Chance Quote by Thomas Keating

“Centering Prayer is an opening, a response, a putting aside of all the debris that stands in the way of our being totally present…

— Basil Pennington

Prayer keeps me centered.

— Alicia Keys

Centering prayer is a training in letting go.

— 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…

— Thomas Keating

Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God, here and now.

— Henri Nouwen

Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God in the here and now.

— Anonymous

When I manage to keep my center, it's usually because I've taken prayer seriously.

— Jonathan Jackson

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

To keep God at the center of one's life requires frequent renewal of power through prayer.

— Georgia Harkness

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…

— Larry Crabb

The central significance of prayer is not in the things that happen as results, but in the deepening intimacy and unhurried communion with God…

— Edward McKendree Bounds

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

— E. Stanley Jones