Quotes About Contemplation

We read not to escape, but to go deeper into life.

I was just a boy on a boat in the universe.

an expression of Theodoretus in regard to the Angels, who, he says, " do not see the Divine Essence, but only a certain lustre, 05 which is adapted to their nature." It is likely that this passage is the source of the heresy of the fourteenth century Palamites, 56 who alleged that the divine attributes can be contemplated separately from the divine Substance in the form of a " garb of light" enveloping the God head. 57

On Sundays the world is as bright and empty as a balloon.

Taittinger pondered, but he was well aware that no amount of pondering had yet helped him to a sensible conclusion.

Solitude vivifies isolation kills.

She gazed at the moon

Do I love Half Moon? he wondered. No . . . but maybe I could love her. I like the way she makes me feel.

She sat still and silent, gazing unblinkingly at Mothermouth.

Perspektiiviä pitäisi voida nauttia suonensisäisesti.

Meretzky suggests that you consider the following:

Sempre que via o sol, eu me lembrava de que estava olhando para uma estrela. Uma entre mais de cem bilhões de estrelas em nossa galáxia. Uma galáxia que era apenas uma entre bilhões de outras galáxias no Universo. Isso me ajudava a manter a cabeça no lugar.

Whenever I saw the sun, I reminded myself that I was looking at a star. One of over a hundred billion stars in our galaxy. A galaxy that was just one of billions of other galaxies in the observable universe. This helped me keep things in perspective.

All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.

The heavier the burden, the longer they look at you. And Miss Julie looked at me a long, long time.

You can't be with God and be neutral. / True contemplation is resistance. And poetry, / gazing at clouds is resistance I found out in jail.

Wrapped in a police blanket, I watched the rain and smoked one black cigarette after another...

Perhaps one day tired of circling the world I'll return to Argentina and settle in the Andean lakes if not indefinitely then at least for a pause while I shift from one understanding of the world to another.

Keeping a journal: The short entries are often as dry as instant tea. Writing them down is like pouring hot water over them to release their aroma.

One should be guided less by catastrophes than by one's own internal weather conditions. Even when there was no wind, a hidden cliff could spell disaster; and one could quietly while away time in a cabin in the center of a typhoon.

Aún con todas sus imperfecciones, una de las grandes ideas del hombre ha sido siempre la de retirarse a una celda para ponerse allí, como centinela solitario

Es un espectáculo como sólo en las grandes ocasiones lo ofrece la Naturaleza: en una tempestad, en un huracán o en un incendio — uno puede estar contemplándolo sin notar que pasa el tiempo.

Si on bouge sans cesse, on impose un sens, une direction au temps. Mais si on s'arrête en se butant comme un âne au milieu du sentier, si on se laisse emporter par la rêverie, alors même le temps s'arrête et n'est plus ce fardeau qui pèse sur nos épaules. Si on ne le porte pas il verse, il se répand tout autour comme la tache d'encre que ma plume faisait toute seule, droite en équilibre sur le buvard, pour retomber ensuite, vide.

Quando un uomo si ferma a guardare le nuvole, vede scorrere il tempo oltre di lui, un vento che scavalca. Allora c'è da rimettersi in piedi e riacciuffarlo.