Quotes about Contemplation
Thomas Merton's Thoughts in Solitude.
- Peter Enns
I have found that the prompts to adjusting my understanding of God are all around me—literally. The very heavens are shouting them, and the word they are shouting most clearly is "mystery.
- Peter Enns
Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.
- Genesis 24:63
Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,
- Judges 5:29
How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
- Job 9:14
Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
- Job 13:3
Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
- Job 13:13
Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
- Job 21:5
Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
- Job 22:4
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
- Job 23:4
I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
- Job 23:5
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
- Job 23:9