Quotes About Contemplation

Until we can comprehend the beguiling beauty of a single flower, we are woefully unable to grasp the meaning and potential of life itself.

To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to have never known anyone.

I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.

If you've never stared off into the distance, then your life is a shame.

Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?

We need to be reminded that there is nothing morbid about honestly confronting the fact of life's end, and preparing for it so that we may go gracefully and peacefully.

The scenery, when it is truly seen, reacts on the life of the seer. How to live. How to get the most of life.... How to extract its honey from the flower of the world.

Calmly contemplating these dimensions and bringing them into the service of compassion and kindness is the right way to make rapid gains in meditation as well as in life.

But why do I notice everything? She thought. Why must I think? She did not want to think. She wanted to force her mind to become a blank and lie back, and accept quietly, tolerantly, whatever came.

but it's only when I'm awake that I think about dying.

At night when I'm lying awake because my brain won't shut off due to all there is to think about.

Maybe this time I'll do it—let the air carry me away. It will be like floating in a pool, drifting off until there's nothing.

but it's only when I'm awake that I think about dying.

Is today a good day to die? This is something I ask myself in the morning when I wake up. In third period when I'm trying to keep my eyes open while Mr. Schroeder drones on and on. At the supper table as I'm passing the green beans. At night when I'm lying awake because my brain won't shut off due to all there is to think about. Is today the day? And if not today—when?

Penso bem melhor à noite, quando todo mundo está dormindo. Sem interrupções. Gosto da sensação de estar acordado quando ninguém está.

I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.

When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?

I thought briefly about rising, then considered the state of head and belly and decided staying close to the ground in an attitude of prayer, regardless of true intention, was a posture worth practicing.

Everything seemed to happen so slowly. Nina watched the spiral of dust tremble its way from the ceiling, wavering in the light, a tiny cloud of white, nothing more. But it was, she knew, enough. She looked at Surinder

Up on the Rooftops

When you walk on the beach at night, you can say things you can't say in real life.

Tonight, it's—the is like--" I searched for the right word to encapsulate how it made me feel, how beautiful it was. "Lying here and looking up at the stars like this, it makes me feel like I'm lying on a planet. It's so wide. So infinite.

I let out a long sigh. In

Are you thinking about Conrad?" he asked mockingly.