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Spiritual Quotes & Scripture
80 hand-picked universal spiritual wisdom on peace, hope, faith, healing, gratitude, and love. Universal spiritual quotes drawn from many voices and traditions — offered to anyone, of any faith or none.
Spiritual Quotes
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.”
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.”
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.”
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
“Out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope.”
“When you forgive, you in no way change the past, but you sure do change the future.”
“Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.”
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”
“Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
“Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.”
“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift.”
“When you forgive, you in no way change the past — but you sure do change the future.”
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”
“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.”
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.”
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
“What is to give light must endure burning.”
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
“Silence is sometimes the best answer.”
“When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.”
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.”
“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.”
“Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.”
“Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain.”
“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.”
“We can't heal the world today, but we can begin with a voice of compassion, a heart of love, an act of kindness.”
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
“Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you.”
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you.”
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
“Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.”
“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.”
“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
“The best way out is always through.”
“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract.”
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes — including you.”
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”
“Forgiving is not forgetting; it is actually remembering and not using your right to hit back.”
“Without forgiveness, there's no future.”
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.”
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”
“Silence is a source of great strength.”
“He who knows he has enough is rich.”
“You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
“Worry is a misuse of the imagination.”
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”
“Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”
“Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear.”
“He who cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself.”
“Time does not heal all wounds, but love does.”
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart.”
“Tears water our growth.”
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.”