Certainly my films are cinematically unusual, and quite contemplative in their pacing compared to conventional films, but I think overall they are… — Jenni Olson Copy Share Image
The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. The least energizing emotion to write out of is… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Baseball endures at least in part because it is a contemplative sport that delights in nuances. Not a brazen game, eager to… — Kenneth Turan Copy Share Image
Finding God in all things is not an 'empirical eureka.' When we desire to encounter God, we would like to verify him… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In spiritual growth, it is important to avoid imbalances between academic or intellectual learning and practical implementation. Otherwise there is a danger… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“So I played one of the Goldberg Variations, which made me quiet and contemplative.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
We should all without shame enrol in the school of contemplative prayer. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“The lively is always more contemplative than what is dead and sad.” — Robert Walser Copy Share Image
“If you watch a contemplative person from afar, you'll start contemplating too!” — Mehmet Murat ildan 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
Man's activity consists in either a making or doing. Both of these aspects of the active life depend for their correction upon… — Ananda Coomaraswamy 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
“Living an engaged and contemplative existence allows a person to glean the quintessential experience of living mindfully.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
For in order that man may do well, whether in the works of the active life, or in those of the contemplative… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative? — Michael Arad Copy Share Image
“Det va bra dokker kom. Æ satt just her og tænkte på om ho Hilvarda huska på å læmpe ut monsen før… — Arthur Arntzen Copy Share Image
“Writing, an expression of freedom, is an unobtrusive reflection of a contemplative soul.” — Rian Nejar 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
“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
Meditation is a good starting point, or even a little bit of contemplative reflection, asking questions like: Who am I without my… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“The contemplative life remains freely available to us through our choices—what we read and buy, how we commit to leisure and self-improvement,… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
Art belongs to all times and to all countries; its special benefit is precisely to be still living when everything else seems… — George Sand Copy Share Image
“Everyone has a contemplative side. Each person has the possibility for the sacred and to bring what he does in his daily… — Mother Noella Marcellino Copy Share Image
“Contemplation, sadly, helps you see your woundedness! That’s why most people do not stay long with contemplative prayer, because it’s not very… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
My biggest past mistakes have been when I made decisions out of ego rather than spirit. When I acted too quickly. When… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Quoting from Thomas Merton Dialogues With Silence The true contemplative is not one who prepares his mind for a particular message that… — Stephen Cope Copy Share Image
There is no thing as a man who does not create mathematics and yet is a fine mathematics teacher. Textbooks, course material-these… — Alfred Adler Copy Share Image
The Protestant wing of the western church, which is a tiny percentage of the Body of Christ, is nearly completely (98%) unaware… — Mike Bickle Copy Share Image
Usually when I draw, I try to be in a contemplative mood. I try to keep my mind as empty, vacant and… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
Man is distinguished from the brute animals in proportion as thought prevails over sense: but in the healthy processes of the mind,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Sometimes people will think, I need to have pre-sanctioned spiritual joy. Getting joy from my contemplative meditation practice or getting joy from… — Moby 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
Attention is riveted on what is tangible, useful, instantly available; the stimulus for deeper thought and reflection may be lacking. Yet human… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“Henrietta, at heart a contemplative person, enjoyed alarums and excursions for a short while only. For her a background of quiet was… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“ The Cloud of Unknowing was written by someone who was exceedingly tough-minded in the sense in which William James used the… — Ira Progoff Copy Share Image
“By becoming clearly contemplative in a matter of weeks, my prayer had been given a particular and novel cast; and this was… — Jean Déchanet Copy Share Image
“I thought about life, about my life, the embarrassments, the little coincidences, the shadows of alarm clocks on bedside tables. I thought… — jonathan safran foer Copy Share Image
“A serene mind does not require precepts. An upright behaviour does not need contemplative practice. 心平何勞持戒 行直何用修禪 Filial piety is gratefully taking care… — Linbergh Chu Copy Share Image
