Anne Lamott Quotes

Are you asking me if there is a god?' he said, still in that soft voice. 'All I can say is, I believe there is. I feel him when I sing. He has responded to my prayers countless times. He guides my actions and he dwells in my heart. I know he is there.

Just like I believe God is everywhere, I believe that whether it's nature, whether it's sitting on a bike in spin class, that can be church, too, for me.

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.

Friends, do not be afraid of silence or stillness. Listen to God. Adore Him in the Eucharist.

I ought to pray as much as God's on my mind, because then I'd pray a lot. All I can tell you is God is real, and so that infuses everything.

Prayer is the most concrete way to make our home in God.

The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity.

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

I am trying to get closer to God.

By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.

Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

Whatever it is that can help to bring God close is something to be revered.

The groves were God's first temples.

Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

I found my faith to be more about my belief, my spirituality, about nature.

My life is centered around God and faith.

Me and God has a good relationship.

I want to get to know God.

Even now, there are still days so beautiful, I almost believe in God.

Think of God more often than thou breathest.

We mustn't reserve communing with God just for morning and evening prayers, or for weekly worship service, or for when we feel burdened. The goal is to realize that every moment of our lives is a meditation. Allow yourself to marvel at the wonder of God's work all around us. Throughout your day, let the sun, a tree, a piece of fruit remind you that everything you could ever want has been provided and can be found right here on earth.

I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach.

She emptied her mind of all thought of herself, of her children, of all anger, of all rebellion, of all questions. Then with a profound and deeply willed desire to believe, to be heard, as she had done every day since the murder of Carlo Rizzi, she said the necessary prayers for the soul of Michael Corleone.

Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for it is the voice of God