Johannes Tauler Quotes

I think I'm a spiritual person. I don't really go to church often when services are on, but I like going in when they are empty and quiet, and just sitting there and thinking for a little while.

When you walk 10 hours, 11 hours a day by yourself, you are doing a walking meditation.

I think that the power of the Silent Minute lies in its inherent lack of external direction: what participants actually do during that minute - prayer, contemplation, focus - is up to them.

I don't get to do quiet time.

Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.

Our souls need time to think, dream, and reflect.

I aspire only to silence.

I'd like to learn to meditate with more enthusiasm. I can sit down and get quiet for 20 minutes, but it just has not been a part of my Christianity at all.

Silence, you know, is the best place to get close to spirit for me.

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

The deeper you get into Yoga you realize it is a spiritual practice. It's a journey I'm making. I'm heading that way.

I have one room dedicated to just meditation.

Spirituality is not about looking up or down - it's about looking inward.

I definitely have to pray and spend a lot of time by myself when I can.

The mind is a great gift, but it has to be quieted down in order to feel, hear and see the presence of God.

Priests and nuns actually meditated. It's not religious. It's about centering yourself.

Solitude helps you reflect.

Quiet time and solitude are vital to helping me keep perspective. I consider myself fortunate to have so much quiet built into my profession. I spend long hours by myself at my easel. And while I work, I think-of the future, of my loved ones, of God's goodness and the many exciting opportunities that surround me. I ponder the challenges I face, the needs of others, the direction my life is going.

Meditation is the straight flight of the mind to the Kingdom of Heaven present in the heart of everyone.

I would say to today's young minister, 'Be not afraid to give much time to solitary walks and meditation'.

By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.

You can set your intention to better understand your soul, your spirit, through daily practices like prayer, yoga and meditation, etc.

Meditation is waiting on God.

Stillness is our most intense mode of action. It is in our moments of deep quiet that is born every idea, emotion, and drive which we eventually honor with the name of action. We reach highest in meditation, and farthest in prayer. In stillness every human being is great.

Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will be manifest.