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Meditation Quotes by Thomas Merton
- We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us.
- Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake.
- As long as we are on earth, the love that unites us will bring us suffering by our very contact with one another, because this…
- Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep inexpressible certitude of…
- Some of us need to discover that we will not begin to live more fully until we have the courage to do and see and…
- Learn how to meditate on paper. Drawing and writing are forms of meditation. Learn how to contemplate works of art. Learn how to pray in…
- Life is this simple: we are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through it all the time. This…
- Everything in modern city life is calculated to keep man from entering into himself and thinking about spiritual things. Even with the best of intentions…
More Meditation Quotes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
- He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. — Marcus Aurelius
- Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. — Marcus Aurelius
- We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in… — Teresa of Avila
- No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation. — Walter Bagehot
- Meditation state is a place of deep relaxation where you can pinpoint the things you do and to set a paradigm switch… — Roseanne Barr
- Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. — Josh Billings
- I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles. — Russell Brand
- When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your… — David Brainerd
- We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation… — Pearl S. Buck
- The mind is more powerful than anything. So, during the birth I wasn't thinking about the pain. I was in a meditation… — Gisele Bundchen