85 Transformative and Enlightening Spiritual Quotes

With each trip around the sun, more and more people come to the realization that there’s somehow more to life than meets the eye. It is an awakening process that leaves many of us wondering what the true nature of reality is all about. Part of this ongoing transition is that people no longer are satisfied with living a purely materialistic lifestyle based on superficial possession. Instead, they actively seek to enrich their life by adopting a more spiritual worldview. As a result of feeling connected to a source greater than themselves, many embark on a spiritual journey in order to find themselves and to seek God. They begin realizing that they are so much more than just this body. Instead of being defined by their human body, they come to the conclusion that they are spiritual beings inhabiting physical bodies. To celebrate the life-transforming influence of living a spiritual life, we’ve created the following collection of enlightening spiritual quotes.

For many of us, there comes a time in life that slowly initiates the – sometimes painful – awakening to a higher reality. If you’ve already lived through this stage, you may know that your former life somehow began feeling dull and purposeless. Even more so, many of the things you once enjoyed pursuing somehow began to feel shallow and imbalanced.

“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, man cannot live without a spiritual life.”
Buddha

As awkward as this initiation of the awakening process may feel, it nurtures our desire to journey on the spiritual path. In the beginning, living a more spiritual life and surrendering more and more to God may not always be easy.

Enjoy the following collection of transformative spiritual quotes.

However, as time progresses, it will make your life a lot more worthwhile in a very beautiful way. In fact, almost all who’ve ever embarked on the spiritual path wouldn’t want to miss the many benefits that come with it. Even more so, most shrug at the thought of having to return to their old ways of living.

85 Enlightening Spiritual Quotes

Spirituality can marvelously enrich your entire life. It frees you from the never-ending rat race of ever pursuing more. It also helps you to fill that awkward hole in your heart that no material possession, relationship, or worldly experience could ever feel (for too long). Let’s have a look at these transformative spiritual quotes that celebrate the marvels, wonders, and joys of living a spiritual life.

Here is our collection of powerful spiritual quotes

1.

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.“
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

2.

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.“
C.S. Lewis

3.

“It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters“
Amit Ray

4.

“I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos, a blip on the timeline of eternity, I was not without purpose.“
R.J. Anderson

5.

“The darker the night, the brighter the stars,
The deeper the grief, the closer is God!“
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

6.

“We may speak about a place where there are no tears, no death, no fear, no night; but those are just the benefits of heaven. The beauty of heaven is seeing God.“
Max Lucado

7.

“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.“
Francis of Assisi

8.

“Our biological rhythms are the symphony of the cosmos, music embedded deep within us to which we dance, even when we can’t name the tune.“
Deepak Chopra

9.

“One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, ‘I love you’, ‘I’m sorry’, ‘I appreciate you’, ‘I’m proud of you’… whatever you’re feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share it… cause a smile today for someone else… and give plenty of hugs.“
Steve Maraboli

10.

“Stars, too, were time travelers. How many of those ancient points of light were the last echoes of suns now dead? How many had been born but their light not yet come this far? If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize we were alone? I had always known the sky was full of mysteries — but not until now had I realized how full of them the earth was.“
Ransom Riggs

11.

“Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it…“
Wilferd Peterson

12.

“Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant to the passage of time. Our inner lives are eternal, which is to say that our spirits remain as youthful and vigorous as when we were in full bloom. Think of love as a state of grace, not the means to anything, but the alpha and omega. An end in itself.“
Gabriel García Márquez

13.

“There is a LIGHT in this world. A healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering, and too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.“
Richard Attenborough

14.

“Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.“
Roy T. Bennett

15.

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.“
Albert Einstein

16.

“Knock, and He’ll open the door. Vanish, And He’ll make you shine like the sun. Fall, and He’ll raise you to the heavens. Become nothing, and He’ll turn you into everything.“
Jalaluddin Rumi

17.

“The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.“
Black Elk

18.

“How hurtful it can be to deny one’s true self and live a life of lies just to appease others.“
June Ahern

19.

“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.“
Albert Einstein

20.

“The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God’s love for us does not.“
C.S. Lewis

21.

“Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you’ve changed, by believing. Once you’ve changed, other things start to follow. Isn’t that the way it works?“
Diane Duane

22.

“Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice. If you can cry with a pure heart, nothing else compares to such a prayer.“
Kripalvanandji

23.

“God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.“
Elbert Hubbard

24.

“Don’t ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.“
William Paul Young

25.

“I have faith that God will show you the answer. But you have to understand that sometimes it takes a while to be able to recognize what God wants you to do. That’s how it often is. God’s voice is usually nothing more than a whisper, and you have to listen very carefully to hear it. But other times, in those rarest of moments, the answer is obvious and rings as loud as a church bell.“
Nicholas Sparks

26.

“Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.“
Brian L. Weiss

27.

“We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude is overcome, we are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that it is God, the indivisible. And suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of the world, yet undisturbed by its multiplicity, for our innermost soul we know ourselves to be one with all being.“
Hermann Hesse

28.

“It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other soon find there is nothing else. Without a central loyalty, life is unfinished.“
Fulton J. Sheen

29.

