Quotes About Contemplation

He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher.

I collect the walks of my life. Some people have asked me if I have walked so very far to merit such an activity, but I say to them, it's not about how far you have walked, but how thoroughly.

Invest a few moments in thinking. It will pay good interest.

I'm not anti-social. I'm pro-solitude.

Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world:A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.

Study to be quiet, and to do your own business.

Have cognition before ignition.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.

Thanksgiving is possible only for those who take time to remember; no one can give thanks who has a short memory.

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting.

You're living in your own private Idaho.

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned.

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay,Watchin' the tide roll away.I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay,Wastin' time.

Let the counsel of thine own heart stand.

Close your eyes and see the beauty.

Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.

Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, though you should be in raised-up towers.

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

In meditation we witness our thoughts without any judgment.

Give a man a truth and he will think for a day. Show a man to reason and he will think for a lifetime.

Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently.

A photograph is usually looked at- seldom looked into.

O que eu gostava de poder encher os livros de silêncio, e tender cada vez mais para o silêncio, e que as palavras estivessem carregadas de silêncio de maneira a que o leitor as pudesse encher como quisesse.