Quotes about Contemplation
Judge yourself; if you sincerely and humbly do that, you will not be judged by God.
— Johannes Tauler
Blasphemy? No, it is not blashphemy. If God is as vast as that, he is above blasphemy; if he is as little as that, He is beneath it.
— Mark Twain
What can God have that gives him greater satisfaction than that a thousand times a day all his creatures should thus pause to withdraw and worship him in the heart.
— Brother Lawrence
If you aren't constantly astonished at God's grace in your solitude, there's no way it can happen in public.
— Timothy Keller
I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
The reason for our loving God is God.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Sometimes I just sit still and enjoy God's presence.
— Joyce Meyer
Sainthood lies in the habit of referring the smallest actions to God.
— CS Lewis
It is in lonely solitude that God delivers His best thoughts, and the mind needs to be still and quiet to receive them.
— Charles Swindoll
Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone.
— Thomas Jefferson