Contemplative Quotes

In my personal life, I am very contemplative.

He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always been a city fellow, but I've often had vague thoughts about 'checking out' and perhaps going into a monastery and just seeing what it was like.

Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer.

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

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