Quotes about Meditation

Solitude sometimes is best society.

Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.

We need to attend diligently to the state of our soul, and to deal fervently and effectively with God about it.

Thinking is one of the important ways that we put the fuel of knowledge on the fires of worship and service to the world.

the main reason God has given us minds is that we might seek out and find all the reasons that exist for treasuring him in all things and above all things.

Let us labor to memorize the Word of God--for worship and for warfare. If we do not carry it in our heads, we cannot savor it in our hearts or wield it in the Spirit.

1) Singing can help us remember words, which means that we should use melodies that are effective, sing words that God wants us to remember

God's gift of understanding is through thinking, not instead of thinking.

O come with me to the Word of God! If this way of carrying it with you does not work for you, then find your own way. Whatever it costs, do not read it and leave it. It transforms us by its presence in our minds, not by staying on the bedside table.

Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing Him more than yourself, or any other creature. In order to do this attend strictly to the sense of what you sing, and see that your heart is not carried away with the sound, but offered to God continually; so shall your singing be such as the Lord will approve here, and reward you when he cometh in the clouds of heaven.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

Men are changed in accordance with what they contemplate.