“A primary goal of the spiritual life is to learn to quiet the mind through prayer and meditation, through spiritual practice, so that we can hear what in both Judaism and Christianity, is called the small, still voice within.” MindStillsSpiritualLife IsGoalVoicePrayerChristianityPracticeMeditationQuietPrimariesSpiritual LifeJudaismSpiritual Practice Author:Marianne Williamson
“Although I try / to hold the single thought / of Buddha's teaching in my heart, / I cannot help but hear / the many crickets' voices calling as well.” TryingWellsHeartHelpingVoiceMeditationTeachingMy HeartCallingCricket Author:Izumi Shikibu
“the very minute we think we 'have' God, God will surprise us. As we search in fire and earthquakes, God will be in the still small voice. As we listen in silent meditation, God will be shouting protests in the street. God is warning us that we had best not try to find our security in any well-defined concept or category of what is Godly - for the minute we believe we are into God, God is off again and calling us forth into some unknown place.” ThinkingTryingBelieveWellsStillsGodVoiceFireMeditationStreetsMinutesSecurityCallingConceptsSilentSurpriseGods WillDefinedProtestCategoriesWarningGodlyEarthquakesShoutingSmall VoiceSilent Meditation Author:Carter Heyward
“Meditation is first quietness. We live in a great din. It is well to see (for who sees it not will have but narrow sympathies and understand little that occurs around him) that the noise is often a noble uproar, "deep calling unto deep," the clamor of wonderful machinery, of great labors, of human struggles, of heroes' voices. But storms, though grand, must sink if the sea is to show the stars.” IfsFirstsHumansWellsLittlesShowsStarsVoiceStruggleMeditationWonderfulSeaHeroCallingLaborStormNobleNoiseMachineryQuietnessClamor Author:James Vila Blake
“It is only in the depths of silence that the voice of God can be heard.” HappinessVoiceSilenceMeditationHeardDepthVoice Of God Author:Sai Baba
“I loved meditation. I love it because that's where you find what your voice is. You cannot really find it easily in this culture. This culture is the noisiest culture ever, ever. I think the damage that it has done to people is in that realm of silencing them. They are overwhelmed by gadgets. They don't know what to think because they're so heavily programmed about what it is that they should want and should think.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantShouldDoneCultureVoiceMeditationRealmsDamageOverwhelmedGadgetsSilencing Author:Alice Walker
“I don't feel like I have a lot to offer in terms of an authoritative voice on a lot of political issue. I don't know how to fix the economy, or how to increase the number of jobs. That is not where I spent my life and thought and meditation. I guess I would like to think that the topics that I am discussing - the Gospel, the forgiveness of sins and the defeat of death - goes up river to all problem.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsProblemJobsPoliticalVoiceTermSinNumbersKnow HowEconomyIssuesMeditationOffersRiversIncreaseDefeatTopicsDiscussingPolitical IssuesForgiveness Of Sins Author:Max Lucado