Quotes About Contemplation

[Sunday] should be different from another day. People may walk, but not throw stones at birds. There may be relaxation, but there should be no levity.

An intellectual improvement arises from leisure.

having not for some days been in the streets; but now how few people I see, and those looking like people that had taken leave of the world.

I do find myself to become more and more thoughtful about getting of money than ever heretofore.

but now how few people I see, and those looking like people that had taken leave of the world.

He stopped, because he wasn't sure what Cryptography had established, and because he needed another moment to haul himself down from the ledges of her high cheekbones, to retreat from the caves of her eyes.

Well, thinking about what's not supposed to require thinking, that is philosophy, no?

Sometimes, drunk, I ruminate on the state of my liver, and think of all the cirrhotics I have watched turn yellow and die. They either bleed out, raving, coughing up and drowning in blood from ruptured esophageal veins, or, in coma, they slip away, slip blissfully away down the yellow-brick ammonia-scented road to oblivion.

In looking at objects of Nature while I am thinking, as at yonder moon dim-glimmering through the dewy window-pane, I seem rather to be seeking, as it were asking for, a symbolical language for something within me that already and forever exists, than observing anything new.

O it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies, To make the shifting clouds be what you please.

There is one art of which man should be master, the art of reflection.

Silence does not always mark wisdom.

We spend more time wasting time on thinking about wasted time.

The first skill to develop for sensing energy is the ability to pay attention. Learn how to observe others by being silent. You know what it is like to sit back and watch. Observe any area about which you want more information without judgment or having any opinions or preconceived ideas about it. As you think intently about something, you will begin to receive guidance, ideas, and new thoughts about the issue.

I love to watch people. I don't need to be the center of attention. I don't like to suck the air out of a room because there's so much to be gained by just being quiet. I'm like a time release capsule. It may take me 12 hours to fully absorb and suddenly I'm releasing my crazy again.

I lowered myself into an armchair. I was enveloped in a cloud of dust. All that remained of my life was in my lap. I sat for a time thus, as still as the mute objects that surrounded me. How little it all meant, in the end.

windows. What he thought

I WANT EVERYONE to understand that no book and no doctor is a substitute for one's own sensitive contemplation and careful observations. Books with their ready-made formulas have dulled our vision and slackened the mind. Living by other people's experiences, research, and opinions, we have lost our self-confidence and we fail to observe things for ourselves.

To relieve ourselves of open-ended narrative, we read into the winter stars all evening. There are just stars and stars and stars.

In fact, whenever Ben thought about it, his worry would slowly evaporate. But when he didn't think about it, it niggled and made him need to think about it again.

He has borne with thousands of foul and abominable sins which you have committed against Him, yet even they have not been enough to make Him cease looking upon you. Is it such a great matter, then, for you to avert the eyes of your soul from the outward things and sometimes to look at Him?

edge of town all graveyard and the sound of waves

No tira los bancos o (las sillas) estrepitosa o bruscamente, no toca ruidosamente las puertas; siempre se deleita en el silencio. La garza, el gato y el ladrón actúan queda y sigilosamente, y logran lo que desean. El asceta debe conducirse siempre de forma similar.

barangkali hidup adalah doa yang panjang, dan sunyi adalah minuman keras. ia merasa Tuhan sedang memandangnya dengan curiga; ia pun bergegas.