Quotes about Contemplation

This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it stood for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence.

It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation.

Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.

Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.

Remember God more often than you breathe.

The soul never thinks without a picture.

The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.

Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. ...We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to him.

Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake.

We are silent at the beginning of the day because God should have the first word, and we are silent before going to sleep because the last word also belongs to God.

I like the monastic life... in the prayer and the praising... this has charged me with new energy, spiritual energy. This is very important for my ministry outside the monastery.

The ancient spiritual tradition is that God gives himself fully to us in silence and solitude.