Quotes about Spiritual Reflection
The words of this Book have a way of filling in the missing pieces, of bridging the gaps, of turning the tarnished colors of our life to jewel-like brilliance. Learn to take your every problem to the Bible. Within its pages you will find the correct answer.
— Billy Graham
Wherever a great soul utters its thoughts, there is Golgatha.
— Heinrich Heine
Most of the great books on prayer are written by 'experts' - monks, missionaries, mystics, saints. I've read scores of them, and mainly they make me feel guilty.
— Philip Yancey
In a sense, I wrote the book about Jesus that I wanted to read.
— Jay Parini
Reading is of great service towards procuring recollection in any one who proceeds in this way; and it is even necessary for him, however little it may be that he reads, if only as a substitute for the mental prayer which is beyond his reach.
— Teresa of Avila
A true prayer is an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty.
— Charles Spurgeon
Truth is I don't think God on a daily basis. I think politics, science.
— Peter Mullan
It is easier for us to get to know God than to know our own soul...God is nearer to us than our soul, for He is the ground in which it stands...so if we want to know our own soul, and enjoy its fellowship, it is necessary to seek it in our Lord God.
— Julian of Norwich
the beholding of Him, and generally of all His works. For they are full good; and all His doings are easy and sweet,
— Julian of Norwich
Lifting your eyes from the things of this world is an activity that must begin WHERE YOU ARE.
— KP Yohannan
Every year that we grow in the Lord, Jesus Christ looms larger and greater in our eyes.
— Frank Viola
If there is a disease in the preaching that I hear most often, it's not that what the minister says is wrong. It's that it is just too small.
— Fred Craddock