Quotes About Reflection

The soul ... may have many symbols with which it reaches toward God.

It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.

I looked around for God's judgments, but saw no signs of them.

So what does that make you think about God? I think that maybe, if human beings have souls, that maybe their souls are in their eyes. That maybe that's what the color is. Their souls.

I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.

Do not flatter yourselves: if you go to places of worship merely to look about you or to hear music, you are not worshipping God.

To trifle with Scripture is to deprive yourself of its aid. Reverence it, and look up to God with devout gratitude for having given it to you.

Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction.

All around the world, we are gazing skyward waiting for God… Never realizing that God is waiting for us.

No study has taken so much of human energy, whether in times past or present, as the study of the soul, of God, and of human destiny.

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.

If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor.

Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd and under roofs That our frail hands have raised?

In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him.

When you look at a person who's different and see Yourself, then you begin to understand who and what God really is.

There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something.

God gave us laughter, I think, as a balm to wash the wounds of our own blunders, as a splint to mend the bones we break in our rashness or vanity.

Note to self: If you can't hear God when you pray, shut up.

Ever doubt that God answers your prayers? Pray (sincerely) for humility... and watch what happens.

When you've got God, you got a friend. And that friend is you.

But by faith you look in the mirror and see a robed prodigal bearing the ring of grace on your finger and the kiss of your Father on your face.

You wonder if God has a place for a person like you. Find your answer in the Bethlehem stable.

One must learn an inner solitude, where or with whomsoever he may be. He must learn to penetrate things and find God there, to get a strong impression of God firmly fixed on his mind.