Centering Quotes

23 quotes by 20 authors

We wanted to write a whole song about partying and then taking Yellow Cabs home. That's the weirdest topic we've ever thought of centering a… — Taryn Manning
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… — Thomas Merton
For me, the writing life doesn't just happen when I sit at the writing desk. It is a life lived with a centering principle, and… — Julia Alvarez
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, elements of each… — Larry Crabb
Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door.… — David Steindl-Rast
We bask in sermons, conferences, and books that exalt a grace centering on us. — David Platt
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… — Rajneesh
Vogue began to focus on the body as much as on the clothes, in part because there was little they could dictate with the anarchic… — Naomi Wolf
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 space you're in.… — Tabitha King
Happiness is self-generated as the mind becomes still. As we become involved with the desires of the world, we lose that centering, that stillness. — Frederick Lenz
There is a yearning for people to return to elementary moral virtues, such as integrity and commitment. We distrust people who have no centering of… — Geoff Mulgan
After doing this work or the past twelve years and watching scarcity ride roughshod over our families, organizations, and communities, I'd say the one thing… — BrenÃ© Brown
In the beginning the church was a fellowship of men and women centering on the living Christ. Then the church moved to Greece where it… — Richard Halverson
One of the most important phases of maturing is that of growth from self-centering to an understanding relationship to others. A person is not mature… — Harry Allen Overstreet
Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am. — Trent Reznor
If a situation requires sudden thought and action, the blood is promptly driven to the head. If a heavy meal is to be digested, the… — Max Heindel
In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will. — Thomas Keating
While doing centering prayer, the practice is to let go of any thought or perception. The priority is to be as silent as possible and… — Thomas Keating
One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving… — Thomas Keating
You are important to life. Take time to shut out the world and take care of you. Initiate a process to become grounded. Create a… — Tortor Lil

Who Wrote These Centering Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 23 Centering Quotes as follows: