Woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
In the active life all the vices are first of all to be removed by the practice of good works, so that… — Isidore of Seville Copy Share Image
One of the strange laws of the contemplative life is that in it you do not sit down and solve problems: you… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
A contemplative life has more the appearance of a life of piety than any other; but it is the divine plan to… — Lord David Cecil Copy Share Image
Books are surviving in this intense, fragmented, hyper-accelerated present, and my sense and hope is that things will slow down again and… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
You know, Monsieur, that, although the contemplative life is more perfect than the active life, it is not, however, more so than… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
In general, it can be said that no contemplative life is possible without ascetic self-discipline. One must learn to survive without the… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The onset of this second movement is characterized by the falling away of self and coming upon "that" which remains when it… — Bernadette Roberts Copy Share Image
The Christian life, and especially the contemplative life, is a continual discovery of Christ in new and unexpected places. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just… — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just… — Elizabeth Janeway 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
Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while… — Thomas Aquinas 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
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
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
In Radical Optimism, Beatrice Bruteau sets forth a deep and shining vision of spirituality, one that guides the reader into the contemplative… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
