Quotes about Meditation
Fasting and prayer are common injunctions in my religion.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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.
— John Calvin
I believe in prayer and in strong belief.
— Tina Turner
Prayer turns theology into experience.
— Timothy Keller
If we rely on the Holy Spirit, we shall find that our prayers become more and more inarticulate; and when they are inarticulate, reverence grows deeper and deeper.
— Oswald Chambers
The more we can give in our silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life.
— Mother Teresa
Worship and intercession must go together, the one is impossible without the other. Intercession means that we rouse ourselves up to get the mind of Christ about the one for whom we pray.
— Oswald Chambers
The more you praise, the more vigor you will have for prayer; and the more you pray, the more matter you will have for praise.
— JI Packer
Prayer draws us near to our own souls.
— Herman Melville
The Lord speaks to us through the Scriptures and in our prayer. Let us learn to keep silence before him, as we meditate upon the Gospel.
— Pope Francis
If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer.
— Philip Yancey
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