Quotes about Contemplation

Being a Christian then is more about celebrating mystery than conquering it.

We're engaged more than ever by the possibilities of soul and spirit, and by the nagging suspicion that all of this may not be a grand accident after all; but God, an increasing number of people are asking—what does God have to do with that?

Sabbath forces you to listen to your life. Sabbath is a day when you are fully present to your pain, your stress, your worry, your fear. Sabbath is when you let whatever you've pushed down rise to the surface. Sabbath is a day when things that are broken get fixed, when things within you that have torn are mended.

There ought to be a view around the world From such a mountain

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

I have found, after a good deal of consideration, that the best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for Him here.

The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.

Tell yourself right now and throughout today, that it's okay to draw away from the maddening crowd. Jesus did; so can you.

Religion is life, philosophy is thought; religion looks up, friendship looks in. We need both thought and life, and we need that the two shall be in harmony.

Theology is only thought applied to religion.

Let me be one of the upward and outward lookers, not one of the downward and inward lookers.

No Christian and, indeed, no historian could accept the epigram which defines religion as 'what a man does with his solitude.'