Quotes About Contemplation

Why am I walking, where am I running What am I saying, what am I knowing On this guitar I'm playing, on this banjo I'm frailin' On this mandolin I'm strummin', in the song I'm singin' In the tune I'm hummin', in the words I'm writin' In the words that I'm thinkin' In this ocean of hours I'm all the time drinkin' Who am I helping, what am I breaking What am I giving, what am I taking

Then I felt up silence. Then silence and I went all the way.

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2% of the people think, 3% of the people think they think and 95% of the people would rather DIE than think

I can be by myself because I'm never lonely; I'm simply alone, living in my heavily populated solitude, a harum-scarum of infinity and eternity, and Infinity and Eternity seem to take a liking to the likes of me.

I was writing, writing all the time, in my head, looking out at the world.

Beyond, pines hold sermons.

Ne pišem svoje biografije. Z njo se ukvarjam, ko mi je potrebna za tujo.

Dios os contempla, mierdosos, y se avergüenza de vosotros...

Le soir venait. Il les vit et s'arrêta près d'eux pour ne pas les troubler.

Considering

I love the shade and the shadow, and would be alone with my thoughts when I may.

I no longer feel quite so alarmed when a nonsensical word in my Journal gives rise to a mental image that I cannot account for. Do not be anxious, I tell Myself. It is the House. It is the House enlarging your understanding.

As to what they might be resting upon, Stephen was determined not to consider).

I paused and examined Myself for signs of imminent madness or tendencies to self-destruction. Finding none, I read further.

It's one of the reasons I became a writer, to be able to smoke in peace.

Once you've posed that question, it won't go away. I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't.

An observer can't tell if a person is silent and still because inner life has stalled or because inner life is transfixingly busy

Understanding demands silence.

La comprensión exige silencio.

Sólo al envejecer nos damos cuenta de la gravedad de ciertas palabras, y todo lo que nos hemos perdido —por superficialidad, por egoísmo, por prisa— pesa sobre nuestro corazón, pero el tiempo ya habrá pasado y no vuelve atrás.

Considering what?

Niki just wanted to be left alone to think about Tom. He

Perhaps... these days of less sunlight are opportunities for more contemplative time, more looking deeply to see what can only be seen in the dark.