Quotes about Meditation

By my intimacy with nature I find myself withdrawn from man. My interest in the sun and the moon, in the morning and the evening, compels me to solitude.

The unconsciousness of man is the consciousness of God.

Get into the Word regularly (John 17:17).

What canst thou see elsewhere which thou canst not see here? Behold the heaven and the earth and all the elements; for of these are all things created.

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying, or meditating, or endeavoring something for the public good.

Look at our fathers in the old days, living masterpieces as they are and shining examples of true religion; and see how feeble our own achievement is, almost nothing. Heaven help us, what is our life in comparison with theirs? Holy people these, true friends of Christ, that could go hungry and thirsty in God's service; cold and ill-clad, worn out with labors and vigils and fasting, with praying and meditating on holy things, with all the persecutions and insults they endured.

Many things there are to know which profiteth little or nothing to the soul.

Be faithful to your secret place, and it will become your closest friend and bring you much comfort. In silence and stillness a devout person grows spiritually and learns the hidden things of the Bible. Tears shed there bring cleansing. God draws near to the one who withdraws for a while. It is better for you to look after yourself this way in private than to perform wonders in public while neglecting your soul.

O quam salubre, quam iucundum et suave est sedere in solitudine et tacere et loqui cum Deo!

But let us lay the axe to the very root of our life, that, being cleansed from affections, we may possess our souls in peace.

Seek a suitable time for thy meditation, and think frequently of the mercies of God to thee.

Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.