Quotes About Contemplation

you stood still.

The very place in scripture where we so often stop reading is precisely the place we need to deeply listen.

Those dreams that find you in the quiet of yourself, those are the truest of all,

Every bird in the air came from a thought of God, and so did I.

A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw, the less he spoke; The less he spoke, the more he heard. Why aren't we like that wise old bird?

several weeks ago. I told myself

She said every bird in the air came from a thought of God, and so did I.

I know many people who believe in God, and I expected to find Him on my way to the South Pole if he exists. My religious experiences were very different however, [only] involving myself, nature and the universe.

Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.

I am that last, that final thing, the body in a white sheet listening,

To become human, one must make room in oneself for the wonders of the universe. South American Indigenous saying

What good is sitting all alone in your room?

The wise have inherited wisdom by means of silence and contemplation.

When you seek God, seek Him in your heart. – Yunus Emre

A wise man can do no better than to turn from the churches and look up through the airy majesty of the wayside trees with exultation, with resignation, at the unconquerable, unimplicated sun.

Philosophy is for those, who feel that they can think beyond their thoughts

The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have, and therefore should be secured, because they seldom return again.

Do I think I'm a holy man? Sometimes.

And the hooded clouds, like friars, Tell their beads in drops of rain.

The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart.

The vividness and force with which we trace the motion of history depends on the degree to which we look beyond persons and fix our gaze on things.

In solitude, where we are least alone.

Sólo salgo para renovar la necesidad de estar solo.

This is to be alone; this, this is solitude!