“You are an infinite spiritual being having a temporary human experience.”
Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer
Henrik Larsson http://www.theredcard.ie/news/2006_03_01_archive.html
“You are an infinite spiritual being having a temporary human experience.”
Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer
Guy Finley (1949) American self-help writer, philosopher, and spiritual teacher, and former professional songwriter and musician
The Illusion of Limitation
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin (1881–1955) French philosopher and Jesuit priest
This is attributed to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in The Joy of Kindness (1993), by Robert J. Furey, p. 138; but it is attributed to G. I. Gurdjieff in Beyond Prophecies and Predictions: Everyone's Guide To The Coming Changes (1993) by Moira Timms, p. 62; neither cite a source. It was widely popularized by Wayne Dyer, who often quotes it in his presentations, crediting it to Chardin, as does Stephen Covey in Living the 7 Habits : Stories of Courage and Inspiration (2000), p. 47. Such statements could be considered paraphrases of Hegel's dictum that matter is spirit fallen into a state of self-otherness. Or any number of thousands of similarly vague quotes by hundreds of predecessors.
Disputed
Variant: We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
Variant: We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Vanessa L. Williams (1963) American actress, singer and former Miss America
Vanessa Williams reflects on motherhood, struggle and stardom (May 9, 2012)
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 22
Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
Source: I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame
Enoch Powell (1912–1998) British politician
When asked by David Frost if he were a racialist (3 January 1969), from Simon Heffer, Like the Roman. The Life of Enoch Powell (Phoenix, 1999), p. 504.
1960s