Quotes About Contemplation

The men who indulged in nocturnal thought, it seemed to me, had without exception dry, lusterless skins and sagging stomachs. They sought to wrap up a whole epoch in a capacious night of ideas, and rejected in all its forms the sun that I had seen. They rejected both life and death as I had seen them, for in both of these the sun had had a hand.

They had laid the tender, down-ruffled little bird on a platter and appeared now to be pondering a way to eat out its heart without causing it distress.

For the average man, driven as he is by lurid fantasies, there is almost nothing more deliciously titillating than the contemplation, from a safe distance, of evil laid out in its cause and effect.

Then I noticed the pack of cigarettes in my other pocket. I took one out and started smoking. I felt like a man who settles down for a smoke after finishing a job of work. I wanted to live.

Mes nesusiduriame su savo lemtimi netik?tai. Vyras, kuriam kažkada bus ?vykdyta mirties bausm?, visuomet - pakeliui ? darb? pamat?s elektros stulp?, pereidamas traukinio b?gius - mintyse piešia vietos, kurioje jam bus ?vykdyta mirties bausm? vaizdin?, artimiau su juo susipaž?sta.

Haruie guardava gli astri spuntare a uno a uno e, perso nell'incanto della contemplazione dimenticò la tristezza, dimenticò di essere un fuggitivo. Le stelle dopo un po' cominciarono a luccicare debolmente dentro di lui e ricamarono nel suo cuore un tessuto scintillante.

There was no other sound. The garden was empty. He had come, thought Honda, to a place with no memories, nothing. The noontide sun of summer flowered over the still garden.

When silence is prolonged over a certain period of time, it takes on new meaning.

discord in our thoughts, ideas and values compel us to think, re-evaluate and criticise.

they really think about it, but most of the time they don't think about it, so they don't know it.

I'm so secluded. Very alone.

Parc? era vorba s? nu-?i mai pui întreb?ri, b?iatule cu p?rul ciufulit? — N-a? fi om, dac? nu mi-a? pune întreb?ri...

One example of an uniquely Sethian approach towards initiation is for the initiate to regard his or her own life with the same urgency and need experienced as in a war zone in which every move and action must be weighed yet determined swiftly, as necessity dictates. During battle, situations such as missed opportunity, lingering sentimentality, second or third chances, or excessive contemplation would be fatal; and so it is on the sinister path.

Sometimes, simply by sitting, the soul collects wisdom.

Sit quiety, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without for much knowledge is a curse.

The sage is still not because he takes stillness to be good and therefore is still. The ten thousand things are insufficient to distract his mind - that is the reason he is still.

I'm going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to listen recklessly.

You will always find an answer in the sound of water.

Thus, the Radiance of Drift and Doubt is the sage's only map. He makes no definition of what is right but instead entrusts it to the everyday function of each thing. This is what I call the Illumination of the Obvious.

Whoever focuses on externals will be clumsy inside. (p. 177)

Work might come later, but for now, he needed God's perspective. And the only way to get it was to stop, look, listen, and remember the goodness and greatness of Almighty God.

Times of isolation with God will precede the times of inspiration we receive from God."—IKE REIGHARD

It was one of those times when you can feel the air in a room. Everything stood still. I can remember the T-shirt I was wearing and the bag I was carrying. I don't think I breathed for 15 minutes. It was a devastating moment. They said they wanted me to experience more things. OK. I began contemplating things. Maybe I should take LSD or become a hooker. I left Juilliard and was just meandering and drifting for a while. Thank God I had support from my family and close friends. Bad times.