Quotes About Contemplation

When you study a speck of dust thoroughly and completely, you study the entire universe.

As the French philosopher Blaise Pascal famously said, "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." It's a shame that simply being quiet is so difficult for us.

Papa?' she'd say. 'Yes.' And sometimes they would say no more than that, as if that were enough, or all there was, a generic reply to her all-but-unspoken query into his condition. She sat and looked at his lean, hard profile, now bearing the wire-rimmed spectacles, and wondered what he was seeing as he stared straight ahead into the yard beyond the porch, seeming deep in thought but saying nothing.

Bradford Morrow

Loneliness will sit over our roofs with brooding wings.

How are you feeling?" Seth bounced the ball. "Fine. Weird. I don't know.

Two blind men waited at the end of an era, contemplating beauty.

You can't immerse yourself in something," Prof said softly, "without coming to respect it.

Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, sat atop the highest tower in the world and contemplated the End of All Things.

Two blind men waited at the end of an era, contemplating beauty. They sat atop the world's highest cliff, overlooking the land and seeing nothing.

Listen to the stars.

Can something be "almost" an accident?' Pattern asked, genuinely curious.

El propósito del cuentacuentos no es decirte cómo pensar, sino plantearte dudas que te hagan reflexionar. Demasiado a menudo, lo olvidamos. -Hoid-

Enjoy the moment," Evi told him. "Close your eyes and contemplate what the One has given you. Seek the peace of oblivion, and bask in the joy of your own sensation.

So many questions. Could she not think about what the answers might be before asking?

Being given it so easily seemed to devalue the years she had spent relishing her brief moments of solitude.

Destroying the world. That's no mean feat, if you think about it. I wonder if we should be impressed with ourselves.

A man found himself when he was alone. You only had one person to chat with, one person to blame. He

I can't decide if you're a fool, Vin thought toward it, or if you simply exist in a way that makes you incapable of considering some things.

Stillness is not about focusing on nothingness; it's about creating a clearing. It's opening up an emotionally clutter-free space and allowing ourselves to feel and think and dream and question.

For experiences and information to be integrated into our lives as true awareness, they have to be received with open hands, inquisitive minds, and wondering hearts.

Waits by Sue Monk Kidd6 and Pema Chödrön's Comfortable

High lonesome

I always think 12 times before saying anything.