Quotes about Reflection
However, many books, Wise men have said, are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge, As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
— John Milton
Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.
— John Newton
Pride moves us to bow down before a mirror rather than before God.
— John Ortberg
Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
— John Ortberg
Author Evelyn Waugh was a Catholic who fell pretty woefully short of his faith's standards. Somebody asked Waugh one time, "How can you call yourself a Catholic and be so badly behaved, so mean, such a jerk, so spiteful?" Waugh responded, "Just imagine me if I were not a Catholic." And
— John Ortberg
Whatever repeatedly enters the mind occupies the mind, eventually shapes the mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
— John Ortberg
The issue when it comes to meditation is what, not if. The mind observes the impulse to meditate the way the body observes the law of gravity. Scripture has a lot to say about meditating wisely. The psalmist talks about the fruitful person as one whose "delight is in the law of the
— John Ortberg
He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone. DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
— John Ortberg
I remember how at night I didn't have slow, sweet talks, but merely rushed the children to bed so I could have more time to myself.
— John Ortberg
C. S. Lewis wrote that in prayer we must "lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.
— John Ortberg
In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim.
— John Owen
By beholding the glory of Christ by faith we shall find rest to our souls. Our minds are apt to be filled with troubles, fears, cares, dangers, distresses, ungoverned passion and lusts. By these our thoughts are filled with chaos, darkness and confusion. But where the soul is fixed on the glory of Christ then the mind finds rest and peace for to be spiritually minded is peace (Rom. 8:6).
— John Owen