John Fortune

“Nothing is so fundamental to the spiritual life as learning to give thanks.”
― Gordon T. Smith, Spiritual Direction: A Guide to Giving and Receiving Direction

“Sin demands to have a man by himself. It withdraws him from the community. The more isolated a person is the more attractive will be the power of sin over him, and the more deeply he becomes involved in it, the more disastrous is his isolation.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together

“All around you people hunger for the covenant of God to include them.”
― Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, The Gospel Comes with a House Key

“Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, and loneliness. You will see that the world is not on your shoulders after all. Your will find yourself, and God will find you in new ways. Silence also brings Sabbath to you. It completes solitude, for without it you cannot be alone. Far from being a mere absence, silence allows the reality of God to stand in the midst of your life. God does not ordinarily compete for our attention. In silence we come to attend. Lastly, fasting is done that we many consciously experience the direct sustenance of God to our body and our whole person.”
― Dallas Willard, The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship