Quotes About Contemplation

The greatness of contemplation can be given to none but those who love.

I love to be alone, and I did as a child as well, especially if I was outside.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.

Like a lover who spends all his time thinking of his distant love, God has been thinking of me since before I was born, for all eternity.

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.

I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.

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

He thought of hanging himself, to pass the time.

I stare out at the real world projected on the windows

Doing nothing was as honourable as any available course of action. Think of Hamlet, think of Job, think of Jesus before Pilate.

How could you live each day knowing that you were simply whiling away the days until your own death?

What are you doing?" "Thinking." "That sounds dangerous.

As I sat there, I found myself thinking of things I hadn't thought of for years, old emotions watching over me, new thoughts and ideas being pulled from me as if my perception itself were being stretched out of shape.

I thought he was the saddest person I had ever met, in those moments when I glimpsed him staring out the window.

Um silêncio aturdido é diferente de qualquer outro, percebi nesse momento. Estende-se, ganhando peso, e depois implode sob o peso das perguntas por fazer.

You're having another unnervingly quiet day. What happened to 'chatty to the point of vaguely irritating'?

Go out onto the deck and stare at the sky for ten minutes, and remind yourself that ultimately ours is a meaningless and futile existence and that our little planet will probably be swallowed by a black hole, so none of this will have any point anyway.

My thoughts were chasing each other in circles.

Who wouldn't say yes to a handsome, square-jawed man, who looked at her as if she were made of spun silk? Everyone else had spent the past months looking at her as if she were contaminated.

Sometimes you need time away to sort things out in your head. It makes everything clearer.

I took my place on the bench and we sat in companionable silence for a while.

Per la prima volta mi chiesi se la mia vita - la vita di chiunque altro - sarebbe davvero rimasta la stessa.

I could hear him thinking the million things he chose not to say.