Spiritual Mediation Quotes & Sayings

Human beings seem to have a perpetual tendency to have somebody else talk to God for them. We are content to have the message second-hand. One of Israel's fatal mistakes was their insistence on having a human king rather than resting on the theocratic rule of God over them. We can detect a note of sadness in the word of the Lord, 'they have rejected me from being king over them' (1 Sam. 8:7). The history of religion is the story of an almost desperate scramble to have a king, a mediator, a priest, a pastor, a go-between. In this way we do not need to go to God ourselves. Such an approach saves us from the need to change, for to be in the presence of God is to change. — Richard J. Foster

Physics explains everything, which we know because anything physics cannot explain does not exist, which we know because whatever exists must be explicable by physics, which we know because physics explains everything. There is something here of the mystical. — David Bentley Hart

Daily mediation is a wonderful spiritual act. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Daily mediation on the Holy Scriptures is a spiritual act. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Don't live a day without your spiritual nourishment; mediation on the word of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I always said I acted like a twelve-year old, so I decided to write like a twelve-year old. — Terri Bertha

An advanced way to meditate, of course, is to focus on your teacher. If you have a spiritual teacher and you focus on them during mediation, then you access the light that flows through them. — Frederick Lenz

Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions. — C. Wright Mills

It is evident that a man with a scientific outlook on life cannot let himself be intimidated by texts of Scripture or by the teaching of the Church. He will not be content to say "such-and-such an act is sinful, and that ends the matter." He will inquire whether it does any harm or whether, on the contrary, the belief that it is sinful does harm. And he will find that, especially in what concerns sex, our current morality contains a very great deal of which the origin is purely superstitious. He will find also that this superstition, like that of the Aztecs, involves needless cruelty, and would be swept away if people were actuated by kindly feelings towards their neighbors. But the defenders of traditional morality are seldom people with warm hearts ... One is tempted to think that they value morals as affording a legitimate outlet for their desire to inflict pain; the sinner is fair game, and therefore away with tolerance! — Bertrand Russell

Somehow, the whole idea of me writing art reviews was just too much of a complicated thought, but I liked art, and later on I just realized that it would be perhaps a pleasure, and so I decided to do it for 'Art in America' - a lot. — Eileen Myles

Mediation on word of God leads to renewal of mind; rekindle of spirit and revival of soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you are religious, pray. If you are philosophical, contemplate. If you are spiritual, meditate. — John K. Brown

God is whispering in your heart, in the whole existence, just tune your ears. — Amit Ray

Daily memorise one passage of Scripture. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I'm not really someone who looks forward to the gym. But I realise it's something that I have to do to perform well on the pitch. — Andrew Flintoff

In the pages of a book, we find greatest solitude. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Mediate on Scriptures. It is refreshing to the soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Concern for the symbol has completely disappeared from our science . And yet, if one were to give oneself the trouble, one could easily find, in certain parts at least of contemporary mathematics ... symbols as clear, as beautiful, and as full of spiritual meaning as that of the circle and mediation. From modern thought to ancient wisdom the path would be short and direct, if one cared to take it. — Simone Weil

Daily mediation is a healthy spiritual exercise. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I have very good relations with Pope Francis. I read constantly what he says and follow his speeches. Pope Francis has come to renew the Catholic Church, and he has new air to renew the spiritual world. Now, Venezuela does not need mediation. — Nicolas Maduro