Quotes About Contemplation

It's how I fill the time when nothing's happening. Thinking too much, flirting with melancholy.

As William James observed, we must reflect that, when we reach the end of our days, our life experience will equal what we have paid attention to, whether by choice or default.

Learn to slow down. Get lost intentionally. Observe how you judge both yourself and those around you.

Epicurus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Michel de Montaigne, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Bertrand Russell.

que vale la pena detenerse.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly." –Mae West

There's the instant, unconscious, automatic thinking and then there's the slower, conscious, rational, deliberate thinking.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. —MARK TWAIN

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." —Mark Twain.

Memento mori—remember that you're going to die. It's a great way to remember to live.

can think, I can wait, I can fast.

Breathturn" by Hammock "Your Hand in Mine" by Explosions in the Sky "Devi Prayer" by Craig Pruess and Ananda "Horizon" by Tycho "Recurring" by Bonobo "Hanging On" by Active Child "Long Time Sun" by Snatam Kaur "Angels Prayer" by Ty Burhoe, James Hoskins, Cat McCarthy, Manorama, and Janaki Kagel "Twentytwofourteen" by The Album Leaf

Parece razonable dedicar el 5 por ciento del tiempo a pensar cómo pasarás el 95 por ciento restante.

No estás dedicando mucho tiempo a reflexionar sobre esta especie de macrooptimización.

If you think about something more than three times a week, you have to write about it.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." —Mark Twain. This

Qué coste tendrá cada uno de ellos para ti y para la gente que te importa dentro de uno, tres, cinco y diez años? Míralo, óyelo, siéntelo.

something like, "You're totally right. I never thought about that.

Elogio de la ociosidad y otros ensayos (Diario Público, 2010), de Bertrand Russell.

We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."—John F. Kennedy

Prepara una taza de té (a mí me gusta el pu-erh) y siéntate

Siddhartha: "I can think, I can wait, I can fast.

too much brooding, not enough doing.

Can we have genuine knowledge of space without ever leaving our armchairs?