Quotes about Contemplation
I can think of nothing more poisonous than to rot in the stink of your own reflections.
— Frank Herbert
It occurred to her that mercy was the ability to stop, if only for a moment.
— Frank Herbert
Mentat, solve thyself, he thought.
— Frank Herbert
The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will not exist at all.
— Karl Rahner
When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Every one must have some solitary spot where he can be alone with his God.
— Andrew Murray
It is only by continuously fixing the mind for a time on some one of the lessons of faith, that the believer is gradually helped to take and thoroughly assimilate them.
— Andrew Murray
The more I understand and contemplate Jesus' surrender of Himself for me, the more do I give myself again to Him. The surrender is a mutual one: the love comes from both sides. His giving of Himself makes such an impression on my heart, that my heart with the self-same love and joy becomes entirely His.
— Andrew Murray
Oh! take time, to get very low before God.
— Andrew Murray
No man can expect to make progress in holiness who is not often and long alone with God.
— Andrew Murray
A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.
— Johannes Tauler
Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.
— Johannes Tauler