Quotes about Reflection
What are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend?
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Prayer turns theology into experience.
— Timothy Keller
The more we can give in our silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life.
— Mother Teresa
Prayer draws us near to our own souls.
— Herman Melville
In my prayers I never said I needed a home. I said I wanted a sanctuary.
— Mary Anne Radmacher
If by losing the spirit of prayer, you mean losing the heavenly sensations of deep devotion, I am afraid that does not matter a scrap.
— Evelyn Underhill
There is no music like a little river's . . . It takes the mind out-of-doors . . . and . . . it quiets a man down like saying his prayers.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine.
— Johannes Tauler
Scriptures were just words on a page and my prayers failed to lift.
— Lynn Austin
Use "breath prayers" throughout the day, as many Christians have done for centuries. You choose a brief sentence or a simple phrase that can be repeated to Jesus in one breath: "You are with me."
— Rick Warren
Prayer is in all things, in all gestures.
— Mother Teresa
Purity is the fruit of prayer.
— Mother Teresa