Quotes About Contemplation

The essence of meditation is a period of time set aside to contemplate the Lord, listen to Him, and allow Him to permeate our spirits.

To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never pumping in, the well runs dry.

What e'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time.

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.

Everyone needs a place where they can go to just ponder for a while. Silence is important; it's the only time you can hear the whispering of truth.

Sometimes when we don't know the answer, it's time to simply be with the question.

I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.

My soul often mourned of more time and opportunity to be alone with God

Sometimes, when you look back, you can point to a time when your world shifts and heads in another direction. In lace reading this is called the "still point.

If you're a leader, it's important to set aside time to quiet yourself and listen for God's direction.

If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery.

I thought long and hard about my future this past year and during the offseason, and I've decided 2015 will be the last time I compete for a championship.

The long silences need to be loved, perhaps more than the words which arrive to describe them in time.

There's time to slow down, after you're dead.

My own way of thinking is to ponder long and I hope deeply on problems and for a long time which I keep away for years and years and I never really let them go.

Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.

I happen to be pretty productive when I am in jail. When you are in jail, you have to spend more time with yourself.

A moment's thought would have shown him. But a moment is a long time, and thought is a painful process.

I'm very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television.

Only fools and philosophers waste time on the unknowable.

Assume the attitude of prayer, and in time, the attitude will become prayer.

Christmas is telling time-wondering time. Wonder enough about it, and you'll know, and you'll tell about it.

It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.

He's not a bold decision maker like Newt Gingrich is. Every time I talk to him, he says 'well let me think about it.'