John Muir Quotes

Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.

The spiritual self of each of us is that part of us that will never grow old, or ill, or die, but it must be nurtured and invigorated!

For me, making time for God is like making time to fill my stomach - like the physical space in the stomach needs food, spiritual space in one's soul needs regular prayer.

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without.

Create an atmosphere for the Spirit. The Spirit must be present.

A healthy soul is whole and integrated. It is connected to God. A person with a healthy soul is at peace with God, with himself, and with other people.

I don't believe in 'thinking' old. Although I've transitioned through many bodies - a baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, mid-life and older adult - my spirit is unchanged. I support my body with exercise, my mind with reading and writing, and my spirit with the knowing that I am part of the Divine source of all life.

One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving God a chance to manifest. In centering prayer there are moments of peace that give the psyche a chance to realize that God may not be so bad after all. God has a chance to be himself for a change.

That I may have the soul-life, the soul-nature, let divine beauty bring to me divine soul.

I think of prayer as a spiritual lifeline back to where I most want to be.

I pray and I meditate every day. It can be a great, great asset.

I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.

I open my mind and allow the Holy Spirit to come in.

I want to get to know God.

My prayer life and my connection with God are on the highest level.

The more you meditate, the more helpful you can be to others, and the more deeply you will be in tune with God.

The meaning of prayer is that I want to evoke that Divinity within me.

To have a friendship with God, all I really have to do is have a friendship with my Self.

Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished.

You must open a little, or rather raise on high your corolla so that the Bread of Angels may come as divine dew to strengthen you, and to give you all that is wanting to you.

He who finds joy within himself discovers that his body is charged with electric current, life energy, not from food but from God.

From now on, I pray like I mean it. No more hitting SEND over and over. It's changed my life. It has freed me from fear and opened up endless avenues for me as a writer, radio host, parent, wife, and friend. It has enhanced every relationship I'm in, starting with the most important one: my relationship with God. Real faith isn't praying without ceasing. It's believing that God heard you the first time.

You are connected to God.You are enjoying every single day you have.Then, the growth of you - and your store, if you have one - will take care of themselves.

It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.