Quotes about Reflection

You are not the only one who has spent the night in reflection. The final festival of the spring season is this coming Sabbath, fifty days after Passover. In Hebrew it is called Shavuot, though many now call it by its Greek name, Pentecost. It marks the end of the spring harvest, and the day carries a divine purpose. We are called to draw near to the throne of God, to receive an earthly foretaste of the splendor to come.

His eyes fixed on mine for an instant, then he turned back to the fire.

Goin' to the altar. I mean, do ya feel different, or anything?" "Well, it ain't the goin' to the altar," said Willie. I had the feelin' that he was repeatin' what the preacher had said. "It's the prayin' thet makes the difference

When they were done, the stones lay heaped upon the still form. The crowd dispersed like crows flying from empty bones. The elders picked up their robes and walked away. The mob was now silent. No one met the gaze of his neighbor. They drifted away, until only Ezra stood at one side, Saul on the other.

Treasure the moments, her heart whispered. If you don't learn to treasure the moments, you'll never be able to treasure the memories.

I've got so much work to do today, I'd better spend two hours in prayer instead of one.

Too often we treat prayer as the preparation for the work of the church. Do you not see? Prayer IS the work of the church.

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Don't try to write through it, to force it. Many do, but that won't work. Just wait, it will come.

I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.

The real harvest of life is the outworking of the internal. If there's nothing in there, there's nothing to work out.

The first demand any work of art makes upon us is to surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself out of the way.

What began the change was the very writing itself. Let no one lightly set about such a work. Memory, once waked, will play the tyrant.