Communication Quote by David A. Cooper

You cannot grow in the integrative dance of action and contemplation without a strong tolerance for ambiguity, an ability to allow, forgive, and contain…

— Richard Rohr

Give yourself completely to the act of listening. Beyond the sounds there is something greater, a sacredness that cannot be understood through thought.

— Eckhart Tolle

“True contemplation can only thrive when defended from two opposite exaggerations: quietism on the one hand, and spiritual fuss upon the other. Neither from…

— Evelyn Underhill

“Many things are spoken out loud, but be careful of those words that you whisper to yourself. You have the ability to uplift yourself…

— Amaka Imani Nkosazana

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…

— Amanda Hocking

Instead of focusing on some thoughts and feelings and pushing away others, just look at them as feathers flying in the wind. The wind…

— Tsoknyi Rinpoche

Sometimes the solitary road to understand things is through your silence. Because in there, your feelings and thoughts coordinate in one axis~

— Rolly Magallanes

“How do you know when to advance the conversation or when there's something still unresolved? When you are situationally aware, you watch the body…

— Susan C. Young

“Contemplation is precisely the awareness that this “I” is really “not I” and the awakening of the unknown “I” that is beyond observation and…

— Thomas Merton

Leave your thoughtlessness behind you then you may begin to understand. Clear the emptiness around you with the waving of your hand.

— Van Morrison

“Deep listening is an act of surrender. We risk being changed by what we hear. When I really want to hear another person's story,…

— Valarie Kaur

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

— Jacob Bronowski