Contemplative Quotes

103 quotes by 83 authors

Seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, all the time, and his hand in every happening; This is what it means to be contemplative… — Mother Teresa
Life is an experimental journey undertaken involuntarily. It is a journey of the spirit through the material world and, since it is the spirit that… — Fernando Pessoa
This wife you have, Bird said at last, deeply contemplative, did you pay a great deal for her? She cost me almost everything I had,… — Diana Gabaldon
The happy man needs nothing and no one. Not that he holds himself aloof, for indeed he is in harmony with everything and everyone; everything… — Josef Pieper
The only thing to seek in contemplative prayer is God; and we seek Him successfully when we realize that we cannot find Him unless He… — Thomas Merton
You're not very good at being contemplative," Milo said. "You always sound like some bad caricature of a philosopher, like those fortune cookies with 'Confucius… — Amanda Hocking
Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet wonâ€™t stick out. — Djuna Barnes
There is no thing as a man who does not create mathematics and yet is a fine mathematics teacher. Textbooks, course material-these do not approach… — Alfred Adler
As long as I continue to take myself seriously, how can I consider myself a saint? How can I consider myself a contemplative? For the… — Thomas Merton
Baseball endures at least in part because it is a contemplative sport that delights in nuances. Not a brazen game, eager to sell its thrills… — Kenneth Turan
One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced. — Sam Harris
Barack Obama is not a man of The Gut, and it is driving official Washington crazy. This is a good thing, because resisting The Gut… — Charlie Pierce
My goats are not contemplative, accepting, or introspective. They are the Greek chorus of my farm, sometimes of my life. They watch me closely and… — Jon Katz
I live a very secluded life, a very contemplative life and a very meditative one. That is my ideal life. — Alice Walker
We have to learn not to feel guilty about letting our imagination browse around, and you know, in writing fiction particularly. But I think, in… — Sue Monk Kidd
The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live. — Nicolas Chamfort
Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are… — Richard Courant
I think instead writers and publishers and readers need to go to the places where people are, and make the argument that there is great… — John Green
From the respect paid to property flow, as from a poisoned fountain, most of the evils and vices which render this world such a dreary… — Mary Wollstonecroft
Necessary for a contemplative life: a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience. — Ritu Ghatourey

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