Spirituality Quotes

"He who performs the Wudu’ perfectly (i.e., according to Sunnah), his sins will depart from his body, even from under his nails."

- Muhammad (PBUH)

"And indeed, the first house [of worship] established for mankind was that at Makkah – blessed and a guidance for the worlds."

- Quran 3:96

"The five daily prayers and the Friday Prayer until the Friday Prayer are expiation for what is between them."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"Prayer is the pillar of religion."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"When one of you prays, he is speaking privately to his Lord."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"Say: ‘My prayer, my offering, my life and my death are given wholly to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.'"

- Quran

"May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand."

- Irish Blessing

"All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind."

- Max Planck

"You are the universe, expressing itself as a human for a little while."

- Eckhart Tolle

"Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it."

- Jack Kornfield

"The spirit is beyond destruction. No one can bring an end to spirit which is everlasting."

- Bhagavad Gita

"But it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the healing herb, the transcendental chant. I am the butter and the fire and the offering."

- Bhagavad Gita

"Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear."

- Bhagavad Gita

"The power of God is with you at all times; through the activities of mind, senses, breathing, and emotions; and is constantly doing all the work using you as a mere instrument."

- Bhagavad Gita

"OH ALLAH, Fix my heart."

"A person is said to have achieved yoga, the union with the Self when the perfectly disciplined mind gets freedom from all desires."

"From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kunti, never takes birth again."

"The wise, engaged in devotional service, take refuge in the Lord and free themselves from the cycle of birth and death by renouncing the fruits of action in the material world."

"One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action."

"Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and whatever austerities you perform – do that, O son of Kunti, as an offering to Me."

"Work done as a sacrifice for Vishnu has to be performed; otherwise, work binds one to this material world."

"Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are self-realized, self-disciplined, and constantly endeavoring for perfection, are assured of liberation in the Supreme in the very near future."

"A man engaged in devotional service rids himself of both good and bad actions even in this life. Therefore, strive for yoga, which is the art of all work."

"Yoga is skill in actions."

"Renunciation of the fruits of action is better than meditation; meditation is better than knowledge; knowledge is better than performance of sacrifices."

"A person is said to be established in self-realization and is called a yogi when he is fully satisfied by virtue of acquired knowledge and realization."

"He who sees me everywhere and sees everything in me will not be lost to me, and I will not be lost to him."

"Those who see with eyes of knowledge the difference between the body and the knower of the body and can also understand the process of liberation from bondage in material nature, attain to the supreme goal."

"They are forever free who renounce all selfish desires and break away from the ego cage of ‘I,’ ‘me,’ and ‘mine’ to be united with the Lord."

"He who has renounced selfishness, who understands the principles of self-sacrifice and has realized that the true nature of the self is eternal, achieves cosmic consciousness and knows the spiritual truth."