Quotes about Reflection
What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?
— Thomas Merton
Spiritual maturity does not mean that we will never make wrong plans. In fact, spiritual maturity often means having the courage to admit we've made the wrong plans.
— Beth Moore
The soul never thinks without a picture.
— Aristotle
Self-emptiness prepares us for spiritual fullness.
— Richard Sibbes
Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body.
— John Henry Newman
In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
— St. Augustine
If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies.
— Albert Einstein
Forgiveness is the Most Powerful thing you can Do for Yourself on the Spiritual Path.
— Wayne Dyer
Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
— Bill Hybels
The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of loneliness and to change it by gentle and persistent efforts into a garden of solitude.
— Henri Nouwen
Fasting is not just a physical discipline; it can be a spiritual feast.
— Jentezen Franklin