Quotes About Contemplation

I move in silence. I don't like puttin' too much of me out there to be dissected, analyzed.

Buddhada was a man of few words. You can see the importance of silence in his cinema. There are long stretches of no dialogue in his films.

The silence of the room is as important as the music.

Mornings are the most crucial time of day for me. I like the silence.

History will judge me... I shall remain silent.

I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.

Many Christians have so busied themselves with programs and activities that they no longer know how to be silent and meditate on God's word or recognize the mysteries that are in the Person of Christ.

See and keep silent.

The deepest rivers make least din, The silent soule doth most abound in care.

I've soaked up so much through dancing, but I also have to be still. I want to be silent and read, to shut up and take time to respect the vision someone put into a book.

If the room falls silent for a moment, all I hear is white noise.

I live alone, so I don't really talk to anyone once I'm home. I have some silent nights.

I think that the power of the Silent Minute lies in its inherent lack of external direction: what participants actually do during that minute - prayer, contemplation, focus - is up to them.

I think music comes out of silence... and I have a lot of silent time, without a pesky guitar interrupting my thoughts.

In contemplation and reverie, one thought introduces another perpetually; and it is by similarity, or the hooking of one upon the other, that the process of thinking is carried on.

Something that comes along with age causes you to simmer a bit.

Everything is a mystery, ourselves, and all things both simple and humble.

Music, in its clearest and simplest form, can be a catalyst to thought, but that's about it.

It's okay to be an introvert, to seek out the quiet corners at a cocktail party, to care about quality, to have your mood be affected by your surroundings.

What is it about featureless wastes that appeals so powerfully to the Anglo-Saxon soul?

One of the great achievements of science has been, if not to make it impossible for intelligent people to be religious, then at least to make it possible for them not to be religious. We should not retreat from this accomplishment.

Think about this carefully, Felicity, before you answer: Is there a

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Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see a lot of people doing it.