“A pleasing paradox — The more frequently we contemplate our death, the less dominant its effect in our lives becomes. Like King… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
Nature I'll court in her sequester'd haunts, By mountain, meadow, streamlet, grove, or cell; Where the pois'd lark his evening ditty chants,… — Tobias Smollett Copy Share Image
But for me I think it's just about taking that time of reflection and contemplation. That's probably my process in every decision… — Kimbra Copy Share Image
The Church and the world have a great need of eucharistic worship. Jesus waits for us in this sacrament of love. Let… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Contemplation: I read a lot of books on philosophy and religion, and try to keep always growing in that part of my… — Kimbra Copy Share Image
Life was not given for indolent contemplation and study of self, nor for brooding over emotions of piety: Actions and actions only… — Immanuel Hermann Fichte Copy Share Image
I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“Spirituality will take you like love; it seduces you from contemplation to completeness.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Seek by reading and you will find by meditating. Knock by praying, and it will be opened to you in contemplation. — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
If there is a special Hades for writers is would be in the forced contemplation of their own works. — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
“As I contemplate a relationship with God, I find that I’m afraid to ride on the coattails of the infinite. But what… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Nonfiction, qua label, is nothing more or less than a very flexible (easily breakable) frame that allows you to pull the thing… — David Shields Copy Share Image
As the attuning of music arouses emotions in the body to an unusual degree, well that there be choices made as to… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
There are five stages of meditation, each one leading gradually into the next: concentration, meditation, contemplation, illumination, and inspiration. — Benjamin Creme Copy Share Image
Then the soul, freed from vice, purged by studies of true philosophy, versed in spiritual life, and practised in matters of the… — Baldassare Castiglione Copy Share Image
If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
“Maybe the point of life (and youth, once it was over), was to elevate yourself, through time and reflection, into something worthy… — Matthew Gallaway Copy Share Image
The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Contemplation in the age of Auschwitz and Dachau, Solovky and Karaganda is something darker and more fearsome than contemplation in the age… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Contemplation places us in a purity and radiance which is far above our understanding. — John of Ruysbroeck Copy Share Image
There is a great deal too much in the world, of the "heavenly-mindedness" which expends itself in the contemplation of the joys… — Henry Clay Trumbull Copy Share Image
