Quotes about Inner

Second, we chose to believe Christ is already within us, and we remind ourselves of this marvel. The springs of life well up from within.

To be clear, I am not listening for an audible voice, as I would if you and I were talking. I am listening for his gentle voice within, for that is where Jesus dwells—within our very hearts (Eph. 3:17).

A man's heart reflects the man... Proverbs 27:19

The outer life we live from ought (I ought to do this) rather than from desire (I want to do this) and management substitutes for mystery.

We lack faith in *what* exists within us because we lack faith in *Who* exists within us.

We always have the necessary resources to face the storms that life throws at us, but most of the time, those resources are locked up in the depths of our heart and we waste an enormous amount of time trying to find them. By the time we've found them, we already been defeated by adversity.

Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height.

The only devils in this world are those running around in our own hearts, and that is where all our battles should be fought.

Then MacDonald writes this insightful line: "that the same God who is in us, . . . also is all about us—inside, the Spirit; outside, the Word. And the two are ever trying to meet in us.

When we give vent to the soul, to try what grace is there, corruption comes out; and when we search for corruption, grace appears. So

Peace comes with forgiveness. And sometimes forgiveness must be earned—not from other men, but from our own hearts and spirits.

If we have not quiet in our own minds, outward comforts will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.