Contemplation is an act which proceeds, insofar as its substance is concerned, from infused faith, and with respect to its superhuman mode, from the Gift of Wisdom. The perfect contemplative is one he lives by faith and who, while believing supernatural mysteries, penetrates them, sounds their depths, tastes them, and assimilates them, or rather allows himself to be assimilated by them.
Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP (1877–1964)