Quotes about Contemplation
You have to make time, even for something as universal as staring at the stars.
— WP Kinsella
Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings.
— Letitia Baldrige
Think first. Talk less. Start today.
— Charles Swindoll
Keep up the fires of thought, and all will go well.
— Henry David Thoreau
Sunk in the grass of an empty lot on a spring Saturday, I split the stems of milkweed and thought about ants and peach pits and death and where the world went when I closed my eyes.
— Toni Morrison
In God's presence I feel small because I am small.
— Philip Yancey
My slowness to act is a sign of mercy, not of weakness.
— Philip Yancey
Prayer is the act of seeing reality from God's point of view.
— Philip Yancey
Let him who is about to accuse God consider the greatness of the God accused.
— Philip Yancey
I relish the sense of being alone with nature, knowing that of all people in the world only I am hearing these sounds in this place. The tranquil mood feels vaguely religious, what I should be feeling in church but rarely do. In
— Philip Yancey
The quieter the mind," said Meister Eckhart, "the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is.
— Philip Yancey
It takes great effort, and considerable faith, to keep the Big Picture in mind. In some ways it makes me feel utterly insignificant, in some ways eternally significant
— Philip Yancey