186 Quotes by Richard J. Foster

Freedom in the Gospel does not mean license. It means opportunity.

We are not trying to manipulate God and tell Him what to do. Rather, we are asking Him to tell us what to do.

Let us be among those who believe that the inner transformation of our lives is a goal worthy of our best effort. -P. 11

It is one thing to act like a servant; it is quite another to be a servant.

Prayer is – listening for the still small voice of God. Listening with the “ear of our hearts.”

Lord, take as your right, and receive as my gift, all my freedom, my memory, my understanding and my will. Whatever I am and whatever I possess, you have given it to me; I restore it all to you again, to be at your disposal, according to your will. Give me only a love for you, and the gift of your grace; then I am rich enough, and ask for nothing more. – St. Ignatius of Loyola.

Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in “muchness” and “manyness,” he will rest satisfied.

As Richard Foster explains, “Though silence sometimes involves the absence of speech, it always involves the act of listening. Simply to refrain from talking, without a heart listening to God, is not silence.”1.

Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.