CURATED COLLECTION

Living a Spiritual Life

Spirituality is not a set of beliefs — it is a quality of attention brought to the whole of your existence.

38 quotes found

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I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

—Jorge Luis BorgesWriter & Essayist

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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The dark one has pierced my heart, I can never be healed.

—MirabaiPoet

Renaissance ERA • South Asia

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My God, my soul, my love, my longing, my comfort, my eternal good!

—Mechthild of MagdeburgMystic, Writer & Author

Medieval ERA • Western Europe

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I cannot live, dear Lord, if I do not love Thee.

—Mechthild of MagdeburgMystic, Writer & Author

Medieval ERA • Western Europe

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Love is the wine of existence; whoever has known it deeply has drunk divinity.

—Delmira AgustiniPoet

Industrial Age ERA • Latin America

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In His love, I am lost and found. My existence is but a whisper in His vastness.

—Aisha al-BaunniyyaPoet, Scholar & Author

Medieval ERA • MENA

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A human being is never complete until the moment of death.

—Tierno BokarMystic, Scholar & Sage

Early Modern ERA • West Africa

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My heart is fixed upon you, O Lord, like an arrow aimed at its target.

—AndalPoet

Medieval ERA • South Asia

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My heart is overflowing with love, and my tears flow for his remembrance.

—Al-BusiriPoet & Prophet

Medieval ERA • North Africa

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My true home is with Krishna; my heart finds rest there.

—MirabaiPoet

Renaissance ERA • South Asia

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I have walked on the shore that I know. I shall return.

—Kofi AwoonorPoet, Novelist & Diplomat

Post-War ERA • West Africa

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The forest breathes, and in its breath, you can hear the ancient heart of Russia.

—Boris PilnyakNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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I have sung your praise, O Lord, with my voice and with my soul.

—AndalPoet

Medieval ERA • South Asia

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Come, let us raise our hands in prayer, for we too have forgotten the art of love.

—Faiz Ahmad FaizScholar & Thinker

Late Modern ERA • South Asia

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Love is a secret flame that burns in the heart, yet its smoke reaches heavens.

—FuzuliPoet

Renaissance ERA • MENA

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Love conquers all; let us too surrender to love.

—VirgilPoet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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I am a pagan worshipper of love; the creed of Islam is not for me.

—Amir KhusrowMusician, Poet & Scholar

Medieval ERA • South Asia

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The Hungarian Puszta is my soul.

—Endre AdyPoet & Journalist

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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Love is a fire that burns away all but God. The true lover sees only the Beloved.

—Nizami GanjaviEpic Poet

Medieval ERA • Central Asia

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Oh, that my monk's robe were wide enough to gather up all the suffering in the world.

—RyokanPoet

Enlightenment ERA • East Asia

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