Quotes about Contemplation
Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies.
— John Milton
Don't go outside; get back to yourself, in the inner man lies the Truth.
— St. Augustine
When filled with holy truth the mind rests.
— Charles Spurgeon
Truth is I don't think God on a daily basis. I think politics, science.
— Peter Mullan
Love and religion! thought Clarissa, going back into the drawing room, tingling all over. How detestable, how detestable they are!
— Virginia Woolf
The principal means of acquiring an ardent love of Christ are mental prayer, Communion, mortification, retirement.
— Alphonsus Liguori
In the silence of our hearts, God speaks of His love; with our silence, we allow Jesus to love us.
— Mother Teresa
It takes endurance to get on your knees and stay there until God supernaturally ignites a fresh thought in your mind.
— Bill Hybels
a person who finds silence and solitude boring is a person who is himself boring, empty of anything worth consideration.
— Ted Dekker
I would like my readers to close the cover at the end and say: Wow, I never thought of it like that before!
— Ted Dekker
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— Ted Dekker
Truth sees God, and wisdom contemplates God, and from these two comes a third, a holy and wonderful delight in God, who is love.
— Julian of Norwich