--- title: "10 Inner Sanctuary Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Inner Sanctuary quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Inner Sanctuary sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/henri-j-m-nouwen-4122_prayer_i-am-called-to-enter-into-the-inner-sanc_2781261.jpg" --- > [“I am called to enter into the inner sanctuary of my own being where God has chosen to dwell. The only way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-j-m-nouwen/i-am-called-to-enter-into-the-inner-sanctuary-of-my-own-being-where/) [Henri J.M. Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-j-m-nouwen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/henri-j-m-nouwen-4122_prayer_i-am-called-to-enter-into-the-inner-sanc_2781261.jpg) > [Let my body dwell in poverty, and my hands be as the hands of the toiler; but let my soul be as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/let-my-body-dwell-in-poverty-and-my-hands-be-as-the-hands-of-the/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/george-eliot-84_body_let-my-body-dwell-in-poverty-and-my-hand_1809867.png) > [“What happens in meditation is that we create the emotional and spiritual space which allows Christ to construct an inner sanctuary in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/what-happens-in-meditation-is-that-we-create-the-emotional-and/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/richard-j-foster-1460_meditation_what-happens-in-meditation-is-that-we-cr_2589342.png) > [Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center, a speaking Voice.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-kelly/deep-within-us-all-there-is-an-amazing-inner-sanctuary-of-the-soul-a/) [R. Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/r-kelly-2614_deep-within_deep-within-us-all-there-is-an-amazing-i_1321688.jpg) > [Our danger is to think that happiness will come from outside of us, from the things we possess or the power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/our-danger-is-to-think-that-happiness-will-come-from-outside-of-us/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/jean-vanier-3367_danger_our-danger-is-to-think-that-happiness-wi_1369770.png) > [And so, like Moses (cf Ex 3, 5), in spirit we remove the shoes from our feet, on the threshold of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/and-so-like-moses-cf-ex-3-5-in-spirit-we-remove-the-shoes-from-our/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/pope-john-paul-ii-485_cfs_and-so-like-moses-cf-ex-3-5-in-spirit-we_2833086.jpg) > [But remember, for all your adult life you'll be a woman. And how you live your life as a woman, all by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-ortlund/but-remember-for-all-your-adult-life-you-ll-be-a-woman-and-how-you/) [Anne Ortlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-ortlund/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/anne-ortlund-58232_adult-life_but-remember-for-all-your-adult-life-you_558218.jpg) > [Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Centre, a speaking voice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-raymond-kelly/deep-within-us-all-there-is-an-amazing-inner-sanctuary-of-the-soul-a-2/) [Thomas Raymond Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-raymond-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/thomas-raymond-kelly-36053_calling_deep-within-us-all-there-is-an-amazing-i_1897901.jpg) > [All spiritual strength for ourselves, all noble ties to one another, have their real source in that inner sanctuary where God denies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-martineau/all-spiritual-strength-for-ourselves-all-noble-ties-to-one-another/) [James Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-martineau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/james-martineau-16255_art_all-spiritual-strength-for-ourselves-all_1347752.png) > [“Now let us analyze the other two occupants of the inner Sanctuary or Oracle. They are the two cherubim who guard the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eisen/now-let-us-analyze-the-other-two-occupants-of-the-inner-sanctuary-or/) [William Eisen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eisen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36d/william-eisen-84122_ancient-history_now-let-us-analyze-the-other-two-occupan_275621.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inner-sanctuary/#itemlist", "name": "Inner Sanctuary Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I am called to enter into the inner sanctuary of my own being where God has chosen to dwell. The only way to that place is prayer, unceasing prayer, Many struggles and much pain can clear the way but I am certain that only unceasing prayer can let me enter it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henri J.M. 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