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title: "41 Centering Quotes by 35 authors"
description: "Browse 41 Centering quotes by 35 authors. Discover the best Centering sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/sarah-ban-breathnach-833_centering_tending-to-household-details-is-a-center_720330.png"
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> [“tending to household details is a centering activity equivalent to meditation,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/tending-to-household-details-is-a-centering-activity-equivalent-to/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

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> [“Begin with a brief repetition of the GAP exercise. Centering”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-i-rome/begin-with-a-brief-repetition-of-the-gap-exercise-centering/)

[David I. Rome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-i-rome/)

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> [It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/it-is-only-with-the-heart-that-one-can-see-rightly/)

[Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/)

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> [We bask in sermons, conferences, and books that exalt a grace centering on us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-platt/we-bask-in-sermons-conferences-and-books-that-exalt-a-grace-centering/)

[David Platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-platt/)

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> [A long, deep breath is the equivalent of a full stop and the key to centering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-maisel/a-long-deep-breath-is-the-equivalent-of-a-full-stop-and-the-key-to/)

[Eric Maisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-maisel/)

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> [Centering prayer is a training in letting go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/centering-prayer-is-a-training-in-letting-go/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

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> [Other forms of relating to God that have unique value in connecting us to Him include contemplative prayer and centering prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-crabb/other-forms-of-relating-to-god-that-have-unique-value-in-connecting/)

[Larry Crabb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-crabb/)

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> [We wanted to write a whole song about partying and then taking Yellow Cabs home. That's the weirdest topic we've ever thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taryn-manning/we-wanted-to-write-a-whole-song-about-partying-and-then-taking-yellow/)

[Taryn Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taryn-manning/)

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> [When you center life around yourself, not only do you miss out on God's best, but you rob other people of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/when-you-center-life-around-yourself-not-only-do-you-miss-out-on-god/)

[Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/)

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> [Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/any-time-i-sit-down-and-write-music-the-first-part-of-that-is-always/)

[Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/)

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> [By centering our lives on timeless, unchanging principles, we create a fundamental paradigm of effective living. It is the center that puts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-covey/by-centering-our-lives-on-timeless-unchanging-principles-we-create-a/)

[Stephen Covey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-covey/)

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> [Happiness is self-generated as the mind becomes still. As we become involved with the desires of the world, we lose that centering,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/happiness-is-self-generated-as-the-mind-becomes-still-as-we-become/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [Meditation is the one thing I do every day - meditate, pray. I do reading in the morning and try to center…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mason-jennings/meditation-is-the-one-thing-i-do-every-day-meditate-pray-i-do-reading/)

[Mason Jennings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mason-jennings/)

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> [I feel the calmest when I'm drawing or when I'm creating images. I love connecting the mind with the hand and producing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pinkney/i-feel-the-calmest-when-i-m-drawing-or-when-i-m-creating-images-i/)

[Jerry Pinkney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pinkney/)

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> [One of the most important phases of maturing is that of growth from self-centering to an understanding relationship to others. A person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-allen-overstreet/one-of-the-most-important-phases-of-maturing-is-that-of-growth-from/)

[Harry Allen Overstreet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-allen-overstreet/)

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> [At some point each day (well, most days) I unroll my mat and practice for an hour. I sit in meditation for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/at-some-point-each-day-well-most-days-i-unroll-my-mat-and-practice/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

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> [While doing centering prayer, the practice is to let go of any thought or perception. The priority is to be as silent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/while-doing-centering-prayer-the-practice-is-to-let-go-of-any-thought/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

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> [“Probably the most important element in intricacy is centering. Good small parks typically have a place somewhere within them commonly understood to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-jacobs/probably-the-most-important-element-in-intricacy-is-centering-good/)

[Jane Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-jacobs/)

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> [By centering our lives on correct principles and creating a balanced focus between doing and increasing our ability to do, we become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-covey/by-centering-our-lives-on-correct-principles-and-creating-a-balanced/)

[Stephen Covey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-covey/)

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> [Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steindl-rast/try-pausing-right-before-and-right-after-undertaking-a-new-action/)

[David Steindl-Rast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steindl-rast/)

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> [One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/one-of-the-values-of-centering-prayer-is-that-you-are-not-thinking/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

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> [There is a yearning for people to return to elementary moral virtues, such as integrity and commitment. We distrust people who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-mulgan/there-is-a-yearning-for-people-to-return-to-elementary-moral-virtues/)

[Geoff Mulgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-mulgan/)

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> [Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/then-it-was-as-if-i-suddenly-saw-the-secret-beauty-of-their-hearts/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

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> [For me, the writing life doesn't just happen when I sit at the writing desk. It is a life lived with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/for-me-the-writing-life-doesn-t-just-happen-when-i-sit-at-the-writing/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

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> [God wants a love partner, centering on the place where husband and wife become one through their sexual organs, God wants to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-myung-moon/god-wants-a-love-partner-centering-on-the-place-where-husband-and/)

[Sun Myung Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-myung-moon/)

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> [Energy-fire experiences take us into ourselves only that we might reach outside of ourselves. Metanoia is a de-centering experience of connected-ness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-sweet/energy-fire-experiences-take-us-into-ourselves-only-that-we-might/)

[Leonard Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-sweet/)

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> [We live in a church culture that has a dangerous tendency to disconnect the grace of God from the glory of God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-platt/we-live-in-a-church-culture-that-has-a-dangerous-tendency-to-2/)

[David Platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-platt/)

