Quotes about Contemplation
But perhaps a man is not required to bury himself.
— Henry David Thoreau
There are doubts, sir, which, if man have them, it is not man that can solve them.
— Herman Melville
Man must do his part and detach himself from created things.
— Johannes Tauler
Let man's soul be a sphere, and then, in this, The intelligence that moves, devotion is.
— John Donne
We ought to see the face of God every morning before we see the face of man.
— DL Moody
Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
— Francis de Sales
I have always been amazed at my contemporaries' lack of finesse, I whose soul writhed from morning to night, in the mere quest of itself.
— Samuel Beckett
A quiet morning with a loving God puts the events of the upcoming day into proper perspective.
— Janette Oke
You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.
— Mortimer Adler
There is a need for aloneness... for an actor.
— Marilyn Monroe
The initial step for us all to come to knowledge of God is contemplation of nature.
— Irenaeus of Lyons
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.
— Mother Teresa