Faith Quotes

Belief in something greater, whether divine, human, or simply possible.

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"Your essence needs nothing from the world to be complete."
Mooji
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"The universe is always supporting your highest good."
Mooji
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"The universe speaks in the language of synchronicity."
Mooji
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"Your essence is untouched by what happens to your body."
Mooji
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"You are not a human trying to be spiritual; you are spirit living humanly."
Mooji
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"The universe is fundamentally benevolent."
Mooji
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"Faith is knowing without evidence."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching."
Francis of Assisi
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"The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me."
Francis of Assisi
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"When you pray, move your lips to form the words, even if no sound comes out. Prayer is as much about intention as utterance."
Francis of Assisi
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"A single act of obedience is worth more than a thousand hours of prayer without devotion."
Francis of Assisi
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"The greatest prayer is not words, but deeds done in love."
Francis of Assisi
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"Let us be honest: few ever truly understand the depth of Christ's love unless they have suffered greatly."
Francis of Assisi
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"We are called not to comfort, but to truth. Not to pleasure, but to purpose."
Francis of Assisi
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"The greatest commandment is not given to be understood, but to be lived."
Francis of Assisi
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"The soul that seeks God finds Him, for God seeks the seeker first."
Francis of Assisi
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"The spiritual life is not a life before, above, or beyond the physical life. Rather, it is the divine life living itself out in our physical existence."
Henri Nouwen
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"The more I think about what spiritual life is, the more I realize that it is not something we acquire but something we reveal."
Henri Nouwen
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"To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than ourselves."
Henri Nouwen
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"The Christian life is not a life of constant success but a life of constant conversion."
Henri Nouwen
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"The spiritual life requires discipline not to escape the world but to engage with it more fully."
Henri Nouwen
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"The mystical life is not about escaping the world but about seeing the sacred in the ordinary."
Henri Nouwen
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"Celibacy is not about rejecting love but about widening the circle of love to include all people."
Henri Nouwen
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"The cross is not primarily about judgment but about divine love entering into human suffering."
Henri Nouwen
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"Spiritual maturity is not the absence of struggle but the deepening ability to live within it."
Henri Nouwen
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"The paradox of the spiritual life is that we become most alive when we surrender our need to control."
Henri Nouwen
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"We must practice the presence of God not as an escape but as a way to engage with reality more truthfully."
Henri Nouwen
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"The spiritual disciplines are not burdensome rules but pathways to freedom and joy."
Henri Nouwen
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"Interruptions are not obstacles to our prayer life but invitations to practice presence."
Henri Nouwen
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"We serve God not by being successful in worldly terms but by being faithful to our vocation."
Henri Nouwen