We cannot grow spiritually if we ignore our humanness, just as we cannot become fully human if we ignore our spirituality.
In baptism, new Christians become part of a body of fellow believers who are called to spiritually encourage one another and hold one another responsible for consistent Christian living.
The sort of public sex aspects of gay male sexuality did not appeal to me. And it wasn't just a matter of being afraid of them or being too nervous to try them. I did try them and they didn't work for me, they didn't feed me spiritually, they didn't leave me gratified.
Tantra is quicker; but for some people it can be spiritually disastrous.
The purpose of our journey on this precious Earth is now to align our personalities with our souls and the souls of others. It is to create harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for Life. It is to grow spiritually. This is our new evolutionary pathway. The old pathway - pursuing the ability to manipulate and control - no longer works.
It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
As an artist I am attracted by decadence, by those who exhaust their lives in the shallow pursuits of pleasure. Occasionally, I feel that spiritually I participate in all these kinds of lives.
What I learned at a very early age was that I was responsible for my life. And as I became more spiritually conscious, I learned that we all are responsible for ourselves, that you create your own reality by the way you think and therefore act. You cannot blame your parents, your circumstances, because you are NOT your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.
We know we can't be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.
I felt that the elegance of pop music was that it was reflective: we were holding up a mirror to our audience and reflecting them philosophically and spiritually, rather than just reflecting society or something called 'rock and roll. '
The older I get, the more vegetables I eat. I can't stress that more. Eating healthy really affects my work. You not only need to be physically prepared, but mentally and spiritually.
People seeking to live spiritually must be concerned with their social and physical environment.
To be carnally minded is to be spiritually dead
. . . the more a person becomes spiritually minded or advances towards God, the more tolerant he becomes and the less differentiation he sees.
Why not hold on to whatever I've got because it's as good as it's ever going to get. How can I believe that love is coming, how can I even believe that love exists; if I don't believe it's spiritually based?
A musician has to find a way to make his music mean something special - spiritually or however you can
The best and most clear indicator that we are progressing spiritually and coming unto Christ is the way we treat other people.
Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.
The help which tends to make us spiritually strong is the highest help, next to it comes intellectual help and after that comes physical help.