Quotes About Contemplation

Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e., philosophers] must be inquirers into many things.

If you could stop reflecting, immediately you establish yourself in the ocean of peace.

Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom

If you remember the creation (gossip about such and such a person), then remember Allah the Most High. Remembering Him is the medicine for remembering His creation.

It is beautiful to talk about beautiful things and even more beautiful to silently gaze at them.

Wisdom grows in quiet places.

A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom.

As far as I'm concerned the only thing to do is sit in a room and get drunk

The loneliness is the mother of wisdom.

Whatever adventure you are into, whatever you are doing, your attention should be on your spirit.

The wise man is astonished by anything.

One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and decay.

There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues.

Wisdom can only come through honest introspection.

Contemplate sweetly on love, and the wisdom of God shall find you.

As nothing is more easy than to think, so nothing is more difficult than to think well.

For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.

Stranger, pause and ask thyself the question, Canst thou do likewise? If not, with a blush retire.

Solitude is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it.

Look at your mind dispassionately; this is enough to calm it. When it is quiet, you can go beyond it. Do not keep it busy all the time. Stop it - and just BE.

Paul Brunton's Notebooks are a veritable treasure-trove of philosophic-spiritual wisdom.

The things one experiences alone with oneself are very much stronger and purer.

Meditation is re-discovering the inner Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God lies in our understandings and wisdom.

Wisdom is the repose of the mind.