Quotes About Contemplation

Right now I have so many fundamental thoughts, so many truly metaphysical things to say that I suddenly feel tired, and I've decided to write no more, think no more. I'll let the fever of saying put me to sleep instead, and with closed eyes I'll stroke, as if petting a cat, all that I might have said.

Onder het wandelen bedenk ik vaak volmaakte zinnen, die ik me later thuis niet meer kan herinneren. Ik weet niet of de ontzaglijke poëtische kracht van die zinnen berust op hun inhoud of op het feit dat ze nooit hebben bestaan.

Deze bladzijden, waarop ik dingen noteer die slechts helder voor me zijn terwijl ik ze schrijf, heb ik juist herlezen en nu vraag ik mij af: wat is dit en waar dient dit voor? Wie ben ik wanneer ik voel? Wat sterft in mij wanneer ik ben? Zoals iemand die van grote hoogte het leven in een dal tracht te zien, zo beschouw ik mijzelf vanaf een bergtop en ben daarbij een onduidelijk rommelig landschap.

Passeávamos às vezes, braço dado, sob os cedros e as olaias e nenhum de nós pensava em viver

All I want from myself is to observe life. There's a glass sheet between me and it. I want the glass to be perfectly clear, so that it will in no way hinder my examination of what's behind it, but I always want the glass.

Domani anch'io - l'anima che sente e pensa, l'universo che io sono per me stesso - si, domani anch'io sarò soltanto uno che ha smesso di passare in queste strade, uno che altri evocheranno vagamente con un che ne sarà stato di lui?. E tutto quanto ora faccio, quanto ora sento e vivo non sarà niente di più che un passante in meno nella quotidianità delle strade di qualsiasi città.

I cultivate hatred of action like a greenhouse flower.

But if God is the flowers and trees And hills and sun and moon, Then why should I call him God? I'll call him flowers and trees and hills and sun and moon.

To observe oneself as one observes nature; to gaze on one's impressions as one would on a field — that is true wisdom.

The vegetal academy of silences

Exist? destul? metafizic? în a nu te gândi la nimic.

I like to think, because I know it won't be long before I stop thinking.

Andei sozinho na praia Andei na praia a pensar No jeito da tua saia Quando lá estiveste a andar.

O coração, se pudesse pensar, pararia.

Tenho um segredo comigo Que me faz sempre cismar, É se quero estar contigo Ou quero contigo estar.

It is as if I am an old man who sees all the friends of his childhood dying around him and who thinks his own death at hand.

I've come to the realization that I'm always thinking and listening to two things at once.

Que nuestro amor sea una oración. Úngeme de verte y haré de mis momentos de soñarte un rosario donde mi tedio sea un Padre Nuestro y mis angustias Aves Marías...

Noi non ci realizziamo mai. Siamo due abissi - un pozzo che fissa il cielo.

La gran dificultad que presenta para mi orgullo el contemplar paisajes es la circunstancia dolorosa de que seguro que ya alguien los ha contemplado con la misma intención.

My happiest moments are those when I think nothing, want nothing and dream nothing, being lost in a torpor like some accidental plant, like mere moss growing on life's surface. I savour without bitterness this absurd awareness of being nothing, this foretaste of death and extinction.

Deus ao mar o perigo e o abismo deu, Mas nele é que espelhou o céu.

I don't know what the point is of this journey I was obliged to make between one night and another, in the company of the entire universe.

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