Quotes About Contemplation

There remained the sea, which is free to all, and particularly alluring to those who feel themselves at war with humanity.

Imagine how different a world might be if more leaders took time to ponder the finality of death before racing off to war.

When the Special Theory of Relativity began to germinate in me, I was visited by all sorts of nervous conflicts... I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought.

Albert Camus did not know he was summing up modern photojournalism when he wrote:"Will I kill myself or have a cup of coffee

It was easy to imagine the beginning of time here, but also, perhaps, its end.

On quiet nights, when I'm alone, I like to run our wedding video backwards, just to watch myself walk out of the church a free man.

A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself

It was just enough to sit there without words.

Sometimes, and those times are many, wisdom demands that we remain silent. This is such a time.

Speak only if it improves upon the silence.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

If you're asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom's temple.

Life unexamined, is not worth living.

So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.

Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.

I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again.

Thinking is the soul talking to itself.

The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.

It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.

Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.