Quotes About Quiet Contemplation

#1. Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), the industrialist and prodigious art collector. It is said that he liked to wander through his gallery at night in quiet contemplation.

Anonymous

#2. There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.

Lin Yutang

#3. It is not necessary to maintain a conversation when we are in the presence of God. We can come into His presence and rest our weary souls in quiet contemplation of Him. Our groanings, which cannot be uttered, rise to Him and tell Him better than words how dependent we are upon Him.

Ole Hallesby

#4. Someday, I will be brave enough to say these things to you in person. For now, I remain in happy, quiet contemplation over you and can say tonight that I just might love you. Or could someday.

Erin McCahan

#5. How often do we talk just to fill up the quiet space? How often do we waste our breath talking about nonsense?

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

#6. Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work.

Lytton Strachey

#7. Solemn silence makes noble worship.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#8. If falling in love is like taking off or flying, then love is like landing.

Ayala Malakh-Pines

#9. Our Virtues are wrapped inside of our limitations. It is only when we are in close proximity to others that we begin to intimately explore the boundaries of our virtues by slamming into our limitations.

Resmaa Menakem

#10. The greatest prayers that I could ever utter come from the heart. And when I pray that way, I rarely need to open my mouth. Therefore, maybe I should think about talking less.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#11. Usually, when the distractions of daily life deplete our energy, the first thing we eliminate is the thing we eliminate is the thing we need the most: quiet, reflective time. Time to dream, time to contemplate what's working and what's not, so that we can make changes for the better. (January 17)

Sarah Ban Breathnach

#12. He sat watching what went forward with the quiet outward glance of healthy old age.

George Eliot

#13. Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

Gavin Bryars

#14. I find it quite incredible how much peace and quiet a person actually needs in order to devote himself entirely to his thoughts.

Oddny Eir

#15. I'd rather have two girls at 21 each than one girl at 42.

W.C. Fields

#16. FAITH receives more than it asks. DOUBT loses more than it disbelieved.

Beth Moore

#17. I love boxing. I really respect the guys and admire the guys who do it. But, I'm very, very happy with my career as an actor. I made the right choice and things are really working out for me right now, but I won't pretend that there isn't a part of me that always secretly wanted to be a boxer.

Holt McCallany

#18. Prayer can assume very different forms, from quiet, blessed contemplation of God, in which eye meets eye in restful meditation, to deep sighs or sudden exclamations of wonder, joy, gratitude or adoration.

Ole Hallesby

#19. Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective

Tony Robbins

#20. There can be few places more conducive to the quiet, solitary contemplation of melancholy thoughts than a window-seat; and if beyond the window-panes there is a steely vignette of November murk and withered twigs, so much the better.

Jude Morgan

#21. Humility is honestly assessing ourselves in light of God's holiness and our sinfulness.

C.J. Mahaney

#22. If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet ... maybe we could understand something.

Federico Fellini