Quotes About Contemplation

Éx. 33:11 Y hablaba Jehová a Moisés cara a cara, como habla cualquiera a su compañero... Nm. 12:7-8 ...Mi siervo Moisés ... es fiel en toda Mi casa. Cara a cara hablo con él, claramente y no con enigmas; y él contempla la figura de Jehová...

Beauty beheld in solitude is even more lethal.

If you were to stare at this box of matches, you could extract entire worlds out of it. If you search for tastes in a book, you will certainly find them because it was said: seek and ye shall find. But a critic should not rifle, search. Let him sit back with folded arms, waiting for the book to find him. Talents should not be sought with a microscope, a talent should let people know about itself by striking at all the bells.

For a long time he watched her. When she was lost to sight, he was almost a little moved. But that's life, thought death.

Rückwärts durch die Knie betrachtet war die Welt immer am interessantesten.

When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly.

When I feel well and in a good humour, or when I am taking a drive or walking after a good meal, or in the night when I cannot sleep, thoughts crowd into my mind as easily as you could wish.

Je ne vais jamais au lit sans réfléchir que le lendemain peut-être (si jeune que je sois) je ne serai plus là...; et pourtant personne, de tous ceux qui me connaissent, ne peut dire que je sois chagrin ou triste dans ma conversation...

People who stand near the water in the darkness are either lovers or poets. Or else ... one of that great gray number who've simply had it -- who throw in their hand and won't play anymore.

Statt irgendetwas zu sagen, stand er auf und suchte aus eng zusammengekniffenen Augen den Himmel ab. Er wusste nicht, warum er das tat, aber er spürte, dass es wichtig war.

Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse.

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

Every once in a while I feel that I am at two with the universe.

God is silent. Now if only man would shut up.

Think about death make us live better.

He wanted to open the door and rush downstairs and smash their laughter down their throats. His hand went up and found the cord that switched on the light, and he took a few steps toward the door. Then it occurred to him that they weren't worth it.

For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude

And to wish to be alone, or to drink alone, or to do anything else alone, is the first step to the supernatural: which, in its turn, is the first step to the stake or the crucifix.

Who can explain the reasons for a daydream?

What a splendid piece of furniture an armchair is, of utmost importance and usefulness to a contemplative man. During those long winter evenings, it is often sweet and always advisable to stretch out luxuriously in one, far from the din of crowds. A good fire, a few books, some quills - what excellent antidotes to boredom!

Se joac? aerul de-a amintirea: duce cu el toate zgomotele ?i las?-n urm? numai oglinzi de t?cere s? ne putem privi anii ce s-au dus.

I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue.

Go away, you give philosophy nothing to catch hold of.