Quotes About Contemplation

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

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.

Abandon the secret chamber and the spiritual life will decay.

It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of our spiritual condition will make us consent to it.

When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.

I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual.

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

I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin.

I could give you no advice but this: to go into yourself and to explore the depths where your life wells forth.

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.

It's easy to operate under the illusion that what we are doing is so important we cannot stop doing it. ... Stopping is a spiritual act. It is the refuge where we drink life in.

The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation.

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.

To praise is to praise how one surrenders to the emptiness.

Stopping is a spiritual art. It is the refuge where we drink life in.

Spirituality lies in regarding existence merely as a vehicle for contemplation, and contemplation merely a vehicle for joy.

If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.

Inner silence works from the moment you begin to accrue it. What the old sorcerers were after was the final dramatic, end result of reaching that individual threshold of silence.

Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom.

I deal with this spiritual issue every day - either shooting or processing or sorting or discussing or having conversations - I'm in constant contact with it.

My hates have always occupied my mind much more actively and have given greater spiritual satisfactions than my friendships.

To understand what is right meditation there must be an awareness of the operation of one's own consciousness, and then there is complete attention.

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

We can all see God in exceptional things, but it requires the culture of spiritual discipline to see God in every detail.