Quotes About Contemplation

The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I would reply: Create silence! The Word of God cannot be heard in the noisy world of today. And even if it were blazoned forth with all the panoply of noise so that it could be heard in the midst of all the other noise, then it would no longer be the Word of God. Therefore create Silence.

sessizliklerin en kesini susmak deÄŸil, konuÅŸmaktir.

In the deepest sense you shall make yourself nothing, become nothing before God, learn to be silent. In this silence is the beginning, which is to seek first God's kingdom

It is in your power to review your life, to look at things you saw before, but from another point of view

When around one everything has become silent, solemn as a clear, starlit night, when the soul comes to be alone in the whole world, then before one there appears, not an extraordinary human being, but the eternal power itself, then the heavens open, and the I chooses itself or, more correctly, receives itself. Then the personality receives the accolade of knighthood that ennobles it for an eternity.

for he who loves God without faith reflects upon himself he who loves God believingly reflects upon God.

let us speak of the wish and thereby of the sufferings; let us properly linger over this, convinced that one may learn more profoundly and more reliably what the highest is by considering suffering than by observing achievements, where so much that is distracting is present.

For when an old man relives his life, he lives it only by dwelling upon his memories; and when wisdom in an old man has outgrown the immediate impressions of life, the past viewed from the quiet of memory is something different from the present in all its bustle. The

for he who loves God without faith reflects upon himself, he who loves God believingly reflects upon God. Upon

Only some one who knows how to remain essentially silent can really talk -- and act essentially

Det er ganske sandt, hvad Philosophien siger, at Livet maa forstaaes baglænds. Men derover glemmer man den anden Sætning, at det maa leves forlænds. Hvilken Sætning, jo meer den gjennemtænkes, netop ender med, at Livet i Timeligheden aldrig ret bliver forstaaeligt, netop fordi jeg intet Øieblik kan faae fuldelig Ro til at indtage Stillingen: baglænds.

Creo que se podría vivir constantemente absorto en la contemplación de un ser femenino.

De omnibus dubitandum est

Así que, ¡a la una, a las dos y… a las tres!: me lanzo de cabeza a la existencia, pero el salto siguiente, ése no me atrevo a intentarlo, porque no soy capaz de realizar prodigios y me conformo con asombrarme al contemplarlos.

Is it not possible that my activity as an objective observer of nature will weaken my strength as a human being?

he who loves God without faith reflects upon himself he who loves God believingly reflects upon God.

But always when I was without a book, my soul at once became disturbed, and my thoughts wandered.

An iceberg is water striving to be land; a mountain, especially a Himalaya, especially Everest, is land's attempt to metamorphose into sky; it is grounded in flight, the earth mutated--nearly--into air, and become, in the true sense, exalted. Long before she ever encountered the mountain, Allie was aware of its brooding presence in her soul.

For an instant, silence, noisier than a waterfall.

Beware the man (or jinni) of action when he finally seeks to better himself with thought. A little thinking is a dangerous thing.

To reflect is to regain a little, lost sense of proportion

Most interesting things in our lives happens in our absence

Zaman?n h?zland?r?lm?? ak??? kar??s?nda kendimi yavaÅŸlatmay? amaçl?yordum boÅŸu boÅŸuna.

He stared into the fast-flowing waters and contemplated the tragedy of desire.