Quotes about Reflection

Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.

It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

The suffering we bring on ourselves, we can ask to be taken away from us once we repent of it. The suffering sent to instruct us, we can ask for the strength to endure, and the humbleness to be instructed.

We must resist wandering thoughts in prayer.Raising our hands reminds us that we need to raise up our minds to God,setting aside all irrelevant thoughts.

He who neglects to pray alone and in private, however assiduously he frequents public meetings, there gives his prayers to the wind.

He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts.

Therefore, in reading profane authors, the admirable light of truth displayed in them should remind us, that the human mind, however much fallen and perverted from its original integrity, is still adorned and invested with admirable gifts from its Creator. If we reflect that the Spirit of God is the only fountain of truth, we will be careful, as we would avoid offering insult to him, not to reject or condemn truth wherever it appears. In despising the gifts, we insult the Giver.

Men in prayer give greater license to their unlawful desires than if they were telling jocular tales among their equals.

Would the Lord have dressed the flowers with a beauty that runs freely to meet our eyes if it were wrong to be moved by such beauty? Would He have endowed them with so sweet a fragrance that flows freely into our nostrils if it were wrong to be moved by the pleasantness of such fragrance?

It is a beastly business when people start eating without prayer, and when they are full, they run out without as much as mentioning God's name.

We unlearn the art of speaking well when we cease to speak with God.