Quotes About Contemplation

Los que gustan de contemplar la verdad

Pero estar ansioso de aprender y ser filósofo ¿No es una misma cosa?

Cei str?ini de filosofie au toate ÅŸansele s? nu-ÅŸi dea seama c? de fapt singura preocupare a celor care i se d?ruiesc cu adev?rat este trecerea în moarte ÅŸi starea care îi urmeaz?.

En esa parte del alma, verdaderamente divina, es donde es preciso mirarse, y contemplar allí todo lo divino, es decir, Dios y la sabiduría, para conocerse a sí mismo perfectamente.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

La filosofía es un silencioso diálogo del alma consigo misma en torno al ser.

we become what we contemplate.

What do you experience on perceiving yourselves lovely within?

What, then, is the achieved Sage? One whose Act is determined by the higher phase of the Soul.

This is why we must break away towards the High: we dare not keep ourselves set towards the sensuous principle, following the images of sense, or towards the merely vegetative, intent upon the gratifications of eating and procreation; our life must be pointed towards the Intellective, towards the Intellectual-Principle, to- wards God.

I do not know what I will think tomorrow and later; today I feel no distinct emotion.

Pensavo molte cose insensate, e non pensavo alcune cose tristemente sensate.

better not to do than to do, better to meditate than to act, better his astrophysics, the threshold of the Unknowable, than my chemistry, a mess compounded of stenches, explosions, and small futile mysteries

Now if you want a book about prayer, this one's probably not for you. You can find some wonderful books on prayer by some scholarly writers, books that are well worth the time spent reading them. In fact, I highly suggest you do. Can't really learn too much about prayer, can you? But here, in these pages, we aren't going to merely talk about prayer or think about praying. No. Get ready.

L'homme ressemble à ce qu'il contemple. Puissions-nous voir la lumière de nos vies et des êtres qui nous entourent pour en rayonner.

fixing our thoughts on Jesus requires time, for true reflection cannot happen with a glance. No one can see the beauty of the country as he hurries through it on the interstate. It is only when we sit still and gaze that the landscape fills our souls.

He looked like a bored boy deciding whether to poke a dead fish.

So we do nothing?" Claire asked. "We do the best nothing you've ever seen.

Meditate?" I took my head out from under the pillow, shook dark hair back from my face, and rolled over on my side to look at him. "Excuse me, but the closest I ever got to having a spiritual awakening was dating a yoga instructor. Once.

You have to schedule your epiphanies. And be patient.

Aristotle might have walked here, he thought. Might have scratched out that first copy of On Sphere Making, sitting at a table right over there.

The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

drink in the beauty and wonder at the meaning of what you see.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find resources of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.