Quotes about Reflection
We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
— Calvin Coolidge
We do not drift into spiritual life or disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray.
— DA Carson
spiritual exercises whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection.
— Ignatius of Loyola
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