Quotes About Contemplation

Solitude – the space between thinking" from Cinderella In Focus.

Silence guides the mind...

A great chunk of our lives is wasted on thoughts that bring nothing. We all think about something but, in the end, we only close the day thinking a lot and doing nothing but little.

the source of a river is narrow. If you could jump over it in a twinkle of an eye at the source, be sure to ponder before you jump over it at its mid or its estuary.

We all know that the un-examined life is not worth living (socrates). But if all you are doing is examining, you are not living.

Silence embeds thoughts better than speeches. If you are afraid of silence, you are afraid of your thoughts.

A writer seizes every opportunity to wonder.

Change your thought life to a prayer life.

God's silence is an answer itself.

Something will work out tomorrow, I thought. And if not, then tomorrow I'll do some thinking. Ob—la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on.

Meditation is a secular practice, not a religious practice.

Explore your sacred mind.

An idea weighs nothing, except on the mind.

Real traveling is not about visiting places but 're-visiting' our inner-self.

Poetry is inspired by the elements of random thoughts, an overflow of gazing at the unseen.

At first sight, it seems that something, almost anything, must be done about our situation. But it is the genius of Pieper to see that this activist, busy motion is the wrong starting point. Before we can pretend to do anything about the present, we must know what we are, what the world is, and yes, what God is. Construction of a civilization that knows little or nothing of these deeper realities can only make things worse.

Contemplative prayer is a method of exposing and disengaging from the ordinary obstacles to our awareness of God's presence with us. This prayer is not an end, but a beginning. It's easy to give in to the temptation to chase after the enemy every time he shows himself; sometimes it's the right thing to do. There is a better way to defeat him—fix our eyes and our hearts steadfastly on Jesus. His light will drive out the darkness.

Contemplative prayer is a discipline that enables our developing relationship with Jesus Christ to reach stages of growth in union with God.

Pot saved me from Scientology.

Mark had obviously contemplated it and rejected it. He was livid. "And why should I go to jail? Am I a criminal? Have I hurt anyone

With His head in His hands,God thought and thought,Till He thought: I'll make me a man!

I lean back, as the evening darkens and comes on.A chicken hawk floats over, looking for home.I have wasted my life.

I stop painting entirely. I get a job in advertising. I get older. I grow up, I suppose. I never look back except in those moments when I can't stop fucking thinking about it.

Robin looked at Daniel and had the meanest thought of her life: "He'll do.