Jill Scott Quotes

People don't realize I'm a very spiritual person.

Do not try to approach God with your thinking mind. It may only stimulate your intellectual ideas, activities, and beliefs. Try to approach God with your crying heart. It will awaken your soulful, spiritual consciousness.

I think deep down I'm spiritual, but there's nothing I practice.

I'm a spiritual person. I'm not very religious. I was raised Catholic, but I am influenced a lot by Buddhism and Hinduism.

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.

Spirituality - prayer - is a big part of my life.

I am a very spiritual person. Maybe not traditionally religious in terms of Sunday Mass every week, that sort of thing.

Religion and ritual can be vehicles for entering stillness. It says in Psalm 46:10, 'Be still, and know that I am God.' But they are still just vehicles. The Buddha called his teaching a raft: You don't need to carry it around with you after you've crossed the river.

I am a very spiritual person: I could say a Catholic with a strong underpinning of Zen.

I got started on my spiritual path when I was a kid. My mom taught me how to meditate and brought me to ashrams and spiritual circles.

I dabbled with faith, and I explored religion quite thoroughly.

I have never met an old saint who regretted having spent too much time in prayer, but I have met many who regretted having spent too little!

The Simple Path Silence is Prayer Prayer is Faith Faith is Love Love is Service The Fruit of Service is Peace

I meditate on God's life and I read the scriptures. I read something about Him, go through it and spend a lot of time by myself.

You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.

I'm not a New Age person, but I do believe in meditation, and for that reason I've always liked the Buddhist religion. When I've been to Japan, I've been to Buddhist temples and meditated, and I found that rewarding.

He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.

It was when my children were 5, 3 and 10 months old that I just felt the desperate need to get to know God through the pages of my Bible. And as a result, I started a Bible class in my city for the primary purpose of being in it.

I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.

I got that idea from being in India. I always like the chanting.

My hectic work schedule does not often permit me time to visit temples, but my conversations with God don't depend on idol worship. Inside my heart, I have developed and sustained a direct communication with Him.

I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years.

I hope I'm a spiritual person. I'm trying to be a spiritual person.

To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.

I was raised Presbyterian, but I'm not really going to church. I think the experience in meditation is pretty much where it's at for me.