Quotes About Contemplation

I observe and remain silent.

Wisdom is something that comes, little by little, through a lot of listening.

In the martial arts, introspection begets wisdom. Always see contemplation on your actions as an opportunity to improve.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

To walk quietly until the miracle in everything speaks is poetry, whether we write it down or not.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive knowledge.

He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.

Ikhlaas is to forget the vision of creation by constantly looking at the Creator.

All that is required to realise the Self is to "Be Still.

Seclusion is the price of greatness.

Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.

A free man thinks of nothing less than of death; and his wisdom is a meditation not on death but on life.

In solitude, where we are least alone.

Be careful what you swallow. Chew!

A moment's thinking is an hour in words.

To realize the unimportance of time is the gate to wisdom.

Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers.

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree, but it preserves it.

Night is the mother of counsels.

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom.

Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.

Avoid the crowd, avoid mass audiences, keep your own counsel, which is the counsel of philosophy of wisdom you can acquire and make your own.