I am not a contemplative type, basically. I am much more of an action person and, as a consequence, I look forward… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet won’t stick out. — Djuna Barnes Copy Share Image
Obstinacy and heat in argument are surest proofs of folly. Is there anything so stubborn, obstinate, disdainful, contemplative, grave, or serious, as… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
To be contemplative we must become converted to the consciousness that makes us one with the universe, in tune with the cosmic… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
A lot of my music is kind of contemplative, and somehow that always tends to tilt on the darker side. My inner… — Hildur Gudnadottir Copy Share Image
Necessary for a contemplative life: a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
We have to learn not to feel guilty about letting our imagination browse around, and you know, in writing fiction particularly. But… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
In the active life all the vices are first of all to be removed by the practice of good works, so that… — Isidore of Seville Copy Share Image
In contemplative prayer we seek to become the person we are called to be, not by thinking of God, but by being… — John Main Copy Share Image
“Prayer is not primarily saying words or thinking thoughts. It is, rather, a stance. It’s a way of living in the Presence,… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
A wide and vague impression exists that so-called Eastern religion is more contemplative, innocuous, and humane than the proselytizing monotheisms of the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Flyfishing does have its social aspects - on some of our crowded trout streams it can get too social - but esentially… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always been a city fellow, but I've often… — Derek Jacobi Copy Share Image
The principles of my works... are the extinction of expression, permanent covering and contemplative tranquillity... My ideal is the completely dark picture,… — Arnulf Rainer Copy Share Image
Books are surviving in this intense, fragmented, hyper-accelerated present, and my sense and hope is that things will slow down again and… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
If you were going to be attracted to a mystical faith which involved the contemplative life, Buddhism would be quite reasonable. But… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
“We are quiet, contemplative people, and our behaviour in the field is relatively aristocratic. Running is not necessarily beneath our dignity but… — Fredrik Sjöberg Copy Share Image
Dying is all about letting go and letting be, as is the awareness of God. People who have traveled far along the… — Martin Laird Copy Share Image
“In the end the contemplative suffers the anguish of realizing that he no longer knows what God is. He may or may… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Our life of contemplation shall retain the following characteristics: —missionary: by going out physically or in spirit in search of souls all… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy is a major contribution to art therapy literature and practice. Laury Rappaport introduces a contemplative method and philosophy grounded… — Shaun McNiff Copy Share Image
The Bible is not primarily a written or printed text to be scrutinized in private, in a scholar's study or a contemplative… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I live a very secluded life, a very contemplative life and a very meditative one. That is my ideal life. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I was thinking about dying the other day the death thought came while I was sitting on the toilet peeing - that's… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
“I am so tired. I have grown old from being serious. I have grown ill from being serious. I want to laugh… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
As strenuous challenge or contemplative retreat, the parks and other units of the national lands offer welcome respite from the world, a… — T. H. Watkins Copy Share Image
Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains, Winning from Reason's hand the reins, Pity and woe! for such a mind Is soft… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Art is not communicative, art is not reflexive. Art, science, philosophy are neither contemplative, neither reflexive, nor communicative. They are creative, that's… — Gilles Deleuze Copy Share Image
I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends: for I have taken all knowledge to… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I'm not a… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
From the respect paid to property flow, as from a poisoned fountain, most of the evils and vices which render this world… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“God works in history, therefore a contemplative who has no sense of history, no sense of historical responsibility, is not fully a… — William H. Shannon Copy Share Image
Contemplative living is living in true relationship with oneself, God, others and nature, free of the illusions of separateness. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
If you want to know anything about community, you have to realize that the contemplative side is essential. Community without retreating and… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When you are deeply contemplative, you listen more carefully and understand things which cannot be articulated. — David A. Cooper Copy Share Image
Your mind is the greatest home entertainment center ever created. It requires contemplative silence to really discover who you truly are. You… — Mark Victor Hansen Copy Share Image
