Quotes about Contemplation

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.

To saints their very slumber is a prayer.

Reflect carefully on this, for it is so important that I can hardly lay too much stress on it. Fix your eyes on the Crucified and nothing else will be of much importance to you.

To restore silence is the role of objects.

[Sunday] should be different from another day. People may walk, but not throw stones at birds. There may be relaxation, but there should be no levity.

A man becomes what he thinks about most of the time

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

The more we read God's truths and let truth fill our minds, the less time we'll spend contemplating untruths.

We must slow down to a human tempo and we'll begin to have time to listen.

Take more time, cover less ground.

The first step in faith is to stop thinking about God at the time of prayer.

Limit time to the present. Meditate upon your last hour.