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All artist of some measure contemplative. — Evelyn Underhill

Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet won't stick out. — Djuna Barnes

This mystical stream [contemplative prayer] is the Western bridge to Far Eastern spirituality. — Tilden Edwards

We were sharing a rare point in time, contemplative, and the moment was made complete by his vintage sunglasses, bringing the night indoors. — Don DeLillo

No matter how mundane some action might appear, keep at it long enough and it becomes a contemplative, even meditative act. — Haruki Murakami

Thought is powerless, except it make something outside of itself: the thought which conquers the world is not contemplative but active. — William Kingdon Clifford

We should all without shame enrol in the school of contemplative prayer. — Richard J. Foster

Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains, Winning from Reason's hand the reins, Pity and woe! for such a mind Is soft contemplative, and kind. — Walter Scott

Contemplative living is living in true relationship with oneself, God, others and nature, free of the illusions of separateness. — Thomas Merton

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

Fly-fishing is the sport of the thinkers and the dreamers," Gunnar said. "It is the contemplative man's recreation. — Clare Vanderpool

Other forms of relating to God that have unique value in connecting us to Him include contemplative prayer and centering prayer. — Larry Crabb

Cats, on the other hand, are similar to Vulcans - dispassionate, contemplative and pointy-eared. — George Takei

To praise the contemplative life is not to reject every other form of life, but to seek a solid foundation for every other human striving. Without — Thomas Merton

A contemplative should pay equal attention to concentration, energetic effort and equanimity, and not exclusively to one of these factors only. — Gautama Buddha

He poured himself a glass of whiskey. And another. And another. Not enough to get stinking drunk, just enough to make him overly contemplative. — Julia Quinn

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

Could the purr be anything but contemplative? — Irving Townsend

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

When we are on the water, our contemplative impulses range from the intense to the nearly absent. — Paul Schullery

How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative? — Michael Arad

Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative — Aristotle.

There's no Biblical definition of contemplative prayer — Mike Bickle

There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues. — Thomas Merton

Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation. — Henry David Thoreau

Before, I just spewed whatever it was I thought about everything. I tend to be more contemplative now. — Anne Heche

He had defended himself against death from without, and then it had carried him off from within. — Hans Keilson

Let us destroy, but don't let us pretend that we are commiting an act of virtue. — Ayn Rand

The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live. — Nicolas Chamfort

We become, after the arrival of the printing press in general, more attentive more attuned to contemplative ways of thinking. — Nicholas G. Carr

Perhaps ... these days of less sunlight are opportunities for more contemplative time, more looking deeply to see what can only be seen in the dark. — Sylvia Boorstein