In the mental calmness of a spiritual life, I have found that the answers to the whys in our lives are able to come to you. In my music I find the same thing. – Clarence Clemons
I don’t think atheism means one does not believe in a spiritual life. I think it means one does not follow the tenets of the established religions. – Amanda Donohoe
I have a cousin who is a spiritual advisor for Native veterans in Canada, so I’m very familiar with the history of Natives in the military. And growing up as an American Indian myself, the story of Ira Hayes is one that is often told. – Adam Beach
Sometime during the mid-50s I said, ‘I am an artist.’ Before that, for many years, I had said, ‘I’m going to be an artist.’ Then I went through a change of mind and a change of heart. What made ‘going to be an artist’ into ‘being an artist’, was, in part, a spiritual change. – Jasper Johns
All four elements were happening in equal measure – the cuisine, the wine, the service, and the overall ambience. It taught me that dining could happen at a spiritual level. – Charlie Trotter
There is something more spiritual to us than what we are on this earth, but how you access it I’m not sure. – Johnny Vegas
A stable and nurturing childhood is essential for the healthy psycho-emotional and spiritual development of a human being. While we may understand what is supposed to happen to us physically, we must begin to better understand what happens to children mentally, emotionally and spiritually as a result of the families into which they are born. – Iyanla Vanzant
I’m just telling you, God permits things in our lives sometimes for reasons that we do not understand yet because of the spiritual level that we’re on. We can’t have any understanding of it, because we’re not at a place of spiritual growth yet where we understand the deeper things of God. – Joyce Meyer
I think a lot of my fans are anxious for more than just my singles. They know I’m a dreamer. They know I’m someone who is real spiritual. I love to have fun, and I always have fun songs – songs you can party to. But I also always have songs you can live to, that when you’re depressed, it may lift your spirits up. – Big Sean
Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health. – Joseph B. Wirthlin
It’s not listed in the Bible, but my spiritual gift, my specific calling from God, is to be a television talk-show host. – Jim Bakker
If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race. – Abraham Cahan
I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing. – Jeannette Walls
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of my all-time favorite writers. I feel spiritual when reading his words, even though they’re translated. I wish desperately that I could read it in its original language. I already feel like I’m going to church when I read him; imagine if I could read it in the original. – Conor Oberst
My films often have a spiritual dimension which comes from my Muslim background, and I’m happy to tackle that in cinema. – Asif Kapadia
Prayer is a method practised from ancient days, so it’s very important for us to maintain a spiritual connection, something that people, gladiators would do years ago, so we’re just maintaining that routine. – Anthony Joshua
I’m not a religious person; I’m more of a spiritual person, so I follow the rules of the Bible that coordinate with and connect with the Hebrew culture. – Amar’e Stoudemire
I see my role as a scholar announcing that women’s feelings of unworthiness and insecurity often may be traced to training in a male-oriented religion, and I’m trying to investigate a richer spiritual life for both sexes. – Barbara G. Walker
I don’t think I ever once heard Mum utter a religious or spiritual sentiment, a considerable feat considering that she was married for 57 years to one of the most prominent Catholics in the country. – Christopher Buckley
Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values. – Bridget Riley
Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else. – Beverly Sills
One of the most extraordinary things about being a spiritual teacher is the rare privilege of being able to look deeply into the very souls of many human beings at the same time. – Andrew Cohen
A lot of people in spiritual life use the awareness of difference, and the spiritual glorification of difference, as a justification to indulge in that which is ultimately unreal. – Andrew Cohen
I could never call myself an atheist; my parents could, quite happily. I always felt like there was a little bit more out there, and was always into observing the world from a slightly more spiritual, as opposed to scientific, perspective. – Alex Clare
I really think that’s the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can have confidence in a better tomorrow. – Carol Moseley Braun
I’ve always had questions about how things work and why it was that way. From all kinds of perspectives, from the physical to the spiritual. – Ayelet Zurer
We’re confronted with great darkness as a species right now as spiritual creatures on this planet. I don’t think it’s hopeless, and I don’t want ‘You’ve Never Seen Everything’ to make people feel hopeless. But I think we’ve got to call a spade a spade. – Bruce Cockburn