Sabbath Welcome Quotes

#1. We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

#2. Silence is the Sabbath of the soul. Therein we rest, and therein we hear everything.

Marianne Williamson

#3. Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men.

James M. Barrie

#4. This is what the Sabbath should feel like. A pause. Not just a minor pause, but a major pause. Not just lowering the volume, but a muting. As the famous rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel put it, the Sabbath is a sanctuary in time.

A. J. Jacobs

#5. Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.

Alice Walker

#6. It seems to me that references to bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin meant more to me a year ago and all those old things are totally losing importance.

Billy Corgan

#7. It was shocking to see Nirvana play, because it was like, "Here's this little guy with a monster-guitar sound." And it was heavier than Black Sabbath. That was shocking.

Billy Corgan

#8. Sabbath becomes a decisive, concrete, visible way of opting for and aligning with the God of rest.

Walter Brueggemann

#9. When we trust God by taking our hands off our work, what we give up through Sabbath ultimately benefits those around us.

Shelly Miller

#10. One day a week I seek to rest
from earthly toil and sorrow.
Revitalized, I find the strength
to battle new tomorrows.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#11. Behold congenial Autumn comes, the Sabbath of the Year.

John Logan

#12. Many feel the terms "Sabbath day" and "play day" are synonymous ... But I ... know that remembering to keep the Sabbath day holy is one of the most important commandments we can observe in preparing us to be the recipients of the whisperings of the Spirit.

H. David Burton

#13. The way of mammon (capital, wealth) is the way of commodity that is the way of endless desire, endless productivity, and endless restlessness without any Sabbath. Jesus taught his disciples that they could not have it both ways.

Walter Brueggemann

#14. Sunday is the core of our civilization, dedicated to thought and reverence.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#15. Make the Sabbath a delight by rendering service to others.

Russell M. Nelson