Contemplation Quotes

533 Contemplation quotes by 355 unique authors

Banish, therefore, from thy heart the distractions of earth and turn thine eyes to spiritual joys, that thou mayest learn at last to repose in… — Albertus Magnus
Action and contemplation are... — Bernard of Clairvaux
Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters. — Bernard of Clairvaux
Action is the stream, and contemplation is the spring. — Thomas Merton
In contemplation of created things, by steps we may ascend to God. — John Milton
A person may rise to the highest degree of contemplation even when busily occupied. — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
The landscape affects the human psyche - the soul, the body and the innermost contemplations - like music. Every time you feel nature deeper you… — Nikos Kazantzakis
MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. — Ambrose Bierce
It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he… — Henry David Thoreau
Cultural criticism finds itself faced with the final stage of the dialectic of culture and barbarism. To write poetry after the holocaust is barbaric. And… — Theodor Adorno
Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius. — Madame de Stael
I don't wish to defend everything that has been done in the name of Utopia. But I think many of the attacks misconceive its nature… — Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Art is contemplation of the world in a state of grace and imaginatively reflecting that subjective understanding. — Hermann Hesse
The delight we take in our senses is an implicit desire to know the ultimate reason for things, the highest cause. The desire for wisdom… — Josef Pieper
Having once aroused in our mind enough faith in our own will-power to create a universe of contemplation and forget everything else, there are few… — John Cowper Powys
Our rulers at the present day, with their machines and their preachers, are all occupied in putting into our heads the preposterous notion that activity… — John Cowper Powys
In creating a work of art, the psyche or soul of the artist ascends from the earthly realm into the heavenly. There, free of all… — Pavel Florensky
Contemplation is the loving sense of this life, this presence and this eternity. — Thomas Merton
Science is not enough, religion is not enough, art is not enough, politics and economics are not enough, nor is love, nor is duty, nor… — Aldous Huxley
Contemplation is that condition of alert passivity, in which the soul lays itself open to the divine Ground within and without, the immanent and transcendent… — Aldous Huxley
I must pack my short lifer full of interesting events and creative activity. Philosophy and aesthetic contemplation are not enough. I intend to do everything… — Everett Ruess
Contemplation is a very dangerous activity. It not only brings us face to face with God. It brings us, as well, face to face with… — Joan D. Chittister
Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is incomplete without the… — Iain Pears
Some people are incapable of perceiving in the object of their contemplation the very thing that gives it its intrinsic life and breath, and they… — Muriel Barbery
Contemplation is life itself, fully awake, fully active, and fully aware that it is alive. It is spiritual wonder. It is spontaneous awe at the… — Thomas Merton

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