Contemplation Quote by Tryon Edwards

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 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

The feeding of those that are hungry is a form of contemplation.

— Simone Weil

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, 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

“THE FIVE CONTEMPLATIONS This food is the gift of the whole universe, the Earth, the sky, and much hard work. May we eat in…

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

Contemplation places us in a purity and radiance which is far above our understanding.

— John of Ruysbroeck

Contemplative living is living in true relationship with oneself, God, others and nature, free of the illusions of separateness.

— Thomas Merton

“THE FIVE CONTEMPLATIONS 1.This food is a gift of the Earth, the sky, numerous living beings, and much hard and loving work. 2.May we…

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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

— Bruce Lee

there are many ways of eating, for some eating is living for some eating is dying, for some thinking about ways of eating gives…

— Gertrude Stein