If you are on an honest journey to find yourself, you'll find God.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that the pursuit of self-discovery leads to a deeper understanding of spirituality or a connection with the divine.
Martin Sheen's quote emphasizes the significance of personal integrity and self-exploration in the journey of life. It suggests that those who genuinely seek to understand their true selves will inevitably encounter profound spiritual truths, often interpreted as finding God. This journey is portrayed as one that requires honesty and introspection, which can lead to a fulfilling and transcendent experience.
In practice
In a personal development workshop to inspire participants to be true to themselves.
Childhood hunger in America is as much a paradox as it is a tragedy. Why, in the wealthiest country in the world, should hunger darken the lives and dreams of 12 million children and their families? I believe that, when Americans learn the facts and understand how their involvement can make a difference, banishing childhood hunger will be a national, local and personal priority.
While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive.
I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given.
When I reached adulthood, even now, I could afford to belong to a country club. But I could never belong to a private club because of my experience as a child, because it would isolate me from the whole of humanity.
Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.
My recovery is the single greatest accomplishment of my life. Without that, the rest of my life would have fallen apart.
There are people who so arrange their lives that they feed themselves only on side dishes.
Humanity cannot afford to muddle through the rest of the twentieth century; the risks are too great, and the stakes are too high. This may be the last opportunity to choose our own and our descendants’ destiny. Failing to choose or making the wrong choices may lead to catastrophe. But it must never be forgotten that the right choices could lead to a much better world.
Vastly more important than all questions with regard to methods of preaching is the root question as to what it is that shall be preached.
The essence of the liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held; instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.
In Canada, there's a surprising worship of managerialism versus ownership and wealth creation. There's a real problem in this country with believing that management is the answer to our problems.
The most important thing in my life is Christ. He’s more important to me than winning or losing or whether I’m playing or not. Everything else is just a bonus.
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