Rudolf Steiner Quotes

By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way.

When we three spoke ourselves into human existences the Son of God, we became fully human. We also chose to embrace all the limitation that this entailed. Even though we have always been present in this created universe, we now became flesh and blood. It would be like this bird (a jay), whose nature it is to fly, choosing to only walk and remain grounded. He doesn't stop being a bird, but it does alter his experience of life significantly.

Greece is the home of the gods; they may have died but their presence still makes itself felt. The gods were of human proportion: they were created out of the human spirit.

All creatures are merely veils under which God hides Himself and deals with us.

Christ is our temple, in whom by faith all believers meet.

I believe in the gods; or rather I believe that I believe in the gods. But I don't believe that they are great brooding presences watching over us; I believe they are completely absent minded.

If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him.

A consecrated space experientially reminds you that there is much more to life than you think.

We notice as the Bible goes on, the area of scared space shrinks.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.

Have I allowed my personal human life to become a 'Bethlehem' for the Son of God?

If God be near a church, it must pray. And if he be not there, one of the first tokens of his absence will be a slothfulness in prayer.

All existence is a manifestation of God.

Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something.

God is a cloud from which rain fell.

This God who, as the psalmist said, built His tabernacles in the sun, now establishes Himself in the very core of the flesh and the blood.

Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.

Where a people prays, there is the church; and where the church is; there is never loneliness.

If we meet no gods, it is because we harbor none.

If I had used the term "guardian angels" or spoke of our "guides," a lot fewer eyebrows would raise. So it's just a matter of terminology here. The main idea is that we are always recipients of God's help, whether it is through other of God's beloved creatures, or directly from the Divine Itself.

The Incarnation is the ultimate reason why the service of God cannot be divorced from the service of man.

Solitude begins with a time and place for God, and him alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but also that he is actively present in our lives—healing, teaching, and guiding — we need to set aside a time and space to give him our undivided attention.

All things are full of gods.

Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.

Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their way, but we, poor mortals, in our present state, would probably find them precious slow company.