Richard J. Foster

Goals are discovered, not made.

— Richard J. Foster

Simplicity is freedom.

— Richard J. Foster

Conformity to a sick society is to be sick.

— Richard J. Foster

“The Covenant of Place gives us the gift of focus.”

— Richard J. Foster

“Solitude is both a “vacation with God” and a “furnace of transformation.” “The”

— Richard J. Foster

Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

— Richard J. Foster

Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.

— Richard J. Foster

“If you are too busy to read, you are too busy.”

— Richard J. Foster

Thinking is the hardest work we can do, and among the most important

— Richard J. Foster

Grace saves us from life without God-even more it empowers us for life with God.

— Richard J. Foster

“Darkness is a definite experience of prayer. It is to be expected, even embraced.”

— Richard J. Foster

..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately…Prayer frees us to be controlled by God.

— Richard J. Foster

“If we are full of compassion, it will be revealed; if we are full of bitterness, that also will be revealed. It”

— Richard J. Foster

Prayer is - listening for the still small voice of God. Listening with the "ear of our hearts."

— Richard J. Foster

“We must always remember that the path does not produce the change; it only places us where the change can occur. This…

— Richard J. Foster

It is in the everyday and the commonplace that we learn patience, acceptance, and contentment.

— Richard J. Foster

Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things.

— Richard J. Foster

Silence is one of the deepest Disciplines of the Spirit, simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justificat ion

— Richard J. Foster

Owning things is an obsession in our culture. If we own it, we feel we can control it; and if we control…

— Richard J. Foster

Without the cross the Discipline of Confession would be merely therapeutic. But it is so much more. It involves an objective [a…

— Richard J. Foster

Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father. Its central reality is found 'in spirit…

— Richard J. Foster

“One reason we can hardly bear to remain silent is that it makes us feel so helpless. We are so accustomed to…

— Richard J. Foster

“The story is not about the singular virtues of the one being called. The story is about a risk-taking, bold sort of…

— Richard J. Foster

Forms and rituals do not produce worship, nor does the disuse of forms and rituals. We can use all the right techniques…

— Richard J. Foster

The Spiritual Disciplines are things that we do. We must never lose sight of this fact. It is one thing to talk…

— Richard J. Foster

“Simplicity The inward reality of single-hearted focus upon God and his kingdom, which results in an outward lifestyle of modesty, openness, and…

— Richard J. Foster

“However brightly the light may shine, it can be seen only by those who are spiritually prepared to receive it. ‘Blessed are…

— Richard J. Foster

“Even today as an adult I can go back to that center via the marvelous capacity of memory and there experience thanksgiving…

— Richard J. Foster

To most observers, innovation is a solitary process that requires creativity and genius, perhaps even greatness. It can't, in their view, be…

— Richard J. Foster

“He knew that “where your treasure is, there will your heart be also,” which is precisely why he commanded his followers: “Do…

— Richard J. Foster

There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence…

— Richard J. Foster

“Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things. We really must…

— Richard J. Foster

If we think we will have joy only by praying and singing psalms, we will be disillusioned. But if we fill our…

— Richard J. Foster

“The Christian needs another Christian who speaks God’s Word to him. He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and…

— Richard J. Foster

Graciousness, courtesy, compassion-this is hesed. Hesed is a quality that extends even to the animals and the land. The sabbath rest principle…

— Richard J. Foster

If worship does not change us it has not been worship.

— Richard J. Foster

Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love.

— Richard J. Foster

Simplicity, then, is getting in touch with the divine center

— Richard J. Foster

reject anything that is producing an addiction in you.

— Richard J. Foster

You will never have time for prayer; you must make time.

— Richard J. Foster