Quotes about Contemplation

You can curse the dead or pray for them, but don't expect them to do a thing for you. They're far too interested in watching us, to see what in heaven's name we will do next.

My desire is that my Lord would give me broader and deeper thoughts, to feed myself with wondering at His love.

I love to live alone in my own little cottage, where I can spend much time in prayer, etc.

On the whole, God's love for us is a much safer subject to think about than our love for Him.

God speaks in the silence of the heart.

In silence and in meditation on the eternal truths, I hear the voice of God which excites our hearts to greater love.

Christmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice of Love.

Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world.

Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding places in a voluminous writer.

As I stared out at the grim skyline, a bright sliver of the sun peeked over the horizon. Watching it rise, I performed a mental ritual: Whenever I saw the sun, I reminded myself that I was looking at a star. One of over a hundred billion stars in our galaxy. A galaxy that was just one of billions of other galaxies in the observable universe. This helped me keep things in perspective.

Sempre que via o sol, eu me lembrava de que estava olhando para uma estrela. Uma entre mais de cem bilhões de estrelas em nossa galáxia. Uma galáxia que era apenas uma entre bilhões de outras galáxias no Universo. Isso me ajudava a manter a cabeça no lugar.

Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.