Quotes About Contemplation

You must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever you may be. You must learn to penetrate things and find God there, to get a strong impression of God firmly fixed in your mind.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

The final mystery is oneself.

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if hes does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

Years of education, solving tough problems, handling complex issues, yet we take a while standing before glass doors thinking whether to Push or Pull.

I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood.

If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

Study without thought is vain: thought without study is dangerous.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

Most people in the world are Christ lovers. And then there are Christ haters. But all of them are fixated on Christ, and he perpetuates for ever.

A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.

Nothing true can be said about God from a posture of defense.

Începe s? fie târziu în mine. Uite, s-a f?cut întuneric în mâna dreapt? ?i-n salcâmul din fa?a casei.

De ce trebuie s? se culce to?i oamenii la sfâr?itul vie?ii ?

Ar fi ca un l?ca? de stat cu capul în mâini în mijlocul sufletului.

Mai avem înc? multe S? ne spunem, De aceea c?dem Pe unde apuc?m ?i-ncepem lacomi S? vorbim în somn. Cu lucrurile din camer?, Ivarele, caloriferul, C?rora înc? nu le-am spus Nici pe jum?tate din ce-ar trebui.

Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said, "Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don't. But you listen to them anyway." So, sometimes with art, it is important just to look.

The hardest thing to do is something that is close to nothing.

Como en casi todos los temas que me apasionan, no tengo nada particular que decir.

Francamente, no sé si creo en Dios. A veces imagino que, en el caso de que Dios exista, no habría de disgustarle esta duda.