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> [My own personal task is not simply that of poet and writer (still less commentator, pseudo-prophet); it is basically to praise God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/my-own-personal-task-is-not-simply-that-of-poet-and-writer-still-less/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

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> [In time, after a dozen years of centering their lives around the games boys play with one another, the boys' bodies change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/in-time-after-a-dozen-years-of-centering-their-lives-around-the-games/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

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> [Vogue began to focus on the body as much as on the clothes, in part because there was little they could dictate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-wolf/vogue-began-to-focus-on-the-body-as-much-as-on-the-clothes-in-part/)

[Naomi Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-wolf/)

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> [In the beginning the church was a fellowship of men and women centering on the living Christ. Then the church moved to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-halverson/in-the-beginning-the-church-was-a-fellowship-of-men-and-women/)

[Richard Halverson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-halverson/)

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> [“The sensuality of her grief, thawing. Her power coming into focus, still so chaotic inside her. I love the way she splurged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-perez/the-sensuality-of-her-grief-thawing-her-power-coming-into-focus-still/)

[Laurie Perez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-perez/)

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> [I try to influence this improvisation in two ways. One is by centering on reflections, in both senses of the word: acoustic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pauline-oliveros/i-try-to-influence-this-improvisation-in-two-ways-one-is-by-centering/)

[Pauline Oliveros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pauline-oliveros/)

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> [Live in this world, because this world gives a ripening, maturity, integrity. The challenges of this world give you a centering, an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/live-in-this-world-because-this-world-gives-a-ripening-maturity/)

[Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/)

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> [You've got to be centered on Christ. It's a work of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit forms Jesus within us. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-corapi/you-ve-got-to-be-centered-on-christ-it-s-a-work-of-the-holy-spirit/)

[John Corapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-corapi/)

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> [Hiking is really great for centering; you get to be out in nature and although sometimes it seems like hell when you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqui-holland/hiking-is-really-great-for-centering-you-get-to-be-out-in-nature-and/)

[Jacqui Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqui-holland/)

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> [Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tabitha-king/writing-is-always-a-restorative-process-it-s-like-paddling-a-kayak/)

[Tabitha King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tabitha-king/)

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> [I also use that centering process I mentioned as a way to focus my mind and connect it to my physical body.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-schull/i-also-use-that-centering-process-i-mentioned-as-a-way-to-focus-my/)

[Amanda Schull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-schull/)

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> [“Centering Prayer is an opening, a response, a putting aside of all the debris that stands in the way of our being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-pennington/centering-prayer-is-an-opening-a-response-a-putting-aside-of-all-the/)

[Basil Pennington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-pennington/)

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> [I've practiced centering prayer. I've contemplatively prayed. I've prayed liturgically... I've benefited from each, and I still do. In ways you'll see,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-crabb/i-ve-practiced-centering-prayer-i-ve-contemplatively-prayed-i-ve/)

[Larry Crabb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-crabb/)

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                        "text": "God wants a love partner, centering on the place where husband and wife become one through their sexual organs, God wants to appear and meet us...I wish you would center on the absolute sexual organ, unique sexual organ, unchanging sexual organ and eternal sexual organ and use this as your foundation to pursue God...We have to realize that the Kingdom of God on earth and in heaven will begin on this foundation.",
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                        "text": "Energy-fire experiences take us into ourselves only that we might reach outside of ourselves. Metanoia is a de-centering experience of connected-ness and community. It is not an exercise in reciting what Jesus has done for me lately. Energy-fire ecstasy, more a buzz than a binge, takes us out of ourselves, literally. That is the meaning of the word 'ecstatic.'",
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                        "text": "We live in a church culture that has a dangerous tendency to disconnect the grace of God from the glory of God. Our hearts resonate with the idea of enjoying God's grace. We bask in sermons, conferences, and books that exalt a grace centering on us. And while the wonder of grace is worthy of our attention, if that grace is disconnected from its purpose, the sad result is a self-centered Christianity that bypasses the heart of God.",
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                        "text": "My own personal task is not simply that of poet and writer (still less commentator, pseudo-prophet); it is basically to praise God out of an inner center of silence, gratitude, and 'awareness.' This can be realized in a life that apparently accomplishes nothing. Without centering on accomplishment or nonaccomplishment, my task is simply the breathing of this gratitude from day to day, in simplicity, and for the rest turning my hand to whatever comes, work being part of praise, whether splitting logs or writing poems, or best of all simple notes.",
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                        "text": "In time, after a dozen years of centering their lives around the games boys play with one another, the boys' bodies change and that changes everything else. But the memories are not erased of that safest time in the lives of men, when their prime concern was playing games with guys who just wanted to be their friendly competitors. Life never again gets so simple.",
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                        "text": "“The sensuality of her grief, thawing. Her power coming into focus, still so chaotic inside her. I love the way she splurged on this hedonistic indulgence: a public cascade of tears. Not sobbing, not beaten, just allowing the ocean inside to surge and be visible, palpable, wet.”",
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                        "text": "I try to influence this improvisation in two ways. One is by centering on reflections, in both senses of the word: acoustic reflections as well as visual reflections from a mirror or surface, and then reflecting on the material in a contemplative way. The other influence is listening to the tails of the sounds that you make.",
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                        "text": "Live in this world, because this world gives a ripening, maturity, integrity. The challenges of this world give you a centering, an awareness. And that awareness becomes the ladder. Then you can move from Zorba to Buddha.",
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