Quotes about Reflection

One of the great illusions of our day is that hurrying will buy us more time.

We have largely traded wisdom for information, depth for breadth. We want to microwave maturity.

But to grow spiritually means to live increasingly as Jesus would in our unique place—to perceive what Jesus would perceive if he looked through our eyes, to think what he would think, to feel what he would feel, and therefore to do what he would do.

We need to attend diligently to the state of our soul, and to deal fervently and effectively with God about it.

He that hath slight thoughts of sin never had great thoughts of God.

Ignatius, when he heard the clock strike, would say, "Now I have another hour to answer for." (Eph. 5:16)

To make them feel good about themselves when they were made to feel good about seeing God is like taking someone to the Alps and locking them in a room full of mirrors.

I count myself as one of the number of those who learn as they write and write as they learn.

Most of your unhappiness in life comes from the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself.

This sounds very strange. Most of us think serving God is a totally positive thing; we have not considered that serving God may be an insult to him.

Knowing and thinking exist for the sake of love -- for the sake of building people up in faith. Thinking that produces pride instead of love is not true thinking.

A godly life is lived out of an astonished heart—a heart that is astonished at grace.