Quotes about Contemplation

Meditation is a serious intention of the mind whereby wee come to search out the truth, and settle it effectually upon the heart.

The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

We must free ourselves from the prison of everyday affairs and politics.

It's a great thing learning how to die.

One knows what is right, but holds it at arm's length for a time, neither throwing it out, nor embracing it.

Wilberforce is having thoughts now that seem utterly strange and foreign.

It was not apathy or passiveness. For him, prayer was a display of the strongest possible activity.

Nobody know when he is going to die. It is no good simply putting it off all the time, as we tend to do. If you face it, you realize you hold your life in your hands, and you're ready to let go at any moment. I think that is real wisdom.

How do we wait? The Bible says very clearly that we are to be still.

Reflection makes men cowards.

Faith is not a product of reflection, nor is it even an attempt to penetrate the depths of my own being.

I hear people all the time say, well I read through the Bible last year. Well, so what? I'm all for reading through the Bible. But how much of that got on the inside, or did they just cover three more chapters today? I would never discredit reading the Scriptures, but it is important to meditate on it.