readers of this lens

Tao Te Ching


Tao Te Ching Poster / Art Print


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

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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

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Motivation, Positive thinking & 'The Secret' quotes

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Add motivational quotes I've missed - and vote for your favorites :)

More about the power of the mind

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

Henry Ford27 points

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

Napolean Hill20 points

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

Rabbi Hillel15 points

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

Mahatma Gandhi12 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'10 points

Thoughts become things... choose the Good Ones

Thoughts become things...choose the Good Ones
Mike more...10 points

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

Anonymous8 points

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...8 points

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

8 points

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

Goes for any skill really6 points

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

Gary Eby, author and therapist5 points

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

The Buddha5 points

Life Happens

5 points

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

Kevin Abdulrahman4 points

Everything will be okay in the end.

If it's not ok,
it's not the end.4 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...4 points

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

Bob Richards3 points

Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often

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Your favorite Spiritual and Religious quotes

Inspiring Quotes submitted by readers of this lens

Nothing- Goethe


Nothing- Goethe 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

Makes a great spiritual gift

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.
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Wisdom quotes online

Wise uplifting quotations from various spiritual traditions.

Random Spiritual quotes
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.
Krishnamurti quotes on relationships
Love, relationships and marriage: Jiddu Krishnamurti on these essential topics.
Jalal ad-Din Mohammed Rumi quotes and poems
Spiritual Quotes from the famous sufi poet / seer.
Khalil Gibran Quotes from The Prophet
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Short quotes on Unselfish Love, Religious Love
On love as a guiding principle in daily life... by various authors and famous people.
I-Ching quote
THE CREATIVE works sublime success. Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all Heaven. The clouds pass and the rain does its work, and all individual beings flow into their forms.
Buddhism Mindfulness meditation quotes
Short Quotes from various buddhist traditions, by Buddha and others on meditation
Short happiness quotes: where does happiness come from?
quotations on happiness, wisdom and how to get there...
Tao Te Ching quotes - religion and spirituality inspiration
Taoism quotes - quotations from Daoism.
Short Quotes on patience
Patience quotes: the value of patience in spiritual and practical matters.
Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes on meditation
Thich Nhat Hanh quotes on peace, a smile, suffering and happiness
The Law of One Quotes
Though we see a world of change and contrast all about, it's one of the ancient esoteric insights that all is One.That is: everything is intimately connecte
Love quotes - spiritual, romantic and religious
On LOVE in all its manifestations: romantic love, spiritual love, love as a source of creativity etc. Love quotes and links to more quotes on love. Love is
Spiritual Quotes on Life
A collection of quotes about the one issue none of us can ignore: life. What is the goal of life? What are we here for? What is the place of love, or inspir
Rumi sayings and quotes
Rumi is best known as a poet to the Western world, but he was also a Sunni Muslim Islamic Jurist, a theologian and sufi mystic. His works were written 13th
Buddha quotes on karma , short uplifting spiritual quotes
These quotes are the closest we can get to the Buddha: they’re from the Tipitaka, the ancient Pali Buddhist scriptures. I’ve replaced the Pali ‘kamma’ with the more common Sanskrit ‘Karma’. The two words mean the same thing. Monks, these
Buddhist quotes about rebirth, reincarnation and karma , short uplifting spiritual quotes
Only the quality, that is the social surrounding, the physical appearance and the mental abilities of a person are fixed by the deeds of his previous existences, but in noway his actions. Karma in Buddhism, Hans Wolfgang Schuman If you
Muslim Koran quotes about the Soul and God , short uplifting spiritual quotes
There is to be no compulsion in religion. True direction is in fact distinct from error: so whoever disbelieves in idols and believes in God has taken hold of the most reliable handle, which does not break. For God is
Witches Sayings and Pagan Abbreviations
Getting to know the Wicca world? This lens helps you understand what other witches are saying. In the process you will understand how wicca rituals are buil
Great best short spiritual quotes
Short uplifting quotes and inspirational sayings
Alice A. Bailey Quotes from her Autobiography , short uplifting spiritual quotes
From the earliest possible time we were taught to care about the poor and the sick and to realize that fortunate circumstances entailed responsibility. Several times a week when it was time to go for a walk we had to
Theravada Buddhist quotes about happiness , short uplifting spiritual quotes
There are a lot of sites online that share Buddha quotes. Unfortunately, many of those quotes cannot be found in the Buddhist scriptures, let alone in the oldest Buddhist scriptures which are most likely to contain the Buddha’s word. In
Don’t give up – Theosophy Quotes , short uplifting spiritual quotes
[B]e not discouraged, but try, ever keep trying; twenty failures are not irremediable if followed by as many undaunted struggles upward; is it not so that mountains are climbed? (Blavatsky Collected Writings, Vol. 12, Esoteric Instructions) With each morning’s awakening
Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often - Quotes Gifts
I don't think there is any saying that sums up the ideals of our time better than: 'Live Well - Love Much - Laugh Often'.But it's not as easy to do as it is
God in the Bible - quotes
People have their own image of God - yet God presents himself in the Bible in a variety of ways. I thought I'd go back to what's in that boo
Inspiring Christian quotes
People have their own image of God - yet God presents himself in the Bible in a variety of ways. I thought I'd go back to what's in that boo
Christian Calendars, Bible Organizers and Planners
Diaries and Biblical Engagement Planners, Calendars and Christian Date Books. If you want your daily reminders of your faith in your date book. If you want
A Course in Miracles - famous quotes and sayings
One of the deepest hyped spiritual books of the late 20th century is 'a Course in Miracles' (also known as ACIM). It uses Christian symbols and imagery, but

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Author of this page: Katinka Hesselink

Author of this page: Katinka HesselinkKatinka Hesselink has been fascinated with religion for as long as she can remember. She started studying theosophy and the world religions in earnest when she was 19. She loves reading books about any and all the spiritual traditions, and reviews them online.

She even did a stint of university studying World Religion, specializing in Buddhism and Indian religions.

She has gathered inspiring quotes and informative articles on Buddhism, Sufism, Mystic Christianity and of course theosophy on her website Katinka Hesselink Net. On her popular spiritual blog All Considering she shares her knowledge, experiences and thoughts on spiritual topics.

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