Quotes About Contemplation

Let a man live with God, not afraid to talk with him. Let him study God's plans and methods, as one of Michelangelo's pupils might study his.

I talk to myself, especially in the car.

My arse contemplates those who talk behind my back.

I want to do an intelligent talk show where you have room to breathe.

I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing, and cozy chats to group settings.

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

As a goalkeeper, you have so much time back there where you're alone, and you're talking to yourself in your head.

I think the whole world should try not talking for a day.

There are two ways of talking. One is the easy way, where you talk lightly, and the other one is the considered way. The considered way is what I have put my name to.

Think Tank, noun: The shower.

Sometimes I've sat outside, not to tan, but as a result of that I ended up tanning slightly.

Think small.... If you can't think small, try philosophy or social criticism.

Don't start arguments. They are futile and take us away from our purpose. As Yeats noted, your important arguments are with yourself. If you don't agree with me, don't listen. Think about something else.

In order for the psychic capacity to work, you must be able to still the interfering thoughts of your conscious mind and turn inwardly. It is very important for you to be able to let go of your restless thoughts, your hopes, dreams, desires, and frustrations. Ideally, when the mind is completely stilled, you should be in such an objective, passive state of mind that you are no longer even conscious that you have a body - almost a prayerful attitude.

To listen to others quiets and disciplines the mind to listen to God.

Meditation sends us into our ordinary world with greater perspective and balance.

Spiritual disciplines answer the shallow world.

Settle yourself in solitude and you will come upon Him in yourself. —TERESA OF ÁVILA

Silence is one of the deepest disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justification. One of the fruits of silence is the freedom to let God be our justifier. We don't need to straighten others out.

The mind will always take on an order conforming to that upon which it concentrates.

Study cannot happen until we are subject to the subject.

Solitude The creation of an open, empty space in our lives by purposefully abstaining from interaction with other human beings, so that, freed from competing loyalties, we can be found by God The

The twentieth-century Lutheran martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer, when asked why he meditated, replied, "Because I am a Christian.

Darkness is a definite experience of prayer. It is to be expected, even embraced.