Quotes by Contemplative Life Of all animals, he alone attains to the Contemplative Life. Andrew Lang contemplative-life cat animal The bearing, rearing, feeding and educating of children; the running of a house with its thousand details; human relationships with their myriad pulls - women's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life. Anne Morrow Lindbergh contemplative-life running children Woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life. Anne Morrow Lindbergh contemplative-life women running Since the moment of self-consciousness comes to a permanent end - and a new journey begins- is such a decisive stroke or milestone in the contemplative life, I can only speculate why so little has been said of this breakthrough; in fact , I may never get over the silence on the part of writers who say nothing about this second movement. Bernadette Roberts contemplative-life journey self The onset of this second movement is characterized by the falling away of self and coming upon "that" which remains when it is gone. But this going-out is an upheaval, a complete turnabout of such proportions it cannot possibly be missed, under-emphasized, or sufficiently stressed as a major landmark in the contemplative life. Bernadette Roberts contemplative-life self fall Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet won’t stick out. Djuna Barnes contemplative-life effort feet I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be. It's wonderful to have someone like that around, you always feel you can count on them. You can go away and come back, you can change your mind and your hairdo and your politics, and when you get through doing all these upsetting things, you look around and there they are, just the way they were, just being. Elizabeth Janeway contemplative-life upset people I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be. Elizabeth Janeway contemplative-life honey people The act of contemplation then creates the thing created. Isaac D'Israeli contemplative contemplative-life contemplation In the active life all the vices are first of all to be removed by the practice of good works, so that in the contemplative life a man may, with now purified mental gaze, pass on to the contemplation of the Divine Light. Isidore of Seville contemplative-life light men Books are surviving in this intense, fragmented, hyper-accelerated present, and my sense and hope is that things will slow down again and people will want more time for a contemplative life. There is no way people can keep up this pace. No one is happy. Two or three hours to read should not be an unattainable thing, although I hope we get to that stage without needing a corporate sponsored app to hold our hand. The utopian in me has my fingers crossed that we haven't quite figured out the digital future just yet. After all, the one thing we know about people: they always surprise. Junot Diaz contemplative-life book hands 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 contemplative-life appearance exercise If you were going to be attracted to a mystical faith which involved the contemplative life, Buddhism would be quite reasonable. But then, not everybody is a budding mystic. In fact, it's pretty certain that very few people are. So another kind of religion, one that was perhaps more pragmatic and service-oriented, might appeal to those others. So I think you have to take your values into account. Ninian Smart contemplative-life buddhism thinking In Radical Optimism, Beatrice Bruteau sets forth a deep and shining vision of spirituality, one that guides the reader into the contemplative life and the very root of our being. Dr. Bruteau is a philosopher of great measure whose work should be required reading for all who seek the deepest truth about themselves. Sue Monk Kidd contemplative-life reading roots 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 contemplative-life men order Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet. Thomas Aquinas contemplative-life contemplation practice One of the strange laws of the contemplative life is that in it you do not sit down and solve problems: you bear with them until they somehow solve themselves. Or until life solves them for you. Thomas Merton contemplative-life down-and law There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues. Thomas Merton contemplative-life wisdom temptation The Christian life, and especially the contemplative life, is a continual discovery of Christ in new and unexpected places. Thomas Merton contemplative-life christian discovery In general, it can be said that no contemplative life is possible without ascetic self-discipline. One must learn to survive without the habit-forming luxuries which get such a hold on men today. I do not say that to be a contemplative one absolutely has to go without smoking or without alcohol, but certainly one must be able to use these things without being dominated by an uncontrolled need for them. Thomas Merton contemplative-life self men 12»
