Quotes About Contemplation

He felt on the edge of something vast and dark. He stared at the infinity growing deeper above them and felt that at any moment he might fall off the planet.

Silence between teachers' remarks is a very important part of a lecture. Silence provides time for consolidation and thought.

Blank paper before me; fresh snow fall, tracks slowly appearing, my future mapped out, my life, my day. Minute by minute, laboriously, every nook, every cranny exposed. This is my true life, I think while wondering what became of the person I used to be.

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First off, make sure you won't be interrupted during your religious (or magical) rite. If you're at home, tell your family that you'll be busy and aren't to be disturbed. If alone, take the phone off the hook, lock the doors, and pull the blinds, if you wish. It's best if you can ensure that you will be alone and undisturbed for some time.

Fuck damn ," said Conté, totally unable to help himself when the sums involved vanished over his mental horizon. "Beg pardon, Doña Sofia." "You should." She drained her snifter in one quick unladylike gulp. "Your calculations are off. This merits a triple fuckdamn at least .

I heartedly approve, in theory," said Ibelius, "but in practice I believe I shall... absent myself.

Belay this. We don't have to decide anything now. Just...think on what I said. I didn't bring you in here for negotiations." "What did you bring me here for?" "Noise," she whispered, starting to pull his tunic off. "Lots and lots of noise.

His view of the sky spun first left then right, as though the world were trying on strange new angles for his approval.

They sat in companionable silence for a few moments after that, while the sun settled into its downward arc in the west and long shadows began to creep across the face of the city.

he learned anew how slowly time could crawl when there was some misery to dwell on.

According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.

Chien was careful to avoid debates over science and faith. To him, wonder was wonder and did not require further complications.

O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!

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To watch the sun sink behind a flower clad hill. To wander on in a huge forest without thought of return. To stand upon the shore and gaze after a boat that disappears behind distant islands. To contemplate the flight of wild geese seen and lost among the clouds. And, subtle shadows of bamboo on bamboo.

Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it.

More than loud acclaim, I love Books, silence, thought, my alcove. Pangur Bán Poem by Anon Irish Monk, Translated by Seamus Heaney

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The space we stood around had been emptied into us to keep

And found myself then thinking: if it were nowadays, This is how Death would summon Everyman.

We are part of the universe that has developed a remarkable ability: We can hold an image of the world in our minds. We are matter contemplating itself.

Very seldom do you come upon a space, a time like this, between act and act, when you may stop and simply be.

I would say to today's young minister, 'Be not afraid to give much time to solitary walks and meditation'.