Quotes About Contemplation

When I'm stymied, troubled, or sad, I go to that sun-warmed stone bench where my soul—subdued by deadlines, to-do lists, by my incessant inner chatter—unfurls and stretches like a cat. Should I never enter the sanctuary again, I'd always find succor in our leaf-littered paths and courtyards. The old deodars and oaks are like calm, noble parents. I always leave feeling new. Just driving by the property, my soul stirs.

I owe everything to Hitler, since without him nothing would have been known, nothing would have been allowed to us.

De afar?, noaptea se uita pe fereastr?.

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Nick wasn't sure what he thought about

Bulgakov always loved clowning and agreed with E. T. A. Hoffmann that irony and buffoonery are expressions of 'the deepest contemplation of life in all its conditionality

For an addict there is one pleasure of which no one can deprive him—his ability to spend his time in absolute solitude. And solitude means deep, significant thought; it means, calm, contemplation—and wisdom.

A morphine addict has one piece of good fortune, which nobody can take away from him—the capacity to spend his life in total solitude. And solitude means important, significant ideas, it means contemplation, tranquillity, wisdom...

For an addict there is one pleasure of which no one can deprive him—his ability to spend his time in absolute solitude. And solitude means deep, significant thought; it means, calm, contemplation—and wisdom. The night flows on, black and silent. Somewhere out there is the bare leafless forest, beyond it the river, the chill air of autumn. Far away lies the strife-torn, restless city of Moscow. Nothing concerns me, I need nothing and there is nowhere for me to go.

The right place to live is behind cream-coloured blinds.

Hem tramvaylar?n geçtiÄŸi raylar? temizleyeceksin bütün gün, hem de Ispanya'daki fakirlerin geleceÄŸi üzerine kafa patlatacaks?n ha?

Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love.

Chi cerca l'infinito non ha che da chiudere gli occhi.

What he did succeed in seeing behind him in his mind's eye was tiny, compressed like a closed accordion.

I never forgot that, because, though I was only a child, something seemed to become clear to me: this is existence as such confronting time as such; and that confrontation, I understood, is named boredom.

Quien busque el infinito que cierre los ojos

Le degré de lenteur est directement proportionnel à l'intensité de la mémoire ; le degré de la vitesse est directement proportionnel à l'intensité de l'oubli.

Irena went to the window to savor the freedom of solitude.

Is it better to shout and thereby hasten the end, or to keep silent and gain thereby a slower death?

Ä°stediÄŸin sonsuzluksa, kapat?ver gözlerini!

PÃ…â"¢i?emž musím Ã…â"¢íci, že jsem tu nepodobnost mÄ›l na Kostkovi rád a že jsem s ním právÄ› proto s oblibou debatoval, protože jsem si tak vždycky mohl zb?žne znovu ozÃ…â"¢ejmit, kdo vlastnÄ› já sám jsem a co si myslím.

Soledad: dulce ausencia de miradas

Il pensait à autre chose : voilà la vraie et seule raison d'être de l'amitié : procurer un miroir dans lequel l'autre peut contempler son image d'autrefois qui, sans l'éternel bla-bla de souvenirs entre copains, se serait effacée depuis longtemps.

If you are looking for infinite, just close your eyes.