Contemplative Life Quotes
Collection of top 16 famous quotes about Contemplative Life
Contemplative Life Quotes & Sayings
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Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet won't stick out.
— Djuna Barnes
The Christian life, and especially the contemplative life, is a continual discovery of Christ in new and unexpected places.
— Thomas Merton
I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.
— Richard Rohr
The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.
— Nicolas Chamfort
There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues.
— Thomas Merton
For in order that man may do well, whether in the works of the active life, or in those of the contemplative life, he needs the fellowship of friends.
— Thomas Aquinas
The human art form is in uniting fruitful activity with a contemplative stance, not one or the other, but always both at the same time.
— Richard Rohr
Here we discover the paradox of the contemplative life, that the desert of solitude can be the school where we learn to love others.
— Kathleen Norris
Learn to listen to subtle cues from your spirit instead of the barrage coming from your brain.
— David Brazzeal
I live a very secluded life, a very contemplative life and a very meditative one. That is my ideal life.
— Alice Walker
Life is a deep and contemplative story stuck on repeat. love, loss, self-destruction, self-discovery
— Pete Wentz
A contemplative life has more the appearance of a life of piety than any other; but it is the divine plan to bring faith into activity and exercise.
— Lord David Cecil
In my personal life, I am very contemplative.
— Antonio Banderas