Quotes About Contemplation

We tend to think of meditation in only one way. But life itself is a meditation.

Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.

Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.

Preparing for death is one of the most empowering things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies your life.

The life of a Christian is wondrously ruled in this world, by the consideration and meditation of the life of another world.

It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost a near-religious experience.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

The keys to the life of the heart lie in reflecting upon the Quran, being humble before Allah in secret, and leaving sins.

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.

An unexamined life is a life of no account.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

To believe in God is to see that life has a meaning.

One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.

Sabbath is the celebration of life beyond and outside productivity.

Let us be silent — so we may hear the whisper of the gods.

After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.

Socrates said, the unexamined life is not worth living. My dad said, Booty - mmm mmm.

Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon.

I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself.

I never imagined that so many days would ultimately make such a small life.

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.

The meaning of life is found by diving deep, deep within.

Life must be something more than dilettante speculation.

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.