Quotes about Spirituality
Wherefore let us be much in the contemplation of what he was, what he did, how in all instances of duties and trials he carried himself, until an image or idea of his perfect holiness is implanted in our minds, and we are made like unto him thereby.
- John Owen
Artificial methodizing of spiritual truths may make men ready in notions, cunning and subtile in disputations; but it is the Scripture itself that is able to "make us wise unto salvation.
- John Owen
there is inconceivably more evil and guilt in the evil of thy heart that doth remain, than there would be in so much sin if thou hadst no grace at all.
- John Owen
To kill sin is the work of living men; where men are dead (as all unbelievers, the best of them, are dead), sin is alive, and will live" (chapter 7). Oh, the pastoral insights that emerge from Owen! As here: If you are fighting sin, you are alive. Take heart.
- John Owen
The soul needs something extra, a place outside matter where it can stand. The Bible—think of it as the primer of a language whereby we can talk to one another about what matters to us most. It is our starting point, not the end point.
- John Updike
Intent on prayer, she has a dumb girl's sweet piercing way of putting her whole body into one thing at a time.
- John Updike
The thought of these people having the bold idea of leaving their homes to come here and pray pleases and reassures Rabbit, and moves him to close his own eyes and bow his head with a movement so tiny that Ruth won't notice. Help me, Christ. Forgive me. Take me down the way. Bless Ruth, Janice, Nelson, my mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Springer, and the unborn baby. Forgive Tothero and all the others. Amen.
- John Updike
Mindfulness has been called the heart of Buddhist meditation.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
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- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Remembering to forget the past allows you freedom from a past that holds back your Christian growth.
- Elizabeth George
Nobody can always have devout feelings: and even if we could, feelings are not what God principally cares about.
- CS Lewis
The distance you walk on water depends on how great your faith is.
- Matshona Dhliwayo