Quotes About Contemplation

Wisdom along with maturity is self understanding and defining one's character through reasoning in a circumstance.

I am strangely tired, not from having talked so much but at the mere thought of what I still have to say

The philosopher often appears ridiculous in the practical affairs of life, because he or she has stepped out of the rush of time.

After a breath and before another, there's plenty of time to rest.

He was a thinker, but also a man of action.

In life it is difficult to find a way of life, but later is much more difficult to stay on that road... So before any decisions think carefully.

In the presence of death reason and philosophy are silent

Before you open your mouth to say something, take a step back and imagine what you're going to say was said to you.It makes you think twice, doesn't it?

I was up all night just to talk to myself about you.

The problem is not that we can't answer the great questions, but that we ask them in the first place.

Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one

Answer all the questions. Question all the answers.

A wise man does not give quick answers to complex questions – he observes, analyzes and contemplates.

I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.

Silence is a sounding thing, To one who listens hungrily

Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.

Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation.

Poetry calls us to pause. There is so much we overlook, while the abundance around us continues to shimmer, on its own.

Poetry is like standing on the edge of a lake on a moonlit night and the light of the moon is always pointing straight at you.

Don't use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry.

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.

I like to think of poetry as statements made on the way to the grave.

The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence

I write in order to comprehend, not to express myself.