Quotes About Contemplation

The teaching begins by calling upon us to develop a faculty called yoniso manasik?ra, careful attention. The Buddha asks us to stop drifting thoughtlessly through our lives and instead to pay careful attention to simple truths that are everywhere available to us, clamoring for the sustained consideration they deserve

He says that whatever one reflects upon frequently becomes the inclination of the mind. If

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

HAPPINESS, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.

oradan gitmem gerekiyormu? gibi bir duyguya kap?ld?m, yürüdüm.

Tonight's show is about doubt. Or maybe it isn't - haven't made my mind up yet.

There we go, that's it. I just hold my hand in this position for the next couple of hours.

Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.

One day I woke up and I was the oldest person in every room.

Before deciding to retire, stay home for a week and watch the daytime TV shows.

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.

In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a god or not...

I'm sorry if any of you are catholic. I'm not sorry if you're offended, I'm actually just sorry by the fact that you're catholic

How naive and foolish the young are to imagine that they understand the loneliness of great age, the outliving of your contemporaries, anyone to whom your century of memory might make any sense.

Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?

What's the solution? To meditate on the Word and give ourselves every opportunity to remember what is true.

My life reflects what I see with my heart.

You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church.

There are times when I can almost feel myself simply being.

bathroom—if you

had to look back before you moved forward.

I've learned more sitting alone in a small room facing a dark wall & myself than anything I ever read

This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings.