Quotes about Contemplation
What can God have that gives him greater satisfaction than that a thousand times a day all his creatures should thus pause to withdraw and worship him in the heart.
— Brother Lawrence
If you aren't constantly astonished at God's grace in your solitude, there's no way it can happen in public.
— Timothy Keller
I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
The reason for our loving God is God.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Sometimes I just sit still and enjoy God's presence.
— Joyce Meyer
Sainthood lies in the habit of referring the smallest actions to God.
— CS Lewis
It is in lonely solitude that God delivers His best thoughts, and the mind needs to be still and quiet to receive them.
— Charles Swindoll
Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone.
— Thomas Jefferson
If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it.
— Vincent Van Gogh
Our job as humans is to make admiration of others and adoration of God fully conscious and deliberate.
— Fr. Richard Rohr