Quotes About Contemplation

Some things we must pass over in silence.

Sometimes, some things have to settle, and you have to think about the intention of it.

If you're going to be unreligious, it's likely going to be due to reflecting on it and finding some things that are hard to believe.

I think I would like to be a monk. I really considered Catholicism a few years ago, but there were some things that I just couldn't reconcile.

Some things I have to keep to myself.

What do I do when we're not taping? Sit in a dark room and refine my plans for someday ruling Earth from a blimp. And chess.

When I'm retired someday, when I'm done playing football, that's when I'll be relaxing and look back at some things.

An artist is someone who should raise questions rather than give answers. I have no message.

You may not enjoy loneliness, because loneliness is sad. But solitude is something else; solitude is what you look forward to when you want to be alone, when you want to be with yourself. So, solitude is something we all need from time to time.

...every vertebrae on his back was a prayer bead under my hands.

An extrovert looks at a stack of books and sees a stack of papers, while an introvert looks at the same stack and sees a soothing source of escape.

A silence followed, while the two men contemplated dying for love.

There are times in life when you must seclude yourself and battle your thoughts. There are also times when you must call in the troops. The key is knowing when to make the call.

He stretched out on the bed and was suddenly struck by how utterly lonely he was.

I love talking the way Trappists love silence.

Dreams are the guiding words of the soul. Why should I henceforth not love my dreams and not make their riddling images into objects of my daily consideration?

Now that I'm older, I have a much better appreciation of nature, and I love being alone.

Love and hate have a magical transforming power. They are the great soul changers. We grow through their exercise into the likeness of what we contemplate.

Close your eyes. Meditate on your love. This is God.

Moments without you made me realize How Idle I am in my life

At this moment, I have nothing to do or ponder except love and wonder.

Soulful love, is poetry in motion. A contemplation of beauty from the deep arises and the mere struggle to express the rapture of the soul.

Leave me alone, Do me a favor, abandon me, I want to think about, You me and the idea of forever.

This mournful and restless sound was a fit accompaniment to my meditations.