Quotes About Contemplation

A few months ago, at the end of a very stressful period both at work and in her private life, she had sat down and thought about what changes might make her happier.

When desire is killed out by a variety of methods of meditation and contemplation, what remains is a psychic corpse from which the libidinal cosmic force of the vital surge has been artificially removed.

These four practices—concentration, receptive awareness, cultivation, and contemplation—constitute the major uses of awareness throughout the world's great meditative traditions.

Sweaters need to be imagined, dreamed over.

I'd probably be in another county by now if I'd been able to get the door open, she thought as she reached the top of the stairs.

The soul enjoys silence and peace, not by many reasonings, but by simply contemplating the truth.

In our solitariness... great depths are sometimes sounded. Truth hideth in company.

Well, the truth is, if you really listen to that bird on your shoulder, if you accept that you can die at any time–then you might not be as ambitious as you are.

Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.

Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.

I do not think discursively. It is not so much that I arrive at truth as that I take my start from it.

It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent.

Silence and solitude are confrontational. They plunge us instantly into the truth.

What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.

I've been told, by various people, that I think too much. This is incorrect! The truth is that I deliberately challenge people to think more than they would like to.

Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.

Whatever may be the experience in everyday life, the basci inner Truth should not be forgotten.

Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies.

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

Some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle.

The truth does not reveal itself to idle spectators.

It is useless either to hate or to love truth - but it should be noticed.

Truth is given, not to be contemplated, but to be done. Life is an action, not a thought.

Speak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer.