Quotes About Contemplation

As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens.

In a similar way, the focus on the form of an object: which leg is larger on that chair, on that table, on that bed—which leaf shape is more oval among those three different plant species—disrupts subsequent meaning processing.

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.

George Müller once said, "I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up.

I am speechless: what can I answer? I put hand on my mouth. I have said too much already; now I will speak no more.

Hmm,' said the King. 'I must write that down in my book of aphorisms. I don't know if it is deep, but it sounds deep.

When you sit alone and think out your thoughts … then that is your loudest cry!

It has taken me a lot of years, but I find silence is sometimes the best answer.

While amidst the crowd and seeking quieteness in another zone you can still get away from them by homing in on matters within.

When the abyss gazes into you, bill it.

I'm the undisputed champion of keeping my mouth shut and just sitting there like a piece of furniture.

I'll out-quiet anybody, in any venue for any stakes.

By taking the time to contemplate where you are and where you want to be, you greatly empower yourself. It's a wonderful opportunity to finally set in motion the changes you want in your life."

The Question to everyone's answer is usually asked from within

Boss, what, exactly, are we doing here?" "Feeling maudlin." "Oh. Good. How long are we planning on doing that?" "Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" "What?" "Never mind.

What we need to learn to do is to look at thought, rather than from thought.

Men occassionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry on as if nothing had happened. -Sir Winston Churchill

He was not a modest man. Contemplating suicide, he summoned a dragon.' Gothos' Folly

One thing that I really like to do is, I'll look in the mirror, and I'll imagine that I'm rapidly aging, until I'm just a skull.

I like to look at the skyline and the moon.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one!