Quotes About Contemplation

I'm… having one of those honeyed afternoons when I don't know who I am.

Hoodies up, heads bent, they passed one another in silence, like monks on their way to matins.

He was not afraid of silence, which most of us will rush to fill.

He was not afraid of silence, which most of us will rush to fill. And this, too: our holiest men have always gone into the wilderness to hear the voice of the Name. Avram

I thought it best to add nothing further, to let the line of his thought lead him to his own conclusions.

I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.What hours, O what black hours we have spentThis night.

And when Peace here does house He comes with work to do, he does not come to coo, He comes to brood and sit.

Wie weet, wordt mijn Ziel steeds gezonder, of misschien ook niet - ik heb van die dingen erg weinig verstand - maar in ieder geval trekt hij zich tegenwoordig van heel wat zaken geen bal meer aan.

Uit het kafee gekomen, zagen we dat de Maan er weer prima bijstond Zo lief, zo rood, zo vol, maar ook zo laag: een kwestie van een trapleer of op iemands schouder staan, meer niet.

Uren, dagen, maanden, jaren, zei hij bij zichzelf. Dit is de avond. Dit is de nacht. Het is oudejaarsavond. Over ruim acht en twintig minuten is het middernacht. Ik heb nog acht en twintig minuten. Ik moet mijn gedachten verzamelen. Ik moet klaar zijn met denken, als het twaalf uur is.

Een mooie avond,' zei Frits. 'Zoek jij ook graag de ellende van deze wereld? Wandel je Zondags ook graag op kerkhoven? De meeste mensen denken nergens aan.

Silence is a fence around wisdom.

Han lå på sengen og stirret opp i bjelkene. Han var nydusjet og plastret, og følte seg ikke verre enn Olav den Hellige etter slaget på Stiklestad. Og den karen hadde jo vokset betydelig etter sine strabaser.

She, however, stood and said nothing. / Small, unnoticed, she stood in the crowd, listened, and said / nothing.

The louder our world today is, the deeper God seems to remain in silence. Silence is the language of eternity; noise passes.

What is the answer I was silent. In that case, what is the question

It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing.

In the morning there is meaning, in the evening there is feeling.

Seated here in contemplations lost, my thought discovers vaster space beyond, supernal silence and unfathomed peace

Pensai alla frase più precisa che abbia mia letto sul concetto di felicità. Era di Prévert - o forse di Proust? - e faceva più o meno così: "Ho riconosciuto la felicità dal rumore che ha fatto andandosene." Mi chiesi se anche questa fosse melensa, solo più adatta alla mia indole. Non risposi alla domanda. Non lo faccio quasi mai.

There is something easy about being alone and deciding what to do and how to do it.

A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both.

The academic mind reflects infinity, and is full of light by the simple process of being shallow and standing still.

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