Quotes About Contemplation

If you are really interested in knowing life in all its depth and dimension, it is imperative that you look inward, not out.

if you want to experience a mountain peak, you either elevate yourself to that level, or simply look up.

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The ability to simply look without motive is missing in the world today.

Remain still. Allow your attention to slowly grow still as well. Do this for five to seven minutes a day. You will notice that your breath will slow down.

Blicke in dein Inneres! Im Innern ist die Quelle des Guten, eine unversiebare Quelle, wenn du immer nachgräbst.

Stop swimming around in your own mind. That is a dangerous neighborhood that you should not go into alone.

I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling, wondering what kind of creature Curzon Dax was, to weave so tangled a web.

Immaginare non è rifiutare quel che c'è per scappare da un'altra parte, è invece saper leggere, vedere, ascoltare, riconoscere, paesaggire, dare un nome e un peso a quello che c'è per capire meglio cosa manca e cosa si rischia.

For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.

In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his sense a dim rushlight, his body a prey of worms, his soul an unquiet eddy, his fortune dark, his fame doubtful. In short, all that is body is as coursing waters, all that is of the soul as dreams and vapors.

Observe the movements of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on the changes of the elements into each other. Such imaginings wash away the filth of life on the ground.

You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.

Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

How good it is, when you have roast meat or suchlike foods before you, to impress on your mind that this is the dead body of a fish, this the dead body of a bird or pig.

Meditate upon what you ought to be in body and soul when death overtakes you; meditate on the brevity of life, and the measureless gulf of eternity behind it and before, and upon the frailty of everything material.

In everything that you do, pause and ask yourself if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives you of this.

Since it is possible that you might depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly.

Soon you'll be ashes or bones. A mere name at most - and even that is just a sound, an echo. The things we want in life are empty, stale, trivial.

Enter their minds, and you'll find the judges you're so afraid of—and how judiciously they judge themselves.

Stop whatever you're doing for a moment and ask yourself: Am I afraid of death because I won't be able to do this anymore?

Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.