Contemplative Quote by 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 is the loving sense of this life, this presence and this eternity.

— Thomas Merton

“Living an engaged and contemplative existence allows a person to glean the quintessential experience of living mindfully.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Contemplation, on the contrary, is the experiential grasp of reality as subjective, not so much “mine” (which would signify “belonging to the external self”)…

— Thomas Merton

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

“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

“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

True contemplation is reflecting on the blessings of God in your life.

— Harold Klemp

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

You know, Monsieur, that, although the contemplative life is more perfect than the active life, it is not, however, more so than one which…

— Vincent de Paul

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

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