Quotes About Contemplation

Do not repeat things without examining them yourself, even if it is a beautiful idiom.

Don't look beyond religion, because you won't see anything. Instead look and go beyond your own opinions, therein lies the wisdom.

Meditation is the greatest investment when it comes to long-term memory.

Only death can calm the mind completely.

Our first and final task will be to meditate upon the truest name of God.

People may neglect daily discourses, but too much silence never made anyone wise either. The will to know must be followed by action.

Pick up a book on any subject of your desire, sit down in full discipline, then read quietly. Remember, you are never alone. God is within and is always watching.

Pray, meditate, and find a calming place to collect all your thoughts at the end of each day.

Self-interest must be sacrificed before one can enter through the door of philosophy.

Siddharth Gautama was truly wise, he explored all aspects of life before seeking a quiet place to rest his troubled mind. Therefore, we must allow young men and women to explore life before embracing the ascetic life.

Silence is part of the equation and not the final answer in achieving practical wisdom.

Silence is useful if you are an initiate and know what you are doing. But useless if there is no goal behind. It's a natural thing.

The deeply spiritual man can no longer bear all the noise of the public. Thus, avoiding general politics and the immense masses in his service.

The initiate or the enlightened one remains silent for a moment, only to speak at the end of the journey or at the time of the setting sun.

The wise person must always consider and reconsider all the alternatives before jumping to the final conclusion. Furthermore, the objective views are the results of our philosophical ideologies (philideos) and the definition of our terms.

There will be no religion in Heaven, think about it.

To become a complete philosopher, you need to familiarize yourself with all the difficult questions.

We learn better when we are alone, instead of getting involved with large groups of people.

Your thoughts are not yours until when you start pondering upon them.

Philippe liked to daydream with his eyes wide open and I could often tell from looking at the changing intensity of the colours reflected there and the faintest of smiles animating his lips that he was in a world of his own that brought him great comfort in ways I could never understand

To many, "The Bible is a form of verbal wallpaper, pleasant enough in the background, but he stop thinking about it after you have lived in the house for a few weeks.

There's a kind of secrecy in the world at this time of night, as if I'm allowed to see mysteries hidden in daylight.

she grabbed her bag and strode to the front door, able to hear the murmur of the Hudson in the background. She wondered if the house had a water view, or if the trees blocked it. Probably didn't matter to a being who could fly up for a good vantage point.

The hour on Sunday can be a time of wonder, a time of transformation, maybe even a time of awe.