Contemplation Quotes

533 Contemplation quotes by 355 unique authors

Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation. — John of the Cross
No generation is interested in art in quite the same way as any other; each generation, like each individual, brings to the contemplation of art… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings. — Plato
The mind grows sicker than the body in contemplation of it's suffering. — Unknown Author
Writers who teach tend to prefer literary theory to literature and tenure to all else. Writers who do not teach prefer the contemplation of Careers… — Gore Vidal
Because of Christianity the West has missed many things, and one of them is meditation, the rarest flowering of a human being, because they have… — Rajneesh
Greek philosophers considered sport a religious and civic-in a word, moral-undertaking. Sport, they said, is morally serious because mankind's noblest aim is the loving contemplation… — George Will
I neglect God and his angles for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door. — John Donne
Humor may be defined as the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life, and the artistic expression thereof. — Stephen Leacock
The proper method of philosophy consists in clearly conceiving the insoluble problems in all their insolubility and then in simply contemplating them, fixedly and tirelessly,… — Simone Weil
The literary critic, or the critic of any other specific form of artistic expression, may detach himself from the world for as long as the… — Clive James
My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place [cell 54 of Cairo Central Prison] taught me that he who cannot change the… — Anwar Sadat
When like the patriarchs we learn to dig wells of virtue and spiritual knowledge within ourselves by means of ascetic practice and contemplation, we will… — Maximus the Confessor
If you expound the teaching of the Logos from the standpoint of the moral life, using materialistic words and examples which correspond to the capacity… — Maximus the Confessor
Your mind makes you dance like a monkey all the time... Now you have to become stronger; you have to make the mind dance. Make… — Swami Muktananda
Yoga is an inner process, which makes it a solitary venture, yet it works better when you have external support. — Nirmalananda
He who through virtue and spiritual knowledge has brought his body into harmony with his soul has become a harp, a flute and a temple… — Maximus the Confessor
The man who has struggled bravely with the passions of the body, has fought ably against unclean spirits, and has expelled from his soul the… — Maximus the Confessor
In certain strains of Judaism, there's a profound passion for the ineffable. Contemplation of God is meant to be forever elusive, because, you know, our… — Ben Marcus
There are times when I, without willing it, mount to the height of contemplation; with my will I am drawn down from it because of… — Symeon the New Theologian
The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on… — A. C. Benson
I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative. — Richard Rohr
A mind which has once imbibed a taste for scientific enquiry, and has learnt the habit of applying its principles readily to the cases which… — John Herschel
When Newton saw an apple fall, he found In that slight startle from his contemplation- 'Tis said (for I'll not answer above ground For any… — Lord Byron
. . .nature is still predominant, and there are those who regret that with the improvements of cultivation the sublimity of the wilderness should pass… — Thomas Cole

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