Quotes About Contemplation

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

For many, to live in a universe that may have no purpose, and no creator, is unthinkable.

Sometimes you don't quite realise what you have achieved until you look back.

Im a night owl so I tend to do a lot of my disconnecting past midnight. I love the feeling when the whole world has shut down for the day Im left to think and unwind without any interruptions.

Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can't take it in all at once.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Personally, when things upset me, I get quiet and closed off. I have nothing to say, and a chill sets in while I think about what's going on.

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.

The mirror is the conscience of women they never do a thing without first consulting it.

Woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life or contemplative life or saintly life.

Nothing worthwhile is ever achieved without deep thought and hard work.

Thinking is hard work; that's why so few do it.

If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands

The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you.

Close your bodily eye, that you may see your picture first with the eye of the spirit. Then bring to light what you have seen in the darkness, that its effect may work back, from without to within.

If in your mind it was possible to take a year's sabbatical from work to reassess your life, what would you do and where would you go?

On my first days here I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days - flicked through books, studied Japanese art a little.

To appreciate art you've got to work at it a bit.

Without great solitude no serious work is possible.

Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.

If a work of art or a new style disturbs you, then it is probably good work. If you hate it, it is probably great.

One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment - only you must first realize this.

Thinking is hard work, which is why so few people do it.

My hands were too soft.. I had to find some special occupation, some kind of work that would not force me to turn away from the sky and the stars, that would allow me to discover the meaning of life.