Quotes about Spirituality
What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer.
— JC Ryle
Prayer is an expression of who we are...We are a living incompleteness. We are a gap, an emptiness that calls for fulfillment.
— Thomas Merton
God does not lead all His servants by one road, nor in one way, nor at one time; for God is in all things; and that man is not serving God aright, who can only serve Him in his own self-chosen way.
— Johannes Tauler
All that a Christian does, even in eating and sleeping, is prayer, when it is done in simplicity, according to the order of God, without either adding to or diminishing from it by his own choice.
— John Wesley
The most fervent prayer meetings are in hell.
— Leonard Ravenhill
Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God's presence
— Brother Lawrence
Prayer that runs its course till the last day of life needs a strong and tranquil soul.
— Clement of Alexandria
Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
— John of the Cross
Prayer does not change God; it changes me.
— CS Lewis
Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Prayer is the breath of life to our soul; holiness is impossible without it
— Mother Teresa
Real prayer is communion with God.
— AW Pink