Quotes about Contemplation
Prayer is the act of seeing reality from God's point of view.
- Philip Yancey
Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.
- Mahatma Gandhi
I must exchange whispers with God before shouts with the world.
- Lysa TerKeurst
Look at Him while He is looking at you.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
Prayer continues in the desire of the heart, though the understanding be employed on outward things.
- John Wesley
Souls of prayer are souls of great silence
- Mother Teresa
Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your thoughts to roam.
- Johannes Tauler
Prayer is the evidence that I am spiritually concentrated on God.
- Oswald Chambers
Prayer unfolds in the stillness of the soul.
- Philip Yancey
Just as you wouldn't leave the house without taking a shower, you shouldn't start the day without at least 10 minutes of sacred practice: prayer, meditation, inspirational reading.
- Marianne Williamson
Everything we do, our entire interior monologue, is prayer.
- Madeleine L'Engle
I believe that ultimately it all comes down to whether we seek conscious contact with God on a daily basis through prayer and meditation.
- Marianne Williamson