Quotes Tagged With :contemplative

Quoting from Thomas MertonDialogues With SilenceThe true contemplative is not one who prepares his mind....

Experience is the byproduct of agony.

He looks out the window at the falling snow, then turns and takes his wife in his arms, feeling grateful....

He rose and turned toward the lights of town. The tidepools bright as smelterpots among the dark rocks....

Contemplative prayer is natural, unprogrammed; it is perpetual openness to God, so that in the openness....

...I am better Thoughtful Prince than King. Potential holds appeal since in its castle wallsOne is protected....

The contemplative man always lives alone. Regardless of who may reside in his home, his is a solitary....

We remain free, however, to listen to God's communication or not to listen, and free to respond or not....

I am so tired. I have grown old from being serious. I have grown ill from being serious. I want to laugh....

To understand the extreme lengths to which the Sufis were prepared to go in reading esoteric meanings....