Quotes About Contemplation

Why is the mind incapable of deciding its own subject matter? Why when we desperately want to think of one thing to we invariably think of another?

People are running to and from class and I just want to yell, Slow down and wait for the world to catch up!

In this society, we don't like to face the future and the dying process and all of it. Most of us really don't want to think about it, but it's facing me in the mirror every day.

Frankly, I kind of want you to be haunted by the unansweredness of the question, because I think being haunted by such things is a valuable part of being a person.

One of the things about comics is people can linger on images and words as long as they want.

How'd it feel?" Rube asked himself. "I don't know exactly, but it made me want to howl.

Lord, I want to be up in my heart.

By praying ... If you want to pray better, you must pray more.

I think you can move to everything, but with some music you just want to sit still. Like Claude Debussy - I couldn't dance to that.

I went for a walk in the rain. Recently, whenever it rains, I feel like I want to go for a walk.

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.

All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened by the stars.

My auntie Chava used to tell me to chew my words before letting them out. "Seven times, Majan," she would say. "Chew them seven times.

One of the benefits of TM, Agatha had said, was that it enabled you to be "alone with your thoughts." But as I quickly discovered, a lot of my thoughts were not anything I wanted to be alone with.

paused to take another breath. "And taking these worries

And yesterday, when she'd claimed a quiet place on

Poetry speaks slowly. My mother told me that. We are usually too much in a hurry.

Poetry speaks slowly. My mother told me that. We are usually too much in a hurry." He sighed at this remembrance. "Hurried people miss many things. They see only what is right on top. . . ." His voice fell away.

I find her often at the peach tree, looking up at its branches and listening to the rustle of its leaves.

Most writing doesn't take place on the page; it takes place in your head.

No matter how much help you ask for, cultivating these spiritual qualities is something you have to do within yourself, and it requires solitude. So if you feel like locking your door, closing the blinds, and retreating from the world, this is probably a good idea. Sit with the darkness. Allow it to teach you. This is a very brave thing to do.

No sleeping in the places of death.

Occasionally, I have to think like myself to remember where I put something.

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.