Best Spirit Quotes

The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

Ego says, Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace. Spirit says, Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place.

We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

You are the Universe expressing itself as a human for a little while.

Even more amazing than the wonders of Nature are the powers of the spirit.

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man’s observation, not overturning it.

Life is a great adventure…accept it in such a spirit.

Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

Submission to poverty is the unpardonable sin against the body. Submission to unhappiness is the unpardonable sin against the spirit.

I know God is in charge. Not me, I’m nothing. I wouldn’t be anything except for the power of the spirit of God.

One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open- hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

I don’t care if a man’s theory for tomorrow is correct, I care if his spirit of today is correct.

The chief problem is, of course, whether the marching of the general spirit of things is heading consciously or sub- consciously toward an idea of extension of boundaries.

Only a life lived in a certain spirit is worth living. It is a remarkable fact that a life lived entirely from the ego is dull not only for the person himself but for all concerned.

All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.

Being true to yourself involves showing and sharing emotion. The spirit that motivates most great storytellers is ‘I want you to feel what I feel,’ and the effective narrative is designed to make this happen. That’s how the information is bound to the experience and rendered unforgettable.

Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.

I don’t know about Heaven or Hell, but I do know that we are visited all the time by the spirits of those who affected us in life.

In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation suffers, in each one a Savior is crucified.

Real heroes are others, those who have suffered in their soul, in their heart, in their spirit, in their mind, for their loved ones. Those are the real heroes. I’m just a cyclist.

Architecture is essentially Human; it is the Human spirit manifesting itself. For when a Man builds, there, you’ve got him; you know exactly what, who and how that Man is.

Because I have confidence in the power of truth and in the spirit, I believe in the future of mankind. Affirmation of the world and of life contains within itself an optimistic willing and hoping which can never be lost. It is, therefore, never afraid to face the dismal reality and to see it as it really is.

What a beautiful testament to the creative spirit and its true motives, to creative contribution coming from a place of purpose rather than a hunger for profit.

Architecture is the real battleground of the spirit.

The fruits of this profound union with Jesus are marvelous: our whole being is transformed by the grace of the Holy Spirit: soul, intelligence, will, affections and even the body, because we are united in body and spirit.

Perhaps not all spirits are meant for this world, but they pass through anyway and change for the better those which are.

A strong spirit transcends rules.

Addiction is perhaps a sickness of the spirit.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity.

Language is surely too small a vessel to contain these emotions of mind and body that have somehow awakened a response in the spirit.