Quotes About Contemplation

meus sentimentos, em estado de exaltação, tendem mais às preocupações com a eternidade e a vida eterna.

Dichiaro solennemente di non saperne nulla, ma dico che la vista delle stelle, mi fa sognare tanto semplicemente quanto quei punti neri che nelle carte geografiche rappresentano città e villaggi. E mi dico: perché i punti luminosi del firmamento dovrebbero esserci meno accessibili che i punti neri della carta di Francia?

Cuando siento una necesidad de religión, salgo de noche y pinto las estrellas.

Yet even then I do not think that my madness would take the form of persecution mania, since when in a state of excitement my feelings lead me rather to the contemplation of eternity, and eternal life. But all the same I must beware of my nerves, etc.

Try to grasp the essence of what the great artists, the serious masters, say in their masterpieces, and you will again find God in them. One man has written or said it in a book, another in a painting. Just read the Bible and the Gospel, that will start you thinking, thinking about many things, thinking about everything, well then, think about many things, think about everything, that will lift your thoughts above the humdrum despite yourself. We know how to read, so let us read!

Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.

It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.

inside the Honda, shutting the

Ciò che più parla nelle parole è il silenzio.

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I contemplated her, I was remembering her in this present, I had her beside me from last moment to last moment. When you are in love you are always on a railway platform.

Passage of time lends perspective to one's observations; perspective then leads to wisdom.

Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember.

Let your mind alone, and see what happens.

ambivalent. To feel two ways about the same thing, 'Ambi-' from the Greek, meaning 'both.' 'valent,' from the Latin, meaning 'going.' Remember: Feeling ambivalent is a crucial step in the process of living thoughtfully. When we notice our ambivalence and examine it, then our minds can thrive.

she needed the quiet solitude found when the rest of the world was still asleep.

She knew how his mind worked. He would process their discussion over the next few days. At odd times he would utter an objection out of the blue. While buttering his toast he might say, "That lawn is a disaster, you know." Or when he slid into bed at night, "The property taxes are probably triple what we pay now." She would reply with a smile and a nod and revel

She knew how his mind worked. He would process their discussion over the next few days. At odd times he would utter an objection out of the blue. While buttering his toast he might say, "That lawn is a disaster, you know." Or when he slid into bed at night, "The property taxes are probably triple what we pay now." She would reply with a smile and a nod and revel in a secret satisfaction. Let him brood over the downsides, all the while becoming accustomed to the idea.

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.

When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?

Orlando naturally loved solitary places, vast views, and to feel himself for ever and ever and ever alone.

To turn the mind inside, stop it from going outside, and then to concentrate all its powers, and throw them upon the mind itself, in order that it may know its own nature, so that it will analyse itself, as it were, is indeed very hard work. Yet that is the only way to anything like a scientific approach towards the subject. Now

Everyone who had ever cared to investigate the nature of human loneliness had seen that only one's own working mind breaks the solitude of the self.