Quotes About Contemplation

Wat altijd gebeurt als ze nadenkt over doodgaan. Je lichaam weet, ook al houden je hersens zich dom.

We are here for knowledge. Our enemy is thoughtlessness. This is philosophy.

Nayl sighed and looked ahead at the turning starfields. The future lay ahead, its back to them, saying nothing.

An eye can look out and it can look in. You should know that, you who look deeper than most.

A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking.

Bowel movement?

Swami Havabanana

around and looked down the street. Then he looked at the empty spot where the car had been.

The whole world needs to STFU.

Silence opens up new pathways to learning.

Meditation is a valuable exercise, but eventually you have to open up your eyes and look around.

our time loitering with someone who

She herself had done little all day; instead she reported from the edge of an unlived life.

sartorial splendor with a long, speculative survey

Thinking about your ancestors makes you smarter. A research team led by Peter Fischer found that spending a few minutes contemplating your family tree (as opposed to contemplating a friend, or a shopping list, or nothing at all) significantly boosted performance on tests of cognitive intelligence. Their hypothesis is that thinking about our connections to the group increases our feelings of autonomy and control.

He always asks questions, and those questions are always the same: personal, direct, focused on the big picture. What did you think of it? What would you have done in that situation?

The human being is the only animal that thinks about the future.

Taking time to reflect opens the door to conscious awareness, which brings with it the possibility of change.

Granted, you won't always have time to think through the three questions.

asking ourselves these three questions—why, what, and how

But I don't think of any particular viewer in mind other than myself.

You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it.

What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?

I keep my political views to myself.