Quotes About Contemplation

Get into the habit of imagining an alternate scenario. By posing such 'imagine if' questions... we can distance ourselves from the frames, cues, anchors and rhetoric that might be affecting us.

I have not taken a position on that nuclear option. My view is I'm not going to do anything until I come to that bridge. I'm not going to jump off the bridge until I come to it.

I believe that films are meant for entertainment, but in that process, you have the possibility to think about what kind of entertainment you're giving to audiences.

I use the period between Christmas and New Year to potter about, think and completely change my mindset. In that easy no-man's-land between Boxing Day and New Year, loins are girded and mettle readied. It is time, as we voyagers bid farewell to the old year, to fare forward.

I begin by considering an effect.

I'm in a constant process of thinking about things.

I try to spend as little time thinking about myself as possible. I find that's not a constructive way to live.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

You feel like an ant contemplating Chicago.

In 2013, I didn't work at all, just contemplating what I needed to do, whether I was walking in my destiny or not.

I was honestly contemplating retirement. A lot of people don't know that, but I was done.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.

I'm done thinking about, 'I have to go up to be a title contender, I have to stress.'

Obviously, I have to do what's best for me and my family; I've got to put that first. But I definitely want to be on a team that's in contention.

I was in a convent for a year.

I love the idea of numerology, but I don't really believe in it. But I like thinking about what numbers convey.

Honestly, I think it's kind of corny to sit and watch your own work.

I don't think I've ever spent more than an hour on any one song, but that doesn't count the thinking that goes on beforehand.

I meditate. Just counting my breath. Before I do anything, really.

I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.

When I'm meditating on an idea, I try to let the idea completely saturate me to the point where I feel like I'm covering myself in it or totally immersing myself in it, so that everywhere I'm looking, everywhere I'm going, it's through the lens of that idea. And that's sort of what I do with the music - I try to lose myself in it.

I think a lot when I'm on my own - and much of it is about cricket.

Reason can be used only when looking critically back.