Quotes about Transcendence

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.

Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.

In vocal prayer we go to God on foot. In meditation we go to God on horseback. In contemplation we go to God in a jet.

All earth-born hopes with time must pass away; prayer grasps eternal things; pray, always pray.

If by losing the spirit of prayer, you mean losing the heavenly sensations of deep devotion, I am afraid that does not matter a scrap.

If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine.

The wings of prayer carry high and far.

Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is our home.

But trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home.

So long as your eyes remain set upon the things of this world, your acts will lead to earthbound results.

Life belongs to man, but the meaning of life is beyond him.

Heaven is not here, it's There. If we were given all we wanted here our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next. God is forever luring us up and away from this one, wooing us to Himself and His still invisible Kingdom, where we will certainly find what we so keenly long for.