Eugene H. Peterson Quotes

May we try to listen and be silent in order to make space for the beauty of God.

When we stop and reflect things begin to happen and sometimes we get the essence of God when we are just quiet.

He is thinking quietly: I should not have got out of the habit of prayer.

Religion and ritual can be vehicles for entering stillness. It says in Psalm 46:10, 'Be still, and know that I am God.' But they are still just vehicles. The Buddha called his teaching a raft: You don't need to carry it around with you after you've crossed the river.

You don't necessarily have to be religious to pray.

I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things.

Prayer is where the action is.

Sunday, I go to church; I take the day off. I rest.

Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.

Coming before God in quietness & waiting upon Him in silence often can accomplish more than days of feverish activity.

In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.

Let us allow ourselves to be 'infected' by St. Joseph's silence! We need it greatly, in a world that is often too noisy, that does not favor meditation or listening to the voice of God.

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

Meditation is waiting on God.

I meditate on God's life and I read the scriptures. I read something about Him, go through it and spend a lot of time by myself.

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

There is need occasionally to leave the noise and the tumult of the world and step within the walls of a sacred house of God, there to feel His Spirit in an environment of holiness and peace.

Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

I was raised Presbyterian, but I'm not really going to church. I think the experience in meditation is pretty much where it's at for me.

I've never meditated in my life. I don't practice yoga nor any religion. I'm a tourist on the realm of stillness.

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 recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live.

One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God.

Many Christians have so busied themselves with programs and activities that they no longer know how to be silent and meditate on God's word or recognize the mysteries that are in the Person of Christ.