Quotes about Contemplation
The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence.
— Pope John Paul II
The awe of God is wisdom.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them.
— Charles Spurgeon
Concerning perfect blessedness which consists in a vision of God.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us.
— Thomas Merton
My God, I pray better to you by breathing and walking than by talking, just as in choir I sing best when I am thinking about something else, or better still, praying.
— Thomas Merton
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.
— John Milton
Friends, do not be afraid of silence or stillness. Listen to God. Adore Him in the Eucharist.
— Pope Benedict XVI
Meditation is waiting on God.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Coming before God in quietness & waiting upon Him in silence often can accomplish more than days of feverish activity.
— AW Tozer
The speech of God is silence. His Word is solitude.
— Thomas Merton