Ari L. Goldman quotes

Ari L. Goldman quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Spirituality for me is the sum total of all the acts of my day.”
-- Ari L. Goldman

Source : Ari L. Goldman (1992). “The Search for God at Harvard”

#Spiritual Quotes #Soul Quotes #Spirituality Quotes

“Since one cannot visually experience the presence of the Supersoul, He appears before us as a liberated devotee. Such a spiritual master is none other than Krishna 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.”
“Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired (by passionate devotion to them) produces such an ecstasy that the buying of more books than one can peradventure read is nothing less than the soul reaching towards infinity ... we cherish books even if unread, their mere presence exudes comfort, their ready access, reassurance.”
“I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.”
“I held his gaze. I could see the storm in his eyes. I knew he was confused. I could see the fear. Then there was the love. I saw it. The fierceness in his eyes. I believed it. I could see it clearly. But it was too late now. The love wasn't enough. Everyone always said that love was enough. It wasn't. Not when your soul was shattered.”
“I just bared my soul to you and all I get is an â€˜okayâ€™?”
“A holy person is someone who is whole; who has, as it were, reconciled his opposites.”
“Courage is the hallmark of spirituality. Courage comes when you love yourself for who you are.”
“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.”

Source : Anatole France (2016). “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard”, p.186, Anatole France
“Love is difficult, because loving is not enough: We must, like God, ourselves be Love.”

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