Spirituality Quote of the Week

There are two parallel tasks in spiritual life. One is to discover selflessness, and the other is to develop a healthy sense of self. Both sides of that apparent paradox must be fulfilled for us to awaken.

-- Jack Kornfield

Spirituality Quote of the Week

If you want to grow and be free to explore life, you cannot spend your life avoiding the myriad things that might hurt your heart or mind.

-- Michael A. Singer

Spirituality Quote of the Week

Small miracles are all around us. We can find them everywhere -- in our homes, in our daily activities, and, hardest to see, in ourselves.

-- Sue Bender

Spirituality Quote of the Week

The true purpose of all spiritual disciplines is to clear away whatever may block our awareness of that which is God in us. The aim is to get rid of whatever may so distract the mind and encumber the life that we function without this awareness, or as if it were not possible.

-- Howard Thurman

Spirituality Quote of the Week

Jesus never asked anyone to form a church, ordain priests, develop elaborate rituals and institutional cultures, and splinter into denominations. His two great requests were that we "love one another as I have loved you" and that we share bread and wine together as an open channel of that interabiding love.

-- Cynthia Bourgeault