Quotes About Contemplation

And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?

Stop the words now. Open the window in the center of your chest, and let the spirits fly in and out.

Who gets up early to discover the moment light begins?

I've been a daydreamer since day one. I much prefer looking out a window over looking at my phone.

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.

This would have once been a place for contemplation. He looked up at the towers surrounding him. Many of the dead bodies had been removed. Their places had been taken by the living.

The best kind of walk, and this applies to the plains as well as to the hills, is the one in which you have no particular destination when you set out.

After all, most of living has to happen in the mind.

And I knew that as long as I responded, in both a physical and mystical way, to the natural world-sea, sun, earth, moon and stars-I would never feel lonely upon this planet.

Is this what it feels to be God?

I was alone. Alone with the wind and the sky.

William Henry Davies wrote these lines in 1911, and they ring true even over a century later. It is the truth; we really don't have the time to stand and stare. I always think of this when I don't have the luxury of time and am told to travel by airplanes, usually for book fairs and literature festivals. I wish I could take the train to every destination I travel to. There would be so much more to see, and many more stories to tell. The first

As we journey through the world, we must inevitably encounter meanness and selfishness. As we fight for our survival, the higher visions and ideals often fade. It is then that we need ladybirds! Contemplating that tiny creature, or the flower on which it rests, gives one the hope—better, the certainty—that there is more to life than interest rates, dividends, market forces, and infinite technology.

That sad word love,' she said, and became pensive and silent.

Must everything have a purpose? Must a star have a purpose? Must a pretty sparkler have a purpose other than to emit light? Must a beautiful stone have a purpose?

Carrie didn't answer because it was true and she

God gives me all the willingness I need today to sit quietly and listen. from Time for Joy

The practice of "turning aside to look" is a spiritual discipline that by its very nature sets us up for an encounter with God.

El silencio nos ayuda a bucear por debajo de la superficialidad de nuestras construcciones mentales hasta el lugar de nuestro corazón, que resulta más profundo en cuanto a su realidad, que cualquier cosa que la mente pueda captar o expresar en palabras.

In silence our speech patterns are refined because silence fosters a self-awareness that enables us to choose more truly the words that we say.

Cuando Elías entró en la soledad y el silencio, una de las primeras cosas que debió tener en cuenta fue lo cansado, lo agotado que se encontraba a todo nivel.

Pero los tiempos de soledad y silencio no son tiempos para emitir juicios con respecto nuestra conducta. Son tiempos para darnos cuenta, para descubrir, la verdad sobre nosotros mismos en un momento dado, y entonces presentarnos a Dios con todo aquello que hemos notado.

Cuando incorporamos el descanso al tiempo que pasamos a solas con Dios, llegamos a experimentar un tipo de renovación muy profunda.

realidad, la historia de Elías nos enseña que si no le damos descanso a nuestro cuerpo, a nuestra mente y a nuestra alma, la travesía hacia la soledad y el silencio puede resultar algo excesivo para nosotros.