Quotes About Contemplation

I think talking to other people can bring its own unhelpful baggage. Sometimes you just need to talk to an entity. The void. Your God.

I'm not quite sure if he's talking to me or to himself, but every word he says feels like a drop of Wise Potion. I want to hear more. I want him to tell me all the answers to life.

What if I do nothing for six minutes? What am I supposed to write down then?

I know not, but strained silence, so I deem, IS no less ominous than excessive grief.

One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Strange, hearing you just now ... my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth.

Nas?l bir felakete uÄŸrad???n?, nerede oturduÄŸunu, kimin yan?nda ömür geçirdiÄŸini görmedikten sonra o gözlerin neye yarar?

What you think later makes you wrong before.

Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection

The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, 'Create silence'.

Soren Kierkegaard

The stone that was rolled before Christ's tomb might appropriately be called the philosopher's stone because its removal gave not only the pharisees but, now for 1800 years, the philosophers so much to think about.

I have walked myself into my best thoughts and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.

Prayer is listening.

He who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.

With what can we feed the soul in the world of emptiness other than with prayer?

Let's learn to live, for we must die alone.

I easily sink into mere absorption of what other minds have done, and should like a whole life for that alone.

Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought to be interposed.

I pray daily, and I pray in all kinds of places. I mean, I pray in bed, I pray in the Oval Office. I pray a lot. And just different as the spirit moves me. And faith is an integral part of my life.

I am not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk and tread the paths of private life with heartfelt satisfaction.

I hated being photographed and never wanted to go on red carpets, even though they always asked me to. My place was behind the scenes. I wasn't a diva. I preferred to look at life from the outside.

If the splitter of hairs has a sharp enough knife, the fact of life itself can be chopped into nothing.

My life will always have dirty dishes. If this sink can become a place of contemplation, let me learn constancy here.