Quotes about Contemplation
Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
— John of the Cross
Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.
— Maya Angelou
God is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
— Viktor E. Frankl
God is not remote from us. He is at the point of my pen, my (pick) shovel, my paint brush, my (sewing) needle - and my heart and thoughts.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
We must seek, in studying God, to be led to God.
— JI Packer
When we see a beautiful object, a beautiful garden, or a beautiful flower, let us think that there we behold a ray of the infinite beauty of God, who has given existence to that object.
— Alphonsus Liguori
God willeth to be seen and to be sought: to be abided and to be trusted.
— Julian of Norwich
To know that God thinks about me is the beginning of my journey of faith.
— AW Tozer
Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.
— Johannes Tauler
He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.
— Ignatius of Loyola
He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying.
— Francis de Sales
Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.
— Thomas Merton