Quotes About Contemplation

You don't just get it, the way you just get a cold; you take it into your head, consider it as an idea first, play with the behaviors awhile, see if they take root.

The great omission in American life is solitude. . . that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incinerator of the spirit.

communication occurs despite the solitary nature of the reading act—

Reading is an act of contemplation . . . an act of resistance in a landscape of distraction . . . it returns us to a reckoning with time.2 —David Ulin

And maybe you are starting to notice my quote on the page "Look without, and you will be fulfilled within without a doubt." I really mean that look without, without of yourself not within.

us," she thought, "or at least some bits of cheddar

But, Lumawoo, look. No motto.

Massimo Pigliucci

Detengámonos durante un momento e intentemos imaginar hasta que punto seria mejor el mundo si todos evitáramos realizar juicios de valor precipitados y contemplásemos los asuntos humanos centrándonos en los hechos, con un poco más de compasión hacia nuestros congéneres humanos.

The popularity of Einstein, believe it or not, is due to the influence of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato (died fourth century BCE). Plato argued that the best life for a human is one of theoretical contemplation. People who study things like pure mathematics, theoretical physics, and philosophy have transcended attachment to the mundane affairs of the everyday world. They are better than the rest of us: more pure, almost godlike.

Never does one so constantly see so many different things as when peering from a small window.

A loud mind is greater than a loud mouth.

The months and days are the travelers of eternity. The years that come and go are also voyagers…. I too for years past have been stirred by the sight of a solitary cloud drifting with the wind to ceaseless thoughts of roaming.

Pausing between clouds the moon rests in the eyes of its beholders

Chrysanthemum Silence - monk Sips his morning tea.

Many things of the past Are brought to my mind, As I stand in the garden Staring at a cherry tree.

Old yam digger     please explain            this mountain's sorrows

There are also times when we feel like taking to the road ourselves, seizing the raincoat lying nearby, or times when we feel like sitting down till our legs take root, enjoying the scene we picture before our eyes. (Written by Soryu as a postscript)

Clouds – a chance to dodge moon-viewing.

Under one roof, courtesans and monks asleep— moon and bush clover

Black forest nothing you say matters it snows all morning

Dragonfly can't decide which blade of grass to land on

Clouds come from time to time - and bring to men a chance to rest from looking at the moon.

Suvvia, andiamo a contemplare la neve fino a cadervi dentro.