Pastoral Resources

She saw the myriad gods, and beyond God his own ineffable eternity; she saw that there were ranges of life beyond our present life, ranges of mind beyond our present mind and above these she saw the splendors of the spirit.

As we take our places in the General Assembly and at the Council meetings, let us begin all our work in the name of God, for the solution of all our problems is a spiritual one.

It captures a lot of the spirit of the '50s.

Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.

Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who wanted to help others by sharing her emotion. That's what I do, too, so I think that's a great comparison.

Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.

By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great and who as a result earns the power to influence others.

It is not short of amazing, the power of a great idea to weld men together. There was in it a peculiar, intense, vital spirit if you will, that I have never felt before in any strike.

It's not listed in the Bible, but my spiritual gift, my specific calling from God, is to be a television talk-show host.

In listing these tendencies making for a new world, we must not forget developments in the religious or spiritual thinking and feeling of mankind, where also we feel a strong unifying trend.

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

I'm not going to fight in the physical with physical weapons, because it's not a physical fight. I'm going to fight with spiritual weapons, cause it's a spiritual fight.

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.

When you have a spiritual foundation, you look at poverty differently then.

Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow.