248 Quotes by Thomas Moore

For our lives, incarnation means being focused on the spiritual and the eternal but bringing that focus deep into our life. … This is really the heart of the Christmas theological message: Live in two worlds that overlap but are distinct. Don’t be materialistic, but don’t sacrifice our ordinary physical life for any spiritual ideal. Be lowly and lofty.

A small amount of good literature can often teach more about the inner life than volumes of psychology.

Spring and AutumnEvery season hath its pleasures;Spring may boast her flowery prime,Yet the vineyard's ruby treasuresBrighten Autumn's sob'rer time.

It is in the nature of things to be drawn to the very experiences that will spoil our innocence, transform our lives, and give us necessary complexity and depth.

I’m interested in this humbler approach, one that is more accepting of human foibles, and indeed sees dignity and peace as emerging more from that acceptance than from any method of transcending the human condition.

Christina is one of those people swamped by her emotions, clouded by what Jung might call "anima moods"...unable to breath and see the greater picture of her life, a way of understanding events, and a list of priorities --- her own livable value system. Such a philosophy of life would be a spiritual achievement for her. Just as a formal religion might offer a bigger picture, a personal philosophy can also help.

Gnostic tales tell of the homesickness of the soul, its yearning for its own milieu…

Soul...It lies embedded in your struggles and pleasures, in our ordinary circumstances and relationships, and in the emotions and fantasies that lie deep.

When soul is neglected, it doesn't just go away;it appears symptomatically in obsessions, addictions,violence, and loss of meaning.