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> [Contemplation does not ignore the 'historical Gethsemane', does not ignore the mystery of evil, guilt and its bloody atonement. The happiness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-pieper/contemplation-does-not-ignore-the-historical-gethsemane-does-not/)

[Josef Pieper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-pieper/)

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> [What is addressed to us for contemplation does not threaten us, but makes us intellectual beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/what-is-addressed-to-us-for-contemplation-does-not-threaten-us-but/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [“Contemplation does not rest until it has found the object which dazzles it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/konrad-weiss/contemplation-does-not-rest-until-it-has-found-the-object-which/)

[Konrad Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/konrad-weiss/)

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> [“Earthly contemplation means to the Christian, we have said, this above all: that behind all that we directly encounter the Face of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-pieper/earthly-contemplation-means-to-the-christian-we-have-said-this-above/)

[Josef Pieper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-pieper/)

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> [“Contemplation, on the contrary, is the experiential grasp of reality as subjective, not so much “mine” (which would signify “belonging to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/contemplation-on-the-contrary-is-the-experiential-grasp-of-reality-as/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

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