“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt,
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth.“
William W. Purkey

30.

“And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.“
C.S. Lewis

31.

“We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.“
Carl Sagan

32.

“Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.“
Will Smith

33.

“Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one.“
Dean Koontz

34.

“When you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.“
Stephen Richards

35.

“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.“
Roy T. Bennett

36.

“What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.“
Hans Urs von Balthasar

37.

“I challenge every one of you who can hear me to rise to the divinity within you. Do we really realize what it means to be a child of God, to have within us something of the divine nature?“
Gordon B. Hinckley

38.

“Have you ever met someone for the first time, but in your heart, you feel as if you’ve met them before?“
JoAnne Kenrick

39.

“A man’s spirit is free, but his pride binds him with chains of suffocation in a prison of his own insecurities“
Jeremy Aldana

40.

“No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn’t in submission to God!“
T.D. Jakes

41.

“God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.“
Max Lucado

42.

“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.“
C.S. Lewis

43.

“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.“
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

44.

“We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.“
Ray Bradbury

45.

“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.“
Mahatma Gandhi

46.

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.“
Brené Brown

47.

“No, no, it’s not all random, if it really was all random, the universe would abandon us completely. And the universe doesn’t. It takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can’t see.“
R.J. Palacio

48.

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.“
Corrie ten Boom

49.

“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.“
Joseph Campbell

50.

“Remember your connection with the cosmos. Remember your connection with the infinity and that remembrance will give you the freedom.“
Amit Ray

51.

“With or without a belief in God, all kisses are metaphors decipherable by allocations of time, circumstance, and understanding“
Saul Williams

52.

“Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.“
José Saramago

53.

“What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul“
Victor Hugo

54.

“Poor God, how often He is blamed for all the suffering in the world. It’s like praising Satan for allowing all the good that happens.“
E.A. Bucchianeri

55.

“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.“
C.S. Lewis

56.

“I am never alone wherever I am. The air itself supplies me with a century of love. When I breathe in, I am breathing in the laughter, tears, victories, passions, thoughts, memories, existence, joys, moments, and the hues of the sunlight on many tones of skin; I am breathing in the same air that was exhaled by many before me. The air that bore them life. And so how can I ever say that I am alone?“
C. JoyBell C.

57.

“Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.“
Ralph Waldo Emerson

58.

“I choose gentleness… Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.“
Max Lucado

59.

“Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear and superstition. By the year 2050, when the conflict began, the world had fallen upon fearful, superstitious times.“
Bernard Beckett

60.

“The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears all day is clanging bells and noise and argument, and all it wants is quietude. The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That’s where you need to go.“
Elizabeth Gilbert

61.

“Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty.“
Deepak Chopra

62.

“Your inner natural flow of life connects you with the natural flow of life that takes place in the universe.“
Roshan Sharma

63.

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.“
Erma Bombeck

64.

“If you let people break your spirit and detour you from your path, then you have not been true to yourself or those you’re here to touch, those who believe in you.“
Allison DuBois

65.

“One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap, to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will have to create the path by walking yourself; the path is not ready-made, lying there and waiting for you. It is just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don’t leave any footprints. You cannot follow them; there are no footprints left behind.“
Osho

66.

“To you who are parents, I say, show love to your children. You know you love them, but make certain they know it as well. They are so precious. Let them know. Call upon our Heavenly Father for help as you care for their needs each day and as you deal with the challenges which inevitably come with parenthood. You need more than your own wisdom in rearing them.“
Thomas S. Monson

67.

“If life was a dream, then dying must be the moment when you woke up. It was so simple it must be true. You died, the dream was over, you woke up. That’s what people meant when they talked about going to heaven. It was like waking up.“
Ian McEwan

68.

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.“
W.B. Yeats

69.

“We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.“
Neil deGrasse Tyson

70.

“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.“
Andrew Boyd

71.

“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.“
Daniel Defoe

72.

“I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: “Go down again – I dwell among the people.“
John Henry Newman

73.

“The unexamined life is not worth living.“
Socrates

74.

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in waking, to find that they have been upon the verge of the great secret. In snatches, they learn something of the wisdom which is of good, and more of the mere knowledge which is of evil.“
Edgar Allan Poe

75.

“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.“
Augustine of Hippo

76.

“Cosmos is God, who whispered the syllable of life.“
Dejan Stojanovic

77.

“Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.“
Alan W. Watts

78.

“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.“
Anaïs Nin

79.

“Connecting with those you know love, like and appreciate you restores the spirit and give you energy to keep moving forward in this life.“
Deborah Day

80.

“You do not need to work to become spiritual. You are spiritual; you need only to remember that fact. Spirit is within you. God is within you. (67)“
Julia Cameron

81.

“Our spirit is mightier than the filth of our memories.“
Melina Marchetta

82.

“Do you think the universe fights for souls to be together? Some things are too strange and strong to be coincidences.“
Emery Allen

83.

“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.“
C.S. Lewis

84.

“Nature is made of vibrations of Love.“
João Mendes

85.

“The soul would have no rainbow, had the eyes no tears.“
John Vance Cheney

I hope you enjoyed this collection of illuminating spiritual quotes.

Stay victorious!