Contemplation Quote by Thomas Merton

Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the…

— John of the Cross

Contemplation is that condition of alert passivity, in which the soul lays itself open to the divine Ground within and without, the immanent and…

— Aldous Huxley

Contemplation is the loving sense of this life, this presence and this eternity.

— Thomas Merton

Contemplation is life itself, fully awake, fully active, and fully aware that it is alive. It is spiritual wonder. It is spontaneous awe at…

— Thomas Merton

“Contemplation, as it has come to be understood in the Christian tradition, is a return to the paradisiacal state of union with God, which…

— William Shannon

Our life of contemplation shall retain the following characteristics: —missionary: by going out physically or in spirit in search of souls all over the…

— Mother Teresa

The true contemplative is one who has discovered the art of finding leisure even in the midst of his work, by working with such…

— Thomas Merton

“The contemplative life remains freely available to us through our choices—what we read and buy, how we commit to leisure and self-improvement, the passing…

— Franklin Foer

... the greatest menace to our capacity for contemplation is the incessant fabrication of tawdry empty stimuli which kill the receptivity of the soul.

— Josef Pieper

To contemplate a thing implies maintaining oneself OUTSIDE it, resolved to keep a distance between it and ourselves.

— Bruce Lee

“Mystical experience is given to some. But contemplation is for all Christians.”

— Michael Ramsey

“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