“So I played one of the Goldberg Variations, which made me quiet and contemplative.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
We should all without shame enrol in the school of contemplative prayer. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative? — Michael Arad Copy Share Image
For in order that man may do well, whether in the works of the active life, or in those of the contemplative… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Thought is powerless, except it make something outside of itself: the thought which conquers the world is not contemplative but active. — William Kingdon Clifford Copy Share Image
Before, I just spewed whatever it was I thought about everything. I tend to be more contemplative now — Anne Heche Copy Share Image
“Living an engaged and contemplative existence allows a person to glean the quintessential experience of living mindfully.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The Christian life, and especially the contemplative life, is a continual discovery of Christ in new and unexpected places. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I do think American culture has shifted a little bit away from the contemplative more toward the visual, more toward the emotional,… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
The true contemplative is one who has discovered the art of finding leisure even in the midst of his work, by working… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Virginia Woolf thought a lot about her own sex when she wrote. In the best sense of the word, her writing is… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
It's great to win a few prizes early on. It helps a writer to get noticed and to get some sales. It… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Consequences flow from a justice's interpretation in a direct and immediate way. A judicial decision respecting the incompatibility of Jim Crow with… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
Because of his supernatural outlook, he could always work very calmly and effectively and finish things on time. This was a reflection… — Salvador Bernal Copy Share Image
Since the moment of self-consciousness comes to a permanent end - and a new journey begins- is such a decisive stroke or… — Bernadette Roberts Copy Share Image
Usually when I draw, I try to be in a contemplative mood. I try to keep my mind as empty, vacant and… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
But nothing is yet clear on the subject of the intellect and the contemplative faculty. However, it seems to be another kind… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The Protestant wing of the western church, which is a tiny percentage of the Body of Christ, is nearly completely (98%) unaware… — Mike Bickle Copy Share Image
Art belongs to all times and to all countries; its special benefit is precisely to be still living when everything else seems… — George Sand Copy Share Image
“Quoting from Thomas Merton Dialogues With Silence The true contemplative is not one who prepares his mind for a particular message that… — Stephen Cope Copy Share Image
There is no thing as a man who does not create mathematics and yet is a fine mathematics teacher. Textbooks, course material-these… — Alfred Adler Copy Share Image
Meditative state is the highest state of existence. So long as there is desire, no real happiness can come. It is only… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The most dangerous man in the world is the contemplative who is guided by nobody. He trusts his own visions. He obeys… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Oak gave up his room so they could sleep there, and although the bed is small, Cardan cannot mind when he takes… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton wrote, “there is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues.” There is always an… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“By becoming clearly contemplative in a matter of weeks, my prayer had been given a particular and novel cast; and this was… — Jean Déchanet Copy Share Image
“But as important as time set aside specifically for prayer, is learning to sit when you are not sitting. By this I… — Martin Laird Copy Share Image
“He looks out the window at the falling snow, then turns and takes his wife in his arms, feeling grateful to be… — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
“When we lose the contemplative mind, or non-dual consciousness, we invariably create violent people. The dualistic mind is endlessly argumentative, and we… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“ The Cloud of Unknowing was written by someone who was exceedingly tough-minded in the sense in which William James used the… — Ira Progoff Copy Share Image
“We say that the body is a temple, because we know that it’s nothing but mortal architecture without the self-regard of consciousness… — Valerie Jeremijenko Copy Share Image
