Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
He loved the soothing hour, when the last tints of light die away; when the stars, one by one, tremble through æther,… — Ann Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Realism and Naturalism rely mostly on the eye of the flesh. Abstract, conceptual and surrealistic art rely mostly on the eye of… — Alex Grey Copy Share Image
...the physicist cannot simply surrender to the philosopher the critical contemplation of the theoretical foundations; for, he himself knows best, and feels… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Christian life is not a life divided between times for action and times for contemplation. No. Real social action is a way… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The national distrust of the contemplative temperament arises less from an innate Philistinism than from a suspicion of anything that cannot be… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
“Anytime you meditate, some electric jerks occur in your thigh...the symbol of premonition of an unpleasant event that has happened or will… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
“Sri Ramakrishna: "The mind ordinarily moves in the three lower chakras. But if it rises above them and reaches the heart, one… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
The greatness of contemplation can be given to none but those who love. — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
But that had been grief--this was joy. Yet that grief and this joy were alike outside all the ordinary conditions of life;… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Once released from life, having lost it in such violence, I couldn’t calculate my steps. I didn’t have time for contemplation. In… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
In daily practice, reflect on the benefits of love, compassion and kindness, then reflect on the disadvantages of anger. Such continuous contemplation,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
“Many solemn nights Blond moon, we stand and marvel... Sleeping our noons away” — Teitoku Copy Share Image
The language of cinema as it has evolved has also excluded vast swathes of human experience. The forms we find in the… — Sally Potter Copy Share Image
“Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them:… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
No person whose entire time is spent in the contemplation of limitation can demonstrate freedom from such limitation. — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. It… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
