Quotes by : Richard J. Foster

Law will take over because law always carries with it a sense of security and manipulative power.

The mind will always take on an order conforming to that upon which it concentrates.

If we think we will have joy only by praying and singing psalms, we will be disillusioned. But if we....

To use good things to our own ends is always a false religion

Radical self-denial gives the feel of adventure. If we forsake all, we even have the chance of glorious....

Meditation sends us into our ordinary world with greater perspective and balance.

In a world of limited resources, our wealth is at the expense of the poor. To put it simply, if we have....

The purpose of the Disciplines is freedom. Our aim is the freedom, not the Discipline. The moment we....

To listen to others quiets and disciplines the mind to listen to God.

Thomas Merton writes that if we have meditated on the events of the Passion but have not meditated on....