Contemplation Quotes

533 Contemplation quotes by 355 unique authors

I have written the little work that follows . . . in the role of one who strives to raise his mind to the contemplation… — Anselm of Canterbury
When we become incorruptible and immortal and attain to the blessed state of conformity with Christ, we will be ever with the Lord, gaining fulfillment… — Gregory Palamas
We must, with God's help, eradicate the deadly poison of the demon of anger from the depths of our souls. So long as he dwells… — John Cassian
Divine service, being the high contemplation of the mind, is at the same time, and pre-eminently, the peace, the sweetness and blessedness of the heart. — John of Kronstadt
True contemplation is not a psychological trick but a theological grace. It can come to us ONLY as a gift, and not as a result… — Thomas Merton
In looking for my mind, I discovered that it seems to be in many different places. Sometimes it is drinking a glass of water, remembering… — Sakyong Mipham
It is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come down after such… — John Calvin
I cleanse the windows of my mind, that it may become a mirror reflecting inspiration from the most High. I do this, not with strenuous… — Ernest Holmes
I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world may still know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the… — Viktor E. Frankl
COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness. — Ambrose Bierce
Work without contemplation is never enough. — Douglas V. Steere
He who studies it [Nature] has continually the exquisite pleasure of discerning or half discerning and divining laws; regularities glimmer through an appearance of confusion,… — John Robert Seeley
The whole of life is a journey toward youthful old age, toward self-contemplation, love, gaiety, and, in a fundamental sense, the most gratifying time of… — Ashley Montagu
No Roman ever died in contemplation over a geometrical diagram. — Alfred North Whitehead
Furthermore, the apostolic life does not exclude contemplation but encompasses it and profits by it to know better the eternal truths it must proclaim — Vincent de Paul
You know, Monsieur, that, although the contemplative life is more perfect than the active life, it is not, however, more so than one which embraces… — Vincent de Paul
So it follows that those who have reason have freedom to will or not to will, although this freedom is not equal in all of… — Boethius
The future is dark, the present burdensome. Only the past, dead and buried, bears contemplation. — Geoffrey Elton
The initial step for us all to come to knowledge of God is contemplation of nature. — Irenaeus of Lyons
I think that Jean Houston has broken through to a new understanding of the sense and uses of inward-turned contemplation-a n understanding that leaves the… — Joseph Campbell
Paris strikes the vulgar part of us infinitely the most, but to a thinking mind London is incomparably the most delightful subject for contemplation. — Samuel Rogers
...[K]now that however ugly the parts appear the whole remains beautiful. A severed hand Is an ugly thing, and man dissevered from the earth and… — Robinson Jeffers
In societies where modern conditions of productions prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has… — Guy Debord
Life was not given for indolent contemplation and study of self, nor for brooding over emotions of piety: Actions and actions only determine the worth. — Immanuel Hermann Fichte
Contemplation places us in a purity and radiance which is far above our understanding. — John of Ruysbroeck

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