Contemplation Quotes

533 Contemplation quotes by 355 unique authors

I am suggesting that we can and do regain eternity when we are so immersed in life, in moral action, or in aesthetic contemplation, that… — Don Cupitt
Prayer is looking out from a different set of eyes, which are not comparing, competing, judging, labeling or analyzing, but receiving the moment in its… — Richard Rohr
For we are so preciously loved by God that we cannot even comprehend it. No created being can ever know how much and how sweetly… — Julian of Norwich
In the martial arts, introspection begets wisdom. Always see contemplation on your actions as an opportunity to improve. — Mas Oyama
The power of quiet is great. It generates the same feelings in everything one encounters. It vibrates with the cosmic rhythm of oneness. It is… — Malidoma Patrice Some
Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight,… — Deepak Chopra
How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health! — Henry David Thoreau
Contemplation is an alternative consciousness that refuses to identify with or feed what are only passing shows. It is the absolute opposite of addiction, consumerism… — Richard Rohr
You have got me walking up and down all day under those trees, saying to me over and over again, "Solitude, solitude." And You have… — Thomas Merton
What was more needed by this old man who divided the leisure hours of his life, where he had so little leisure, between gardening in… — Victor Hugo
Our technological society has no longer any place in it for wisdom that seeks truth for its own sake, that seeks the fullness of being,… — Thomas Merton
It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of our spiritual condition… — Lionel Trilling
All the sleepers in a night of delution beholding so many dreams. In this world of darkness, only those who sever themselves from the meterial… — Tulsidas
No person whose entire time is spent in the contemplation of limitation can demonstrate freedom from such limitation. — Ernest Holmes
In daily practice, reflect on the benefits of love, compassion and kindness, then reflect on the disadvantages of anger. Such continuous contemplation, the growing appreciation… — Dalai Lama
Comedy is the kindly contemplation of the incongruous. — P.G. Wodehouse
Teach correctly... Find delight in contemplation. — Saint Augustine
People who have read a good deal rarely make great discoveries. I do not say this in excuse of laziness, but because invention presupposes an… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In this way, if you continue all the time in the way we have described from the beginning, it will become as easy and clear… — Albertus Magnus
Human vision is endowed with the greatest Reality, since it comes to us directly from the contemplation of the Universe. — Robert Delaunay
Whenever we strive to make progress in our meditations, contemplations and so forth we are practicing effort. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
The artist's mission is to make the soul perceptible. Our scientific, materialist culture trains us to develop the eyes of outer perception. Visionary art encourages… — Alex Grey
I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in… — Petrarch
The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you deliverance… — Fridtjof Nansen

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