Quotes About Contemplation

I don't have much to say to that. I mean, I have a lot to say, so I don't say anything.

HALF AN hour later, Richey James sits alone in the dressing room, smoking a cigarette and staring straight ahead. He's not saying anything. Is it because he treasures his guitars, that he never smashes them? "No, I dislike my guitar intensely," he sighs. "I can't even be bothered to smash the fucking thing. It doesn't deserve death...

The true significance of having an open mind lies in being deliberate, not obedient.

The body itself is pure. It is very good, but often a person's intentions are not. Therefore, the problem with immodesty is not that it reveals too much, but that it obscures the value of the person. Modesty, then, is not about hiding one's body but about revealing one's worth. It is an invitation to contemplation. It conceals certain parts of the body not because they are bad, but in order to invite others to discover one's full value as a person, thus opening a way toward love.

Slow down and think. Panic doesn't solve problems; it just creates new ones.

head first, But Kate was still

Sorry," [Hamlet] said, rubbing his temples. "I don't know what came over me. All of a sudden I had this overwhelming desire to talk for a very long time without actually doing anything.

We do tend to believe things while we're hearing or reading them. Afterwards, it's another matter, when the book is closed and the voice stops speaking.

Las cosas difíciles parecen posibles en cuanto se las piensa un poco, pero se hacen imposibles si se las piensa de más.

Her ÅŸey az gelir bize, özetleniverir birkaç sözcükle, her ÅŸey az gelir bize bir kez sona erdiÄŸinde ve iÅŸte o zaman yeterince vakit tan?nmam?? gibi hissederiz.

Én lehiggadtam, és hagytam telni a napokat; ez a legjobb módja, hogy eloszlassunk vagy szétkergessünk bizonyos dolgokat a valóságban, még ha örökre a gondolatainkban és a birtokunkban is maradnak, szilárdan és rothadón, rettenetes b?zt árasztva magukból. Csak így tudjuk elviselni Å'ket és együtt élni velük. Ugyan ki ne hordozna magában ilyesmit?

stubbed it out in the ashtray she had been using before, for her equally

Se dio cuenta de que ya había decidido, pero prefería no reconocerlo aún en voz alta, prefería guardárselo unos segundos y mantenerlo sólo en su pensamiento, todavía puede uno echarse atrás mientras calla.

Address the implications of the alternate view. Another thing Peter might say is, "Let's put aside for a minute the question of whether this complaint is true and instead ask what if it were true? What would it mean? What would be the implications for you?

All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!

For a while he sat idly outside his door brooding in the spring sun. In The Lost Phoebe.

n OthI n g can s urPas s the m y SteR y of s tilLnes s

As small as a world as large as alone.

Me up at does out of the floor quietly Stare a poisoned mouse still who alive is asking What have i done that You wouldn't have

May picked up a smooth round stone, As small as a world and as large as alone.

Now is the time when all occasional things close into silence.

the ponderous ferocity of silence….

He was a moody, distracted young fellow, and it was clear his own mind was more company to him than people were.

should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up inside of you until it touches everything. And you can feel it inside you. If you never take time out to let that happen, then you just accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you. You can make noise with them, but never really feel anything with them. It's hollow.