Quotes About Contemplation

The height of devotion is reached when reverence and contemplation produce passionate worship, which in turn breaks forth in thanksgiving and praise in word and song.

The pondering heart is a thankful heart.

Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of gravity. He replied, "By thinking about it all the time.

I see pictures all the time. I could stay for hours and watch a raindrop.

It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.

Life can't be all that bad,' i'd think from time to time. 'Whatever happens, i can always take a long walk along the Bosphorus.

In life, when presented with any situation, breathe, take your time, focus and then decide what to do.

At night I sit in my chamber and read the bible. Far in the distance roars the sea. Then I lie down and think for a long time about the calm and pale man from Nazareth.

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.

All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole.

A human lifespan is less than a thousand months long. You need to make some time to think how to live it.

Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer.

I don't believe that people should take their own lives without deep and thoughtful reflection over a considerable period of time. (suicide note)

When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your heart be employed, as much as possible, in divine thoughts.

The thought of our past years in me doth breed perpetual benedictions.

There always comes a time when one must choose between contemplation and action. This is called becoming a man.

One should never impose one's views on a problem; one should rather study it, and in time a solution will reveal itself.

I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.

Just as a picture is created by adding a dab of paint at a time, the best arrangements are created a step at a time, with pauses so you can step back and see the overall effect.

Angling is extremely time consuming. That's sort of the whole point.

Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too.

Avoid the temptation to work so hard that there is no time left for serious thinking.

I'm a quiet person. I spend time observing, not speaking.

Every man must take time daily for quiet and meditation. In daily meditation lies the secret of power.