Quotes About Contemplation

For contemplation he and valour formed; / For softness she and sweet attractive grace, / He for God only, she for God in him: / His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule.

Friends, do not be afraid of silence or stillness. Listen to God. Adore Him in the Eucharist.

As a toy fruit or a toy elephant reminds one of the real fruit and the living animal, so do the images that are worshipped remind one of the God who is formless and eternal.

Meditation is waiting on God.

Coming before God in quietness & waiting upon Him in silence often can accomplish more than days of feverish activity.

No study has taken so much of human energy, whether in times past or present, as the study of the soul, of God, and of human destiny.

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes.

The speech of God is silence. His Word is solitude.

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.

God secludes Himself; but the thinker listens at the door.

Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd and under roofs That our frail hands have raised?

When I think of God's Kingdom, I am compelled to be silent because of its immensity, because God's Kingdom is none other than God himself with all His riches.

One must learn an inner solitude, where or with whomsoever he may be. He must learn to penetrate things and find God there, to get a strong impression of God firmly fixed on his mind.

Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot hear the voice of God

Why, I can't help wondering, is God thought to need such ferocious defence? One might have supposed him amply capable of looking after himself.

Mysticism: to dwell on the unseen, to withdraw ourselves from the things of sense into communion with God - to endeavour to partake of the Divine nature; that is, of Holiness.

There is a divine depth in silence. We meet God alone.

Live more quietly. Live more seeking God's presence in your own heart.

To meditate on Scripture is to allow the truth of God's Word to move from head to heart. It is to so dwell upon a truth that it becomes part of our being.

I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.

To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your own inward ground and then confront yourself.

When God threw me, a pebble, into this wondrous lake, I disturbed its surface with countless circles. But when I reached the depths, I became very still.

The best thing must be to flee from all to the All.

I want to know God's thoughts.