Contemplative Quotes

Contemplative Quote of the day

Art is not communicative, art is not reflexive. Art, science, philosophy are neither contemplative, neither reflexive, nor communicative. They are creative, that's all.

Contemplative prayer [oración mental] in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us.

Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer.

Composing a piece of music is very feminine. It is sensitive, emotional, contemplative. By comparison, doing housework is positively masculine.

In contemplative prayer we seek to become the person we are called to be, not by thinking of God, but by being with God. Simply to be with God is to be drawn into being the person God calls us to be

Compassion will no longer be seen as a spiritual luxury for a contemplative few; rather it will be viewed as a social necessity for the entire human family.

For in order that man may do well, whether in the works of the active life, or in those of the contemplative life, he needs the fellowship of friends.

The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.

The true contemplative is one who has discovered the art of finding leisure even in the midst of his work, by working with such a spirit of detachment and recollection that even his work is a prayer

One of the strange laws of the contemplative life is that in it you do not sit down and solve problems: you bear with them until they somehow solve themselves. Or until life solves them for you.

This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I'm not a naturally boisterous person.

Could the purr be anything but contemplative?

Mathematics is not a contemplative but a creative subject.

Man's activity consists in either a making or doing. Both of these aspects of the active life depend for their correction upon the contemplative life (that is, the Hero).

One of the first things to learn if you want to be a contemplative is to mind your own business. Nothing is more suspicious, in a man who seems holy, than an impatient desire to reform other men.

All artists are of necessity in some measure contemplative.

A contemplative should pay equal attention to concentration, energetic effort and equanimity, and not exclusively to one of these factors only.

Science is a contemplative possession of reality through exclusion of all illusion, error and ignorance.

The Christian life, and especially the contemplative life, is a continual discovery of Christ in new and unexpected places.

Contemplative living is living in true relationship with oneself, God, others and nature, free of the illusions of separateness.

Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection.

I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.

We need the wisdom of women, and the experience of married people and parents, and the depth of the contemplative if we are to be formed as preachers.

Modern definitions of truth, such as those as pragmatism and instrumentalism, which are practical rather than contemplative, are inspired by industrialisation as opposed to aristocracy.

The principles of my works... are the extinction of expression, permanent covering and contemplative tranquillity... My ideal is the completely dark picture, full of some overwhelming silence.

Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative

There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues.

This mystical stream [contemplative prayer] is the Western bridge to Far Eastern spirituality.

As strenuous challenge or contemplative retreat, the parks and other units of the national lands offer welcome respite from the world, a safety valve for body and spirit.

From the respect paid to property flow, as from a poisoned fountain, most of the evils and vices which render this world such a dreary scene to the contemplative mind.

Woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life.

A contemplative life has more the appearance of a life of piety than any other; but it is the divine plan to bring faith into activity and exercise.

The act of contemplation then creates the thing created.

It is to this silence [contemplative prayer] that we all are called.

If you want to know anything about community, you have to realize that the contemplative side is essential. Community without retreating and quiet time never survives.

When you are deeply contemplative, you listen more carefully and understand things which cannot be articulated.

Before, I just spewed whatever it was I thought about everything. I tend to be more contemplative now

Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains, Winning from Reason's hand the reins, Pity and woe! for such a mind Is soft contemplative, and kind.

I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be.

I cannot imagine why my vision will have some value in the world..and yet I know it will..I think I will count because I am patient and recueilli (contemplative) in some degree.

I was thinking about dying the other day the death thought came while I was sitting on the toilet peeing - that's where I have my most contemplative thoughts.

I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends: for I have taken all knowledge to be my province.

Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation.

In my personal life, I am very contemplative.

Of all animals, he alone attains to the Contemplative Life.

This wife you have, Bird said at last, deeply contemplative, did you pay a great deal for her? She cost me almost everything I had, he said, with a wry tone that made the others laugh. But worth it.

Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet won’t stick out.

My direction is very anti-contemplative. If you thought I was for commercial products, you'd think there was no irony. The irony isn't meant to be an ironic comment on our society, exactly.

But compared with the task of selecting a piece of French pastry held by an impatient waiter a move in chess is like reaching for a salary check in its demand on the contemplative faculties.

We should all without shame enrol in the school of contemplative prayer.