Quotes about Reflection
Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
— Teresa of Avila
I have so much to do that I spend several hours in prayer before I am able to do it.
— John Wesley
Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.
— Laurence Sterne
It's not my business to try and make God think like me... but to try, in prayer and penitence, to think like God.
— AW Tozer
I've practiced centering prayer. I've contemplatively prayed. I've prayed liturgically... I've benefited from each, and I still do. In ways you'll see, elements of each style are still with me.
— Larry Crabb
A lot of the shadow self is the home of poetry, story, prayer. My deepest understandings are often released from the part of me of which I am least aware most of the time.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.
— Mahatma Gandhi
If your prayer is selfish, the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all, but it is sure to be there.
— William Temple
Our true character comes out in the way we pray.
— Oswald Chambers
Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
— Jimmy Carter
The world was made partly that there may be prayer; partly that our prayers might be answered.
— CS Lewis
Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something.
— Henri Nouwen