Quotes about Contemplation

My poor little sister-in-law is breaking her heart by mere contemplation of your physical and moral beauty.

When Joy grew mad with awe, at counting future tears.

He who exercises wisdom, exercises the knowledge which is about God.

So decide now that you are worthy of living as a full-grown man who is making progress, and make everything that seems best be a law that you cannot go against. And if you meet with any hardship or anything pleasant or reputable or disreputable, then remember that the contest is now and the Olympic games are now and you cannot put things off any more and that your progress is made or destroyed by a single day and a single action

Continually remind yourself that you are a mortal being, and someday will die.

Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God.

Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there's something good about feeling both.

As a Christian, I try to meditate or pray at least once a day, however briefly.

I love prayer candles, and I use them often.

It's impossible to see the face of Jesus without seeking that face in some concentrated way, in the practice of the faith, through prayer and action.

From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.

Meditation is an essential aspect of my life.