Quotes about Contemplation

Why do we forget what we read in the Bible? Is it just a poor memory? No, it's a failure to meditate.

The reason we come away so cold from reading the word is because we do not warm ourselves at the fire of meditation.

What value is there to reading one, three, or more chapters of Scripture only to find that after you've finished, you can't recall a thing you've read? It's better to read a small amount of Scripture and meditate on it than to read an extensive section without meditation.

To read the Bible and not to meditate was seen as an unfruitful exercise: better to read one chapter and meditate afterward than to read several chapters and not to meditate.

To pray the Bible, you simply go through the passage line by line, talking to God about whatever comes to mind as you read the text.

Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.

Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.

A life without a lonely place, that is, without a quiet center, becomes destructive.

When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?

Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.

Our real journey in life is interior.

Contemplation is the loving sense of this life, this presence and this eternity.