Quotes About Contemplation

Sit still my heart, do not raise your dust. Let the world find its way to you.

The dust of the dead words clings to thee. Wash thy soul with silence.

You never look at these flowers; therefore they become stale to you. If you would only look into them, then your reading and writing would go to the winds." The Devotee

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strengths that will endure as life lasts

The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility.

The day lies ahead empty of landmarks, like a prairie, like an untraversable plain.

I saw, in other words, that I was alone, and saw the gift and the burden of that state.

it felt, almost, as though I were looking at it all through the wrong end of a telescope and seeing things from a greater distance than I usually did, perhaps because I myself was not especially the focus of anyone's attention.

I said it was true that the question of whether to leave or remain was one we usually asked ourselves in private, to the extent that it could almost be said to constitute the innermost core of self-determination.

I saw, in other words, that I was alone, and saw the gift and the burden of that state, which had never truly been revealed to me before.

The second place was one such bridge, and Tony's silence ran undisrupted beneath it like a river.

I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me.

Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.

If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to get to the good stuff, you need to slow down.

All we did was to sit around, collect some ideas, wait and see what's going to happen. That was it.

I always deeply admire people who can stay still in a room and wait for people to come to them.

I just wait for something to present itself, and then I consider it.

We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see.

I'm not an impulse shopper. I will wait three days after I see something. Am I still thinking about it? Then I'll get it.

Every day without fail one should consider himself as dead. There is a saying of the elders that goes, 'Step from under the eaves and you're a dead man. Leave the gate and the enemy is waiting.' This is not a matter of being careful. It is to consider oneself as dead beforehand.