Some of the most thought provoking quotes that speak to spiritual growth…
A more reasonable estimate of human costs and values will lead us to think that no labor is better expended than that which explores the way to the treasure-houses of the spirit, and shows mankind where to find those goods which are increased by being shared, and which none can take from us. -William Ralph Inge
For God has made no promises of mercy to the slothful and negligent. His mercy is only offered to our frail and imperfect, but best endeavors, to practice all manner of righteousness. - William Law
Thus men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up. - Henry David Thoreau
Low lie the bounding heart, the teeming brain
‘Til, sent from God, they mount to God again. - Henry Montague Butler
The Body as well as the spirit now yearns to tread the way of redemption that leads to Calvary. It too wants to expose itself to the scorching sun of God’s holiness. Formerly spiritualization was the goal, now it is rather the molding of the whole human life. The meaning of Christ’s incarnation for the Christian life on earth is being understood in a new light. - Josef Goldbrunner
Men are so accustomed to establish and defend their existence by violence, by bayonets, bullets, prisons and gallows, that it seems to them as if such an arrangement of life were not only normal, but were the only one possible. Yet it is just this arrangement and maintenance of the commonwealth by violence, that does most to hinder people from comprehending the causes of their sufferings, and consequently from being able to establish a true order. Leo Tolstoy
