Quotes About Contemplation

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.

What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them; men either despise women or they have never thought seriously about them.

Remember friends as you pass by, As you are now so once was I. As low as I you once must be, Prepare yourself and follow me.

Necessary for a contemplative life: a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.

questions about the future

I don't go to Mass every day. But I go to church every day. Just sitting there, thinking - it's a great way to start the morning, you know? You feel so good coming out, and your approach to everything is suddenly really clear.

What's wonderful about you is your first thought is of my eternal soul,

Weeds grew, and I ignored my chores, while the cat worried her tail of its most plumescent fur. I saw my body, white as tallow, my face framed by colorless hair, noted my appetites, then put them aside, walked and walked to wear it all away.

Maailman kuvaa katselet, et maailmaa.

the task of philosophy is to start over from the beginning time and time again.

Los que piensan siempre tienen que renunciar a vivir, y los que viven no necesitan pensar.

Ich liebe die Blumen noch mehr als die Tiere, weil sie stumm sind, nicht umherspringen können und mich nicht stören in meinen fruchtlosen manischen Gedanken.

Maybe because is December. After all, only when we come to Revelation that we take stock of Genesis, right?

you see and wait

No thought is wise just because you have it, girl.

Jesus was a suicide, if you ask me.

Don't just do something, stand there.

We must know God before we can love God. In order to know God, we must think of Him often. When we grow to love Him, then we shall think of Him often. Our heart will be where our treasure is. This is an argument which deserves your consideration.

He said that all bodily spiritual disciplines and exercises are useless. All that is needed to bring us to union with God is love. He had pondered this subject much, and concluded that the shortest way to God was to go straight to Him by a continual exercise of love and doing everything for His sake.

Basically, there are three things that all good listeners do: They think before they speak; they listen with respect; and they're always gauging their response by asking themselves, "Is it worth it?

Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think.