Quotes About Contemplation

To pursue mental operations to any depth, a person has to learn to concentrate attention. Without focus, consciousness is in a state of chaos.

Activity and reflection should ideally complement and support each other. Action by itself is blind, reflection impotent.

Action by itself is blind, reflection impotent.

This is where the presumed advantage of a contemplative life comes in. Detached reflection upon experience, a realistic weighing of options and their consequences, have long been held to be the best approach to a good life.

one's neighbors, and think about God—if these are the things one has decided are worth pursuing. But it is difficult to accomplish any of them unless one has earlier acquired the habit of using solitude

Whosoever is delighted in solitude," goes the old saying that Francis Bacon repeated, "is either a wild beast or a god.

But even when there is nothing else pressing occupying their minds, most people fall far below the peak capacity for processing information. In the roughly one-third of the day that is free of obligations, in their precious "leisure" time, most people in fact seem to use their minds as little as possible.

One of the values in walking to work is mental meandering. Or if driving, not to have the car radio on. Now I don't think of myself as necessarily especially creative, but this creativity has to be a profoundly wasteful process. And that mental meandering, mind wandering and so on, is an essential process.

la soledad es el patrimonio de la edad adulta.

She counted absent-mindedly on her

Shut the world out, withdraw from all worldly thoughts and occupations, and shut yourself in alone with God, to pray to Him in secret. Let this be your chief object in prayer: to realize the presence of your heavenly Father.1 —ANDREW MURRAY

The world takes us nowhere, except within.

There are different things one can do to establish and hasten the peace process. Meditation is one way.

He glanced over at her, wondering if she had considered any of this. There was a peaceful smile on her face, her hair blowing in the wind. She seemed to have not a trouble in the world.

When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.

Nem akart most emberekkel találkozni. Talán érezte, hogy ? nem az.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning." A verse from Ecclesiastes.

I was having a race conversation in my head.

We're always looking, but we never really see.

o silêncio é mais belo e consistente que muitas palavras

Quando alguém permanece um bom tempo calado, se não estiver dormindo deve estar pensando no amor ou na morte".

Although, if you like everything you read, I can't take you seriously. Perhaps you didn't think about these books long enough.

he admired their well-composed thoughts

A true master is indifferent to the ways of society.