Quotes about Contemplation
Prayer is more than words. It's listening, seeing and feeling.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Prayer draws us near to our own souls.
— Herman Melville
The Lord speaks to us through the Scriptures and in our prayer. Let us learn to keep silence before him, as we meditate upon the Gospel.
— Pope Francis
If by losing the spirit of prayer, you mean losing the heavenly sensations of deep devotion, I am afraid that does not matter a scrap.
— Evelyn Underhill
If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine.
— Johannes Tauler
The Rosary is a school of Prayer. The Rosary is a school of Faith.
— Pope Francis
Mankind have such a deep stake in inward illumination, that there is much to be said by the hermit or monk in defence of his life of thought and prayer.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
— Pope John Paul II
Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
He is thinking quietly: I should not have got out of the habit of prayer.
— William Faulkner
Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.
— Anne Lamott
Frequently the burden or concern in the spirit is for prayer.
— Watchman Nee