Quotes About Contemplation

All that silence and absence of goings-on is the stillness of infinite motion.

His empty hands hanging palms forward at his sides, he stood at the window looking to the empty east. He did not look for dawn; east was only the way the window faced.

Barney was nearly through with his workout, cooling down on a bike, when he realized he was not alone in the room.

the boy hunkered, examining something in the sand. The woman stood watching, hand on her hip, spent waves creaming around her ankles. She leaned inland to swing her wet hair off her shoulders.

Z opuszczonymi rÄ™kami staÅ' w oknie, patrzÄ…c w puste niebo. Nie czekaÅ' na wschód sÅ'oÅ"ca. Wschód to byÅ' tylko kierunek, na który wychodziÅ'o okno.

Al examinar nuevamente la cara, pensó que había aprendido algo que le serviría toda la vida. Contemplar deliberadamente esa cara, cuya lengua cambiaba de color en el punto en que rozaba el vidrio, no era tan horrendo como soñar con Miggs engulléndose la suya. Pensó que se sentía capaz de mirar cualquier cosa, siempre y cuando tuviese algo positivo que hacer respecto de lo que miraba. Starling era joven.

Respice finem; that is to say, in all your actions, look often upon what you would have, as the thing that directs all your thoughts in the way to attain it.

Primum vivere deinde philosophari - First one must live, then one may philosophize.

I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more. ( Letter to John Banister, Jr., June 19, 1787)

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

The object of walking is to relax the mind. You should therefore not permit yourself even to think while you walk. But divert your attention by the objects surrounding you.

I like the immaterial world. I like to live among thoughts and images of the past and the possible, and even of the impossible, now and then.

The observations and encounters of a devotee of solitude and silence are at once less distinct and more penetrating than those of the sociable man; his thoughts are weightier, stranger, and never without a tinge of sadness. Images and perceptions which might otherwise be easily dispelled by a glance, a laugh, an exchange of comments, concern him unduly, they sink into mute depths, take on significance, become experiences, adventures, emotions.

Often I have thought of the day when I gazed for the first time at the sea. The sea is vast, the sea is wide, my eyes roved far and wide and longed to be free. But there was the horizon. Why a horizon, when I wanted the infinite from life?

Don't you love to look at coffins? I've always enjoyed looking at one now and then. I think of a coffin as an absolutely lovely piece of furniture, even when it's empty, and if there's someone lying in it, it's really quite sublime in my eyes.

?udno je to. Kad ?oveka obuzme neka misao, onda je nalazi svuda, ?ak je i miriše u vetru.

Thoughts come c.early while one walks.

Wrapped in his coat, a book in his lap, the traveler took his ease, the hours slipping by unnoticed.

C'è nostalgia, dentro, e malinconica invidia, appena un po' di disprezzo e una grande, casta felicità.

La cama es el lugar donde el amante se une a la amada, y se considera el símbolo del retiro contemplativo del mundo y de la criatura con objeto de encontrarse con Dios.

Discussions should always be held just before going to bed, your rear protected by sleep. How painful, after an intellectual conversation, to have to go about with your mind so stirred up.

Don't you like the sight of a coffin? I really do. I find it a handsome piece of furniture, even empty; when someone is lying in it, then, in my eyes, it is positively sublime.

Celui qui a contemplé la Beauté est déjà prédestiné à la mort.

Bien que le discours puisse agir d'une manière plus vivante et plus immédiate, la parole écrite n'en a pas moins cet avantage de pouvoir être méditée et formulée à loisir et à tête reposée, de rester immuable et de pouvoir être relue à volonté dans les termes et dans l'ordre que le signataire a soigneusement pesés et calculés, et partant, de conserver toujours la même efficacité