Quotes About Contemplation

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.

Read yourself, not books. Truth isn't outside, that's only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle - if you don't fill it, it's useless.

Silence is the maturation of wisdom.

Wisdom requires not only the investigation of many things, but contemplation of the mystery.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

Look for the answer inside your question.

Truth sees God, and wisdom contemplates God, and from these two comes a third, a holy and wonderful delight in God, who is love.

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience.

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

Whoever does not hold his tongue cannot understand his deen.

Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all.

A moment of consideration often prevents a thousand apologies

Pull down the shades on the windows of your soul, And gaze into your mind and watch the wisdom unfold.

Perfecting one's intellect causes one to speak less, and those words spoken will be adorned with wisdom.

The realization of 'La ilaha illa Allah' is one of the states of the heart that can be neither expressed by the tongue nor thought out by the mind.

In the sweet territory of silence we touch the mystery. It's the place of reflection and contemplation, and it's the place where we can connect with the deep knowing, to the deep wisdom way.

A man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.

When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence.

The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

The loser, when a game of dice is done, remains behind reviewing every roll sadly, and sadly wiser, and alone.

For a thinking man is where Wisdom is at home.

Spend your leisure time in cultivating an ear attentive to discourse, for in this way you will find that you learn with ease what others have found out with difficulty.