Quotes about Meditation
most of our human problems come because we don't know how to sit still in our room for an hour. — Leighton Ford
— Peter Scazzero
be still, and know that [he is] God" (Psalm 46:10)
— Peter Scazzero
As the wise, old Abbot Moses said when a brother came to him for a good word, "Go, sit in your cell [a monk's room], and your cell will teach you everything.
— Peter Scazzero
If man is man and God is God, to live without prayer is not merely an awful thing: it is an infinitely foolish thing.
— Phillips Brooks
True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is far deeper than that - it is spiritual transaction with the Creator of Heaven and Earth.
— Charles Spurgeon
As all of us are only too aware, the loud and frantic voices of the outer world easily drown out the small, still loving voice within.
— Marianne Williamson
I am Shiva — this is the great meditation of the yogis in the Himalayas . . . Heaven and hell are within us, and all the gods are within us . . . all the gods, all the heavens, all the worlds, are within us.
— Joseph Campbell
I am Shiva — this is the great meditation of the yogis in the Himalayas . . . Heaven and hell are within us, and all the gods are within us . . . all the gods, all the heavens, all the worlds, are within us.
— Joseph Campbell
Moyers: {TS] Eliot speaks about the still point of the turning world, where motion and stasis are together, the hub where the movement of time and the stillness of eternity are together.
— Joseph Campbell
What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.
— AW Tozer
To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul.
— Abraham Kuyper
Walk in Christ's light daily through fidelity to personal and liturgical prayer, nourished by meditation on the inspired word of God.. Make the daily celebration of the Eucharist the center of your life.
— Pope Benedict XVI