Contemplation Quote by Paul F. Knitter

Ritual consists of the external practices of spirituality that help us become more receptive and aware of the closeness of our lives to the…

— Christina Baldwin

“Whether you practice a traditional religion or a universal version of spirituality, it is necessary to keep an open mind for learning and growing.”

— Thomas Vazhakunnathu

“The most perfect happiness, surely, must arise from the contemplation of the most perfect object.”

— David Hume

“In meditation, states of deep focus and concentration are developed, leading to deeper levels of contemplation. With greater peacefulness and heightened awareness, the wisdom…

— Todd Perelmuter

“Contemplation means rest, suspension of activity, withdrawal into the mysterious interior solitude in which the soul is absorbed in the immense and fruitful silence…

— Thomas Merton

On the whole, when the unexpected danger happens to you, you're thinking so fast, you're thinking so hard, every bit of you is alive…

— Kate Adie

The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread, and doing laundry.

— Kathleen Norris

At length weariness succeeds to labor, and the mind lies at ease in the contemplation of her own attainments without any desire of new…

— Samuel Johnson

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

My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place [cell 54 of Cairo Central Prison] taught me that he who cannot change…

— Anwar Sadat

As objects of contemplation, images of the atrocious can answer to several different needs. To steel oneself against weakness. To make oneself more numb.…

— Susan Sontag

To enter into the realm of contemplation one must in a certain sense die: but this death is in fact the entrance to a…

— Thomas Merton

“The problem with the contemplative life was that there was no end to contemplation, no fixed time limit after which thought had to be…

— Richard Russo

“Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep, inexpressible certitude…

— Thomas Merton

“Inside every pause lived a contemplation”

— Eric Jerome Dickey