Contemplative Quotes

103 quotes by 83 authors

In contemplative prayer we seek to become the person we are called to be, not by thinking of God, but by being with God. Simply… — John Main
The Christian life, and especially the contemplative life, is a continual discovery of Christ in new and unexpected places. — Thomas Merton
Woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration. It is… — Susan Sontag
Baseball is meant to be a contemplative game. They play music to draw young people to the game. If young people can't come to the… — W. P. Kinsella
All of our great traditions, religious, contemplative and artistic, say that you must a learn how to be alone - and have a relationship with… — David Whyte
The onset of this second movement is characterized by the falling away of self and coming upon "that" which remains when it is gone. But… — Bernadette Roberts
In my personal life, I am very contemplative. — Antonio Banderas
To make films, you have to have boundless energy; you have to work and play with others really, really well, and I'm really a more… — Janet Fitch
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
Consequences flow from a justice's interpretation in a direct and immediate way. A judicial decision respecting the incompatibility of Jim Crow with a constitutional guarantee… — William J. Brennan
Obstinacy and heat in argument are surest proofs of folly. Is there anything so stubborn, obstinate, disdainful, contemplative, grave, or serious, as an ass? — Michel de Montaigne
Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains, Winning from Reason's hand the reins, Pity and woe! for such a mind Is soft contemplative, and kind. — Walter Scott
The Bible is not primarily a written or printed text to be scrutinized in private, in a scholar's study or a contemplative cell. It is… — Thomas Merton
I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be. — Elizabeth Janeway
Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are… — Thomas Aquinas
For in order that man may do well, whether in the works of the active life, or in those of the contemplative life, he needs… — Thomas Aquinas
Man is distinguished from the brute animals in proportion as thought prevails over sense: but in the healthy processes of the mind, a balance is… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The bearing, rearing, feeding and educating of children; the running of a house with its thousand details; human relationships with their myriad pulls - women's… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Our life of contemplation shall retain the following characteristics: â€”missionary: by going out physically or in spirit in search of souls all over the universe.… — Mother Teresa

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