Inner Life – Quotes

You must develop a

You must develop a rich inner life to enjoy life altogether. Gabrielle Bernstein

Please allow me to wipe the slate clean. Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant to the passage of time. Our inner lives are eternal, which is to say that our spirits remain as youthful and vigorous as when we were in full bloom. Think … Read more

That which is easy

That which is easy is bad for your inner life. G. I. Gurdjieff

After all it is

After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life. Evelyn Underhill

The fact is I

The fact is I don’t lead a simple enough inner life. I indulge in excesses, bacchanalia of the spirit. Perhaps I identify too much with everything I read and study. Someone like Dostoevsky still shatters me. Etty Hillesum

To live fully, outwardly

To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality for the sake of the inner life, or the reverse, that’s quite a task Etty Hillesum

I do believe it

I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one’s inner life. And that too is a deed. Etty Hillesum

If you can understand

If you can understand the inner life, then you can wear the uniform, the tattoos, or whatnot and realize that the things that are different about us become superficial. Ethan Hawke

Poetry is the inner

Poetry is the inner life of a culture, its nervous system, its deepest way of imagining the world. A culture that ignores its poets, chokes off its nervous system and becomes mortally ill. Erica Jong

Teaching is almost like

Teaching is almost like an act of prayer for me. I feel that I am present at the intersection of people and ideas in a very holy way. There are not many places where successful adults can take a break from work or domestic issues and freely and safely explore their inner lives or global … Read more