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80 Best Spiritual Quotes That Will Lift Up Your Soul

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Life can be a wild rollercoaster, with its thrilling highs and gut-wrenching lows.

Sometimes, we all need a little boost to lift our spirits and keep us chugging along.

Whether you’re dealing with a tough day, hunting for some inspiration, or just wanting to vibe with your inner self, a powerful quote can do wonders.

So, here are 80 of the best spiritual quotes that will touch your soul and help you see the world through a more enlightened lens.

These nuggets of wisdom come from spiritual leaders, philosophers, and deep thinkers who’ve dived into the mysteries of life and shared their profound insights.

Take a breather, kick back, and let these quotes fill your heart with hope, peace, and clarity.

The Best Spiritual Quotes

1. “The only journey is the one within.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

2. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

3. “What you seek is seeking you.” – Rumi

4. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama

5. “The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” – Caroline Myss

6. “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes around in another form.” – Rumi

7. “Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.” – Barbara Johnson

8. “Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” – Carl Jung

9. “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” – Buddha

10. “The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.” – Shakti Gawain

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11. “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde

12. “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” – Carl Jung

13. “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” – Rumi

14. “Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.” – Roy T. Bennett

15. “When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” – Rumi

16. “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” – Rumi

17. “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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18. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman

19. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

20. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu

21. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

22. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James

23. “The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.” – Chuck Palahniuk

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24. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

25. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde

26. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha

27. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

28. “The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” – Eden Phillpotts

29. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

30. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle

31. “The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.” – Native American Proverb

32. “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” – Carl Jung

33. “Spiritual progress is like a detoxification.” – Marianne Williamson

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34. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

35. “The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.” – Buddha

36. “You are the universe, expressing itself as a human for a little while.” – Eckhart Tolle

37. “Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again.” – Joseph Campbell

38. “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” – Dalai Lama

39. “When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.” – Rumi

40. “The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” – Ram Dass

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41. “To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti

42. “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can, and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” – Buddha

43. “The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” – Henry Miller

44. “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates

45. “The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.” – Dalai Lama

46. “The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love.” – Marianne Williamson

47. “We are all connected to each other, in a circle, in a hoop that never ends.” – Pocahontas

48. “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” – Francis Bacon

49. “Enlightenment is when a wave realizes it is the ocean.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

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50. “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato

51. “Spirituality does not come from religion. It comes from our soul.” – Anthony Douglas Williams

52. “You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” – C.S. Lewis

53. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

54. “He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.” – Marcus Aurelius

55. “The heart is the hub of all sacred places. Go there and roam.” – Nityananda

56. “The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.” – Daniel Defoe

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57. “Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.” – Dalai Lama

58. “The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it.” – Henri J.M. Nouwen

59. “The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.” – Deepak Chopra

60. “God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.” – Elbert Hubbard

61. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust

62. “We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are.” – Anais Nin

63. “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare

64. “The spiritual path is not about a set of beliefs, but about living beyond our limitations.” – Jaggi Vasudev

65. “We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.” – Buddha

66. “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” – Buddhist Proverb

67. “When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” – Lao Tzu

68. “He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.” – Lao Tzu

69. “You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.” – Eckhart Tolle

70. “Spirituality is not adopting more beliefs and assumptions but uncovering the best in you.” – Amit Ray

71. “We are all on a spiritual journey.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

72. “To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.” – Dalai Lama

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73. “Every morning, we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” – Buddha

74. “Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.” – Rumi

75. “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius

76. “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.” – Nikola Tesla

77. “The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.” – William James

78. “The whole universe is changing, and life itself is but what you deem it.” – Marcus Aurelius

79. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi

80. “Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor.” – Rumi

Once you’ve taken in these spiritual quotes about life, browse more quotes that’ll make you optimistic about the future.

These quotes are like little nuggets of wisdom, each one a reminder of the beauty and depth of the human spirit.

Whenever you need a lift, just revisit these words to reconnect with your inner self and the greater world around you.

Happy reading, and may your soul always feel uplifted!

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