CONTEMPLATION

Contemplation strengthens.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Place your mind before the mirrors of

 eternity!

Place your soul in the brilliance of glory.

Place your heart in the figure of the divine

 substance,

And transform your whole being into the

 magic of the Godhead itself through

 contemplation.

Clare of Assisi

In order to attain the citadel of contemplation you must begin by exercising yourself in the field of labor.

Gregory the Great

By the grace of contemplation the Voice of the Supernatural Intelligence occurs in the mind … The words of God are perceived in the ear of the heart … and by supernal grace, we are led to understand higher things.

Gregory the Great

The grace of contemplation is granted only in response to a longing and importunate desire.

Gregory the Great

He that contemplates hath a day without a night.

George Herbert

The fly that clings to honey hinders its flight, and the soul that allows itself attachment to spiritual sweetness hinders its own liberty and contemplation.

John of the Cross

I have often told thee, daughter, that thinking, weeping, and high contemplation is the best life on earth, and thou shalt have more merit in heaven for one year of thinking in thy mind than for a hundred years of praying with thy mouth.

Margery Kempe

Let us yoke contemplation to action.

The Lenten Triodion

Since contemplation cannot be had by our own efforts, we must humble ourselves.

Teresa of Avila

If Jesus crucified were often in our hearts and in our memory, we should soon be learned in all things that are necessary for us.

Thomas à Kempis

To think well is to serve God in the interior court: To have a mind composed of divine thoughts, and set frame, to be like Him within.

Thomas Traherne