Quotes About Contemplation

there is no subject so insignificant that it will not expand to infinity, if attention is concentrated on it.

Look at the sky, and at the earth, and think that all things pass. All of the mountains and rivers you see, and all the forms of life, and all creations of nature, all pass. Then you will understand the truth; you will see what remains, what does not pass. —BUDDHIST WISDOM

Descendió pues, al hielo, evitando mirar hacia ella como hacia el sol; pero, lo mismo que al sol, no tenía necesidad de mirarla para verla.

Ah, how good! How nice!" he said to himself, when he remembered that his wife and the French were no more.

He had drawn up a carved, velvet chair and was resting his left hand on its back, holding a candle, and using his right hand to cross himself, rolling his eyes upwards every time he put his fingers to his forehead. His face conveyed a gentle piety and resignation to the will of God. 'If you cannot understand feelings like these,' his face seemed to say, 'that's too bad for you.

I never could understand the fondness some people have for confusing their minds by dwelling on mystical books that merely awaken their doubts and excite their imagination, giving them a bent for exaggeration quite contrary to Christian simplicity. Let

I asked: "What is the meaning of my life, beyond time, cause, and space?" And I replied to quite another question: "What is the meaning of my life within time, cause, and space?" With the result that, after long efforts of thought, the answer I reached was: "None.

La verdadera religion no necesita de templos, ni de iconos, ni de salmos, ni de reuniones multidinarias. Al contrario, la verdadera religion entra en el corazón únicamente en el silencio y la soledad

La soledad es para el alma la magnífica ocasión de conocerse, de vigilarse, de formarse a sí misma

En lugar de quejarnos de la soledad, bendigámosla, aprovechemos la posibilidad inesperada que nos da para examinarnos en silencio, para dominarnos lucidamente y totalmente, hasta en nuestros más contradictorios pensamientos

The Diplomat sits in silence, watching the world with his ears.

Silence And a deeper silence When the crickets Hesitate

I never think about The Past but sometimes The Past thinks about me and sits down ever so lightly on my face—

Without meditation, contemplation and skillful action, the anger lurking in your mind can become the (d)anger within your life." Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev)

No man is greater than his prayer life. The

Prayer makes the soul tender.

Reading seeks for the sweetness of a blessed life, meditation perceives it, prayer asks for it, contemplation tastes it.

Bisognerebbe entrare nell'inesprimibile senza sentire la necessità di esprimerlo...

He sought out cold waterfalls, small thick forests, and thought about nothing at all.

My head is a bier for my thoughts, my body a coffin.

What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and go contemplating wastelands; then you set.

Why would a happily married man isolate himself this way, standing in meditation through the night?

He sat without moving while coffee and balloon glasses were set before them.

We spend our days in deliberating, and we end them without coming to any resolve.