Quotes About Contemplation

He had known several men who blew their heads off, and he had pondered it much. It seemed to him it was probably because they could not take enough happiness just from the sky and the moon to carry them over the low feelings that came to all men.

They can't believe they're just supposed to sit there and watch the breath.

If a book doesn't make you want to throw it aside and think your own thoughts, what use is it?

The criterion for a book of worth is: does it make you think more, W. says.

Isn't it fascinating how long a few minutes seem when you are completely alone with not a familiar face in sight?

When I behold the ocean, I know that the world isn't just the grind of small tasks and small thoughts.

I Read, I Smoke, I Admire.

ero no reapareció muy lejos, porque no tenía fuerzas para llegar por medios mágicos hasta su casa. Se materializó en lo alto de la torre y contempló el horizonte mientras trataba de recuperarse un poco.

We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our own lives in a way that is not possible for those keeping up with the crowd.

Solvitur ambulando , St. Augustine said. It is solved by walking.

Then the sun finally comes up, and such 3:00 A.M. thoughts are banished, as they should be.   She

Fenwick, sitting down to

and a Dr. Brown's celery soda.

I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone.

Use death as your advisor, and you'll start making better decisions about your life,

I have come to understand god as a mystery for whom it is a privilege to seek or even deny, rather than as one for whom it is my obligation to perform.

Supe que contemplaba el mundo desde su cumbre más alta. Al fondo, muy bajo, se extendía, en un océano inmenso de puntos titilantes, el plano completo de las luces de la ciudad...

Yo mientras tanto pensaba en ti, que es lo que hago cuando no quiero pensar en nada.

Por lo pronto no se me ocurre qué más comentarte, bueno, lo que ya sabes, que aquí tengo todo el tiempo del mundo para pensar en ti, que es lo que suelo hacer cuando no quiero pensar en nada

Y por qué no, si al fin y al cabo la religión consiste en clavar obsesivamente la mirada en una imagen que está fuera de nuestro alcance.

Frankie wouldn't always let herself remember these things. Most of the time, she didn't think about them at all. Yet she had her quiet days, her pensive ones, those days when she dug through her memories, trying to find the truth at the bottom of them. As if the truth were a jewel yo could unearth and hold i your hand, as if the truth wasn't more like something you'd find under a rock, gray and faceless and squirming away from the light.

Most of the time, she didn't think about them at all. Yet she had her quiet days, her pensive ones, those days when she dug through her memories, trying to find the truth at the bottom of them. As if the truth were a jewel you could unearth and hold in your hand, as if the truth wasn't more like something you'd find under a rock, gray and faceless and squirming away from the light.

How do we best cultivate a quiet inner spirit? Do we attend to what feeds and expands our soul? What helps us focus on God? Where is our sacred space? Have we made a cell in our home, at the ocean, or in our favorite park? It is that place where we are away and alone.

The truth is that even ten minutes spent looking at the sky with nothing to fill the time can feel long.