The great writings interact with one another. They cannot be read in isolation.

— Richard J. Foster

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

— Richard J. Foster

The purpose of the Disciplines is freedom. Our aim is the freedom, not the Discipline. The moment we make the Discipline our central focus we will turn it into law and lose the corresponding freedom.... Let us forever center on Christ and view the Spiritual Disciplines as a way of drawing us closer to His heart.

— Richard J. Foster

The truly Christian imagination never lets Jesus Christ out of her sight.

— Richard J. Foster

Thomas Merton writes that if we have meditated on the events of the Passion but have not meditated on Dachau and Auschwitz, our perception of God at work in present times is incomplete.

— Richard J. Foster

To conform to a sick society is to become sick.

— Richard J. Foster

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

— Richard J. Foster

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

— Richard J. Foster

True service is a lifestyle. It acts from the ingrained patterns of living. It springs spontaneously to meet human need.

— Richard J. Foster

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

— Richard J. Foster