“Centering Prayer is not so much an exercise of thinking or imagining as of consenting to God’s presence and action within.”
On the purpose of silence:
“Silence is God’s first language; everything else is a poor translation.”

On transformation:
“The chief act of the will is not effort but consent.”
On encountering God:
“In Centering Prayer we experience ourselves drawn into the very being of God and begin to perceive with divine eyes.”
On surrender:
“The spiritual journey is not a career or a success story. It is a series of humiliations of the false self that become more and more profound.”
On divine intimacy:
“God’s presence is the deepest reality of our lives. It is the ground from which our being arises and the goal toward which it moves.”