Quotes about Meditation
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.
— St. Augustine
Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit for without being seen, they are present with you.
— Francis de Sales
To saints their very slumber is a prayer.
— Saint Jerome
To restore silence is the role of objects.
— Samuel Beckett
M]ake much of the written word, and pray to God to copy his Bible in your conscience, and write a new book of his doctrine in your hearts.
— Samuel Rutherford
A man becomes what he thinks about most of the time
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The more we read God's truths and let truth fill our minds, the less time we'll spend contemplating untruths.
— Lysa TerKeurst
The Bible does not thrill; the Bible nourishes. Give time to the reading of the Bible and the recreating effect is as real as that of fresh air physically.
— Oswald Chambers
We must slow down to a human tempo and we'll begin to have time to listen.
— Thomas Merton
My longings are best met when, in prayer, I simply let my heart beat in time with the Lord's.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
I have so many things to do today, I dare not ignore my time with God.
— Martin Luther
If we are to be just like Jesus, we must have regular time of talking to God and listening to his Word.
— Max Lucado