Quotes about Reflection
Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
— John of the Cross
Prayer does not change God; it changes me.
— CS Lewis
The richness of God's Word ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
You have to listen to the one who calls you beloved. That has to be affirmed over and over again. That is prayer - listening to the voice of the one who calls you "the beloved."
— Henri Nouwen
In vocal prayer we go to God on foot. In meditation we go to God on horseback. In contemplation we go to God in a jet.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise.
— Charles Spurgeon
God's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamour.
— Charles Stanley
What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.
— Max Lucado
Prayer is no substitute for work; equally true is it that work is no substitute for prayer.
— Leonard Ravenhill
The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often we pray them as our own, the more simple and rich will our prayer become.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
When we become too glib in prayer we are most surely talking to ourselves.
— AW Tozer
Prayer shouldn't be casual or sporadic, dictated only by the needs of the moment. Prayer should be as much a part of our lives as breathing.
— Billy Graham