Quotes about Introspection
The true knowing, living Christian complains more frequently and more bitterly of the wants and woes within him, than without him(55).
— Richard Baxter
O]ur applications are quicker about our sufferings, than our sins(77)[.]
— Richard Baxter
what a silly, frail, and forward pieces are the best of men (647)!
— Richard Baxter
He also came to realize that he had been so busy attempting to do things for God he had not spent time enjoying fellowship with God.
— Richard Blackaby
If we won't be serious about dealing with our sin,we cannot expect to grow in our faith. If you want to move to a new level with God,take an inventory of what God has told you about your sin and consider what you've been doing about it.
— Richard Blackaby
You cannot heal what you do not first acknowledge.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
You can unlock spiritual things only from within.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Francis's all-night prayer, "Who are you, O God, and who am I?" is probably a perfect prayer, because it is the most honest prayer we can offer.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Do not get rid of your hurts until you have learned all that they have to teach you.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
The most courageous thing we will ever do is to bear humbly the mystery of our own reality.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
It is the struggle with darkness and grief that educates the male soul.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
We mend and renew the world by strengthening inside ourselves what we seek outside ourselves, and not by demanding it of others or trying to force it on others.
— Fr. Richard Rohr