To contemplation's sober eye, Such is the race of man; And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they… — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
“A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth is a poverty-stricken… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
The score of Pelleas and Melisande by Debussy, heralds that which will lift man from the earthly to the celestial, from the… — Corinne Heline 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
“This objective is to silence the busy mind, free it from stress, and prepare it for reflection and contemplation.” — Anong Sasithorn Copy Share Image
“Here was a thing Beatriz wanted: to devote time to understanding how a butterfly was similar to a galaxy. Here was a… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
In this state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding an object in view; the vision is such… — Plotinus Copy Share Image
“One can talk good and shower down roses, but it's the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
. . . the wellspring for the passion that drove public speech and action in behalf of the environment was in large… — Catherine L. Albanese Copy Share Image
“Many questing young people and stressed older people nowadays seek relaxation through meditation. They look for it in Hindu, Buddhist and other… — Ray Simpson Copy Share Image
Our technological society has no longer any place in it for wisdom that seeks truth for its own sake, that seeks the… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Contemplation, as it has come to be understood in the Christian tradition, is a return to the paradisiacal state of union with… — William Shannon Copy Share Image
“Life is an experimental journey undertaken involuntarily. It is a journey of the spirit through the material world and, since it is… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
What you find I think in the mystical strain of Catholicism is that you're put in relationship with God, and you have… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
The Universe wants to play. Those who refuse out of dry spiritual greed & choose pure contemplation forfeit their humanity - those… — Hakim Bey Copy Share Image
Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly understood, we treat it with respect. Whether in the synagogue, the mosque, the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Catholicism is the big house of Christianity. It's got many, many rooms in it. And I've always been attracted to the rooms… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
“Emotions are given to us by God, so that we can fully experience our experiences. The only problem with emotions is that… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“There is a 'movement' of meditation, expressing the basic 'paschal' rhythm of the Christian life, the passage from death to life in… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Mathematics alone make us feel the limits of our intelligence. For we can always suppose in the case of an experiment that… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“And I in a concrete room above the abandoned labyrinth of Palenque measuring my fate, wandering solitary in the wild --blinking singleminded… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
I want to yell about it most days and stop strangers in the street to share my outrage. But my mind is… — Robin Beth Schaer Copy Share Image
“So impossible it is for a man who looks no further than the present world to fix himself long in a contemplation… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
At length weariness succeeds to labor, and the mind lies at ease in the contemplation of her own attainments without any desire… — Samuel Johnson 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
No man has a right to lead such a life of contemplation as to forget in his own ease the service due… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The literary critic, or the critic of any other specific form of artistic expression, may detach himself from the world for as… — Clive James Copy Share Image
“Like all religious evangelists, she realizes that there is little satisfaction in the contemplation of heaven for oneself if one cannot simultaneously… — P.D. James Copy Share Image
Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“[S]torytelling, in ancient and modern practice, is always a contemplation of the experience of time passing. A story depends on things not… — Joan Silber Copy Share Image
Writers who teach tend to prefer literary theory to literature and tenure to all else. Writers who do not teach prefer the… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Your mind makes you dance like a monkey all the time... Now you have to become stronger; you have to make the… — Swami Muktananda Copy Share Image
“Contemplative prayer is natural, unprogrammed; it is perpetual openness to God, so that in the openness his concerns can flow in and… — Ray Simpson Copy Share Image
Love is the keynote, Joy is the music, Knowledge is the performer, the Infinite All is the composer and audience. — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
Furthermore, the apostolic life does not exclude contemplation but encompasses it and profits by it to know better the eternal truths it… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
“There was a lot of joy to be had in the contemplation of a pint glass; in terms of plain reality of… — Robert Rankin Copy Share Image
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
Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own… — John Jay Chapman Copy Share Image
Prayer can assume very different forms, from quiet, blessed contemplation of God, in which eye meets eye in restful meditation, to deep… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
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