Quotes About Contemplation

The purpose of all of this is not to walk around with new vocabulary words, but to cause you to speculate on the marvel of your own being.

Only when you are by yourself can you realize how wonderful you are.

Consult your spirit, your soul on everything.

Don't think of words when you stop but to see picture better.

The value you receive from reflective thinking will depend on the kinds of questions you ask yourself.

I ain't sleeping. I'm just taking a good look at the insides of my eyelids.

No one is more liable to make mistakes than he who acts only on reflexion.

Dogs don't bark at parked cars.

My television is the tabernacle.

Whoever wants to accomplish great things must devote to a lot of profound thought to details.

The American's head are on their chins a little bit at the moment

Do not think too deeply about these things - gradually they will become clearer to you

There is ecstasy in paying attention. You can get into a kind of Wordsworthian openness to the world, where you see in everything the essence of holiness.

There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions.

He who looks without, dreams; he who looks within, awakes.

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.

Life consists of what man is thinking about all day.

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground

Deep thoughts about the universe mean nothing if you keep putting yourself in the centre of it.

Saul was hunched over his drink like it was a small fire.

I need time every day to think.

Nothing's ever all bad if you think hard enough about it.

Slow down. Take note of the present.

Is Wisdom derived from the accumulation of one's experiences, or rather one's thoughtful reflection upon what he has learned throughout the process?