Robert Benson Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Robert Benson
Personal prayer does not dispense us from corporate prayer. The one sustains the other. — Robert Benson
Our longing for community seems to be a part of the image of the One Who made us, a part of the divine image whispered into us when we were whispered into being in the first place. — Robert Benson
Sometimes I wish that I could sing or dance or paint or compose symphonies or build cathedrals to express somehow what all of this means to me. I wish I were a priest or a robin or a child or a sunset. — Robert Benson
People do not lose respect for a man when he's down. They lose it when he refuses to get up. — Robert Benson
A four year old girl was overheard whispering in her newborn baby brother's ear: "Baby," she whispers, "tell me what God sounds like. I'm starting to forget." -- Between the Dreaming and the Coming True — Robert Benson
The paradox of worship is this: we perform these acts of worship, but they are not actually for us. We do these things for God, and then we are the ones who are changed. — Robert Benson
How do we come to choose what it is that we spend our days doing? Would we choose it again if we could? Did we choose it today, or has it simply carried us along somehow? — Robert Benson
A direct relationship exists between the caliber of the writing you read and the caliber of the writing you make. — Robert Benson