James Ishmael Ford quotes

James Ishmael Ford quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“In the spiritual life nowhere do our ideals meet the actual more truly than in how we relate to each other, in how we make, sustain and are friends.”
-- James Ishmael Ford

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“Some people care too much. I think it's called love.”
“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”
“A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.”
“I don't think life offers any greater experience than the joyful sense of recognition when one finds in a new acquaintance a real friend, or when an old relationship deepens into friendship, or when one finds an old friendship intact despite the passage of years and many absences.”
“The less you talk, the more you're listened to.”

Source : "A Small Encounter With Abigail Van Buren" by Lea Lane, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 22, 2013.
“The holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.”
“Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.”
“In the spiritual life nowhere do our ideals meet the actual more truly than in how we relate to each other, in how we make, sustain and are friends.”
“Our spiritual life cannot be measured by success as the world measures it, but only by what God pours through us- and we cannot measure that at all”
“I've only paid lip service to a spiritual life.”

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