--- title: "1 God Everyday Quotes By Rod Dreher" description: "1 God Everyday quotes by Rod Dreher. Plus more from Rod Dreher and more God Everyday sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/211/rod-dreher-13031_day-life_the-genius-of-saint-benedict-is-to-find_2143433.jpg" --- > [“The genius of Saint Benedict is to find the presence of God in everyday life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/the-genius-of-saint-benedict-is-to-find-the-presence-of-god-in/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/211/rod-dreher-13031_day-life_the-genius-of-saint-benedict-is-to-find_2143433.jpg) ## More by Rod Dreher > [“To love requires loving others and letting others love you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/to-love-requires-loving-others-and-letting-others-love-you/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) > [“Art really does instruct us in how to think, feel, and behave. To be an artist is to have great power. To be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/art-really-does-instruct-us-in-how-to-think-feel-and-behave-to-be-an/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) > [“With a few exceptions, conservative Christian political activists are as ineffective as White Russian exiles, drinking tea from samovars in their Paris drawing rooms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/with-a-few-exceptions-conservative-christian-political-activists-are/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) > [“The overweight person diets not to punish him- or herself for being heavy but to become healthier. The athlete works out not because he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/the-overweight-person-diets-not-to-punish-him-or-herself-for-being/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) > [“A Christian who practices asceticism trains himself to say no to his desires and yes to God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/a-christian-who-practices-asceticism-trains-himself-to-say-no-to-his/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) > [“For the traditional Christian, establishing internal order is not mere discipline, nor is it simply an act of will. Rather, it is what theologian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/for-the-traditional-christian-establishing-internal-order-is-not-mere/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) > [If you believe that man is inherently flawed-what religious people call 'original sin'-it follows that man, if left to his own devices, will tend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/if-you-believe-that-man-is-inherently-flawed-what-religious-people/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) > [“In his book After Virtue, philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre likened the present cultural moment to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/in-his-book-after-virtue-philosopher-alasdair-macintyre-likened-the/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) > [“It is not feasible for most of us to abandon the Internet entirely. But at the very least we can impose on ourselves a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/it-is-not-feasible-for-most-of-us-to-abandon-the-internet-entirely/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) > [“Father Martin said that those who think stability is meant to hold you back, and to stifle personal and spiritual growth, are missing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/father-martin-said-that-those-who-think-stability-is-meant-to-hold/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) > [Ideology is a partial truth masquerading as the whole truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/ideology-is-a-partial-truth-masquerading-as-the-whole-truth/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) > [As it turns out, the ecological catastrophe Kirk feared that would be the consequence of our impiety appears not to be one of radically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/as-it-turns-out-the-ecological-catastrophe-kirk-feared-that-would-be/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) > [“Here's how to get started with the antipolitical politics of the Benedict Option. Secede culturally from the mainstream. Turn off the television. Put the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/here-s-how-to-get-started-with-the-antipolitical-politics-of-the/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) > [“Inferno was for learning about the nature of our sins. Purgatorio is for learning how to overcome our tendencies to fall victim to them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/inferno-was-for-learning-about-the-nature-of-our-sins-purgatorio-is/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) > [I quite often feel that my greatest task as a father is to raise children who love what is good, true, and beautiful, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/i-quite-often-feel-that-my-greatest-task-as-a-father-is-to-raise/) [Rod Dreher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-dreher/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-everyday/rod-dreher/#itemlist", "name": "1 God Everyday Quotes By Rod Dreher", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The genius of Saint Benedict is to find the presence of God in everyday life.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rod Dreher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-dreher/the-genius-of-saint-benedict-is-to-find-the-presence-of-god-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/211/rod-dreher-13031_day-life_the-genius-of-saint-benedict-is-to-find_2143433.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/211/rod-dreher-13031_day-life_the-genius-of-saint-benedict-is-to-find_2143433.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/211/rod-dreher-13031_day-life_the-genius-of-saint-benedict-is-to-find_2143433.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The genius of Saint Benedict is to find the presence of God in everyday life.” — Rod Dreher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-everyday/rod-dreher/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-everyday/rod-dreher/", "name": "God Everyday Quotes by Rod Dreher", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-everyday/rod-dreher/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/211/rod-dreher-13031_day-life_the-genius-of-saint-benedict-is-to-find_2143433.jpg" }, "description": "1 God Everyday quotes by Rod Dreher. 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