Quotes about Contemplative
Just as certain people are more susceptible to particular diseases, some temperaments —especially those that tend to be melancholy or contemplative — are more vulnerable to questions and doubts.
- Lee Strobel
The Christian life, and especially the contemplative life, is a continual discovery of Christ in new and unexpected places.
- Thomas Merton
Contemplative prayer is a method of exposing and disengaging from the ordinary obstacles to our awareness of God's presence with us. This prayer is not an end, but a beginning. It's easy to give in to the temptation to chase after the enemy every time he shows himself; sometimes it's the right thing to do. There is a better way to defeat him—fix our eyes and our hearts steadfastly on Jesus. His light will drive out the darkness.
- James Goll
But once we become practiced at a contemplative worldview, a "thisness" way of seeing, there is nothing trivial anymore and all is grace.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
Only the spacious, contemplative mind can see so broadly and trust so deeply. The small calculating mind wants either/or, win or lose, good or bad.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
Other forms of relating to God that have unique value in connecting us to Him include contemplative prayer and centering prayer.
- Larry Crabb