“ 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
The true contemplative is one who has discovered the art of finding leisure even in the midst of his work, by working… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
On the Left, on the Right, in the Middle; Authors, statesmen, thieves; so-called humanists and self-declared fascists; the adventurous and the contemplative,… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
I like to think of the landscape not as a fixed place but as a path that is unwinding before my eyes,… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Consequences flow from a justice's interpretation in a direct and immediate way. A judicial decision respecting the incompatibility of Jim Crow with… — William J. Brennan 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
Since the moment of self-consciousness comes to a permanent end - and a new journey begins- is such a decisive stroke or… — Bernadette Roberts Copy Share Image
As long as I continue to take myself seriously, how can I consider myself a saint? How can I consider myself a… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I guess when we're happy, it's easier to go with the flow, and when that happiness or joy is interrupted, that's when… — Jeremy Fisher 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
...if we allow ourselves contemplative time in nature-whether it's gardening, going for a walk with the dog, or being in the heart… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
The happy man needs nothing and no one. Not that he holds himself aloof, for indeed he is in harmony with everything… — Josef Pieper 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
Like commercial stuff is sort of cheap and disposable and fun and can be sort of interesting in many ways. I love… — Kehinde Wiley 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
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
They were creating a program on contemplative prayer called Be Still. They asked me to be a part of this project that… — Priscilla Shirer Copy Share Image
“We lose, again and again, the present moment — which is not a poetic concept but the literal location of everything that… — Ayisha Bhatti Copy Share Image
Baseball is meant to be a contemplative game. They play music to draw young people to the game. If young people can't… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
He rose and turned toward the lights of town. The tidepools bright as smelterpots among the dark rocks where the phosphorescent seacrabs… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
To make films, you have to have boundless energy; you have to work and play with others really, really well, and I'm… — Janet Fitch 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
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
Fly-fishing is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands, poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic considerations. It's not even clear… — John Gierach Copy Share Image
