Quotes about Meditation
Silence gives us a new outlook on everything. We need silence to be able to touch souls. The essential thing is not what we say but what God says to us and through us.
- Mother Teresa
Let us allow ourselves to be 'infected' by St. Joseph's silence! We need it greatly, in a world that is often too noisy, that does not favor meditation or listening to the voice of God.
- Pope Benedict XVI
Reflected peace is the proof that you are right with God because you are at liberty to turn your mind to Him.
- Oswald Chambers
I DO not count the hours I spend In wandering by the sea; The forest is my loyal friend, Like God it useth me.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Think of God more often than you breathe.
- Epictetus
It is not when I am going to meet him, but when I am just turning away and leaving him alone, that I discover what God is. I say, God. I am not sure that that is the name. You will know what I mean.
- Henry David Thoreau
It is a very important consideration that we are consecrated and dedicated to God; it means that we may think, speak, meditate, or do anything only with a view to his glory.
- John Calvin
I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call and invite God and his angels thither.
- John Donne
One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called 'spiritual mindlessness.'
- John Ortberg
I get through the tough times through prayer and meditation. And I have really good friends and family, and a great therapist.
- Kerry Washington