Soul Searching Quotes

Dwelling on the past is like dragging a boat over dry land.

~ Sheila M. Burke

Taoism is simply the complete acceptance of yourself as you are right in this moment. It's about rolling with the changes, whether they are perceived as good or bad. Tao reminds us to live life through good actions (important for past karma and karma you are presently creating); through practicing things that engage our mind, body, and spirit.

~ Sheila M. Burke

You have the power to change the happiness level in someone’s life and in the process you change your mind-set and the level of your own happiness. Practicing kindness and compassion will change your life, your environment, your outlook on your future, and how you view what has happened in your past.

~ Sheila M. Burke

When the ego is in the driver’s seat, we judge. When our spirit, our authentic self, is in control, we practice listening (without judging), compassion, and love

~ Sheila M. Burke

It’s about letting yourself feel, but not wallow; it’s about leaning into love, not fear, as the preferred force in your life.

~ Sheila M. Burke

When you change the way you feel, it changes the way you think. When you change the way you think, you change the way you deal with everything in life.

~ Sheila M. Burke

Everything is in the root. If you pick the weed without getting the root out of the soil, be assured, it is going to grow back.

~ Sheila M. Burke

Sometimes you’re going to shine like the sun; sometimes you’re going to crumble to pieces. Either way, it’s okay.

~ Sheila M. Burke

You know that you won’t remain Centered all the time, and it is a normal part of human life to drift left or right of Center sometimes.

~ Sheila M. Burke

The expensive car you bought doesn’t matter, but the way you treated the sales man did.

~ Sheila Burke

When the ego is in the driver’s seat, we judge. When our spirit, our authentic self, is in control, we practice listening (without judging), compassion, and love.

~ Sheila Burke

When I think of Tao, I think of the artist Bob Ross and his famous painting techniques. I can hear him say, “It’s your tree, you can make it look any way you want to.

~ Sheila Burke

Enlightenment arrives like a thief in the middle of the dark night of the soul.

~ Stefan Emunds

However, one day, this shallow living will not be enough for you. You are gifted with a questioning mind that will marvel at the deepest parts of the world around you. It will crave divine understanding because you are part of the divine whole, and it is the nature of the soul to seek to return to its spiritual state.

~ Grace Sara

Never forget that there is a soul within you, which loves you very much ,only because it's you.

~ Munia Khan

Fairy tales and stories of fantasy bridge the gap and inspires the heart and mind wherever religious thought reaches its limits or meets a dead end. In other words, fairy tales are spiritual in nature, rising above set dogmas and traditions to provide a modern and universal spiritual nourishment for the human soul.

~ Alaric Hutchinson

Even if I don't have wings to fly, I'll close my eyes and open my heart; then I'll make love my wings and hope the winds that give me flight.

~ Imania Margria

The heart is a rare, unique treasure because it is strong and vulnerable at the same time. It is strong in its persistence to sustain life, yet it is vulnerable to both emotional and physical wounds.

~ Imania Margria

Death, like so much in life, is a lesson, which must be understood and cherished, not feared; it is a rite of passage we all must encounter at one time or another; it helps build our character and makes us stronger if we can endure its painful aftermath.

~ Imania Margria

Our past is what molds us into the person we are today. It does not define us.

~ Imania Margria

It has been passed down in many texts of old and by the word of mouth; that no matter the strength of the weapons of man, there is only one thing powerful enough to defeat them all... The power of love.

~ Imania Margria

Sometimes you just have to find the majesty in yourself and other things to truly appreciate life.

~ Imania Margria

Brilliance some are born with it, but others create it over time. It lightens the foulest of hearts and pierces the darkest of nights to lead us on the right path of our future destinies.

~ Imania Margria

Let the beauty radiate from inside your heart to the outside world.

~ Imania Margria

Secrets are a part of life. Their mysteries make our world beautiful. Their depths inspire our hearts, intrigue our minds, and embrace our very souls.

~ Imania Margria

As I explored my soul, now I know I have survived schizophrenia; hearing voices, reduced social engagement, emotional expression and lack of motivation.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Into the wind we vary,Our hearts free of youth,Mold me into envy,If I can’t have your muse;Under toe,Walk to the throne,After centuries of life.

~ Adrianna Stepiano

I don't believe everything happens for a reason. But I still search for reasons anyway. It's like I don't want to admit that maybe everything really is totally random...that people are just molecules in the air, bumping into each other and floating away again.-p150, NOTES TO SELF

~ Avery Sawyer

If the whole world is in a rush and people are out of step with themselves, they fail to catch that quirky aura and that special quality of life that feeds our soul-searching frame of mind and that builds a coveted haven, giving recognition and self-reliance. (The unbearable heaviness of being”)

~ Erik Pevernagie

The soul is a cloister, its parameters frame both realized and failed dreams.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

The things I carry are my thoughts. That's it. They are the only weight. My thoughts determine whether I am free and light or burdened.

~ Kamal Ravikant

I slept under the moonlight and set my soul free, caged within jars like fireflies.

~ Prajakta Mhadnak

I wish to offer the world more than just beauty and plastic moments. I wish to offer the world depth, conversation, poetry and wisdom. I hope you do not deny me when I open these doors.

~ Maria Elena

There is one truth that we all are born with, The Death. In between the birth and the death, we are given an opportunity to seek the source of the ultimate truth. But the distractions and our ego often limits our existence to our shape and intellect, which grows with time but just like desires to live more.

~ Ankitmishra

Where does your soul walk?

~ Seth Adam Smith

The ongoing struggle to achieve a profound harmony between the deepest and most conflicting impulses of human beings instates the murkiness of my soul. The battle against the amorphousness of sin and depravity, and seeking unity and clarity, trace their origins to the primeval fire that launched humanity. This ancient warfare for control of the soul allows me to create myself. Because of the primordial inconsistences between ecstasy and reason, I am the repentant artist of my being. I am a beardless, sensuous, and androgynous sculptor, the redeemer and the transformer of my naked self.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Give yourself permission to let it hurt but also allow yourself the permission to let it heal.

~ Nikki Rowe

You’re an immortal, divine being. A little god, and yet, you toil like a slave. Isn’t that hilarious?

~ Stefan Emunds

How many infinite lives have been lived since man first had consciousness or awareness of his soul?And how many of those souls have stared up at the stars in wonder; pondered the meaning of their existence, the meaning of life, the thoughts of their ancestors, dreamed of the futures of his offspring and the purpose of all that is man?How long will we wander before the truth is found?

~ Morris R. Gates

The word pneuma (breath) shares its origins with the word psyche; they are both considered words for soul. So when there is song in a tale or mythos, we know that the gods are being called upon to breathe their wisdom and power into the matter at hand. We know then that the forces are at work in the spirit world, busy crafting soul.

~ Clarissa Pinkola Estés