Quotes About Contemplative

I'm not usually in a talkative mode.

There are many actors I know who are not talkative.

I'm not a talker unless I really feel I have to say something.

I'm not much of a talker. When I do talk, it takes a lot for it to come out.

I'm more of a listener than a talker.

I'm not really a big talker.

I'm not really good with talking, I'm not really a talker.

He was a deep thinker from an early age; it was a problem that would plague him throughout his life - he could be overly sensitive and prone to thinking about things too much.

Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia, Russia, Greece—all the Orthodox nations of Europe—are characterized by weak institutions. That is because Orthodoxy is flexible and contemplative, based more on the oral traditions of peasants than on texts. So there is this pattern of rumor, lack of information, and conspiracy…."11

They turned a distracted gaze on the world, wide-eyed, somehow, and questioning.

You see, that's the thing with you detrus, Chase began in a contemplative tone. Your bodies are abominations. If I severed your arms-- Lothaire yawned loudly. --you'd merely regenerate from the injury. You might experience pain, but you wouldn't suffer the horror of permanent loss, not like a human. Lothaire grew increasingly bored by this. When I get free, I believe I'll show you your spine. I'll hand it to you so casually, politely even, as if expecting you to remark upon it.

She was so quiet. So reflective. And she could erase herself, her spirit, with a swiftness that truly startled, when she knew the people around her could not respect it.

From the respect paid to property flow, as from a poisoned fountain, most of the evils and vices which render this world such a dreary scene to the contemplative mind.

I was born with gloomy nature. I do not think I have ever known what it is to be cheerful and at ease.

I found him most of the time grave-faced, staring ahead of him, and eating frugally.

I'm on my feet, pacing around the room, punching a fist into my palm, which I stop doing when I realise how drama queen it feels.

the most dreamless and introspective time of day, a sort of midnight of the daytime

Jesus was contemplative and activist, mystic and prophet, Spirit and form, God and human, absolute and relative, Creator and creature, existing for eternity and existing in time.

To propose an agreement on principles does not involve or imply that the Western world should be Orientalized ; propaganda is out of the question as between gentlemen, and everyone must make use of the forms appropriate to his own psychophysical constitution. It is the European that wants to practice Yoga ; the Oriental points out that he has already contemplative disciplines of his own.

The weird thing about me is that I'm naturally an introvert, so I don't talk to people.

Barack Obama is not a man of The Gut, and it is driving official Washington crazy. This is a good thing, because resisting The Gut is what the Constitution is all about, especially in its war powers, which this president is conspicuously contemplative about exercising, at least in every context except launching drones.

From about 5 years old on, I was very contemplative and started to become constantly filled with nostalgia for the present moment and the feeling that it's always fleeting.

I do think I tend to have a darker nature than most.

I'm a Libra. That means that I can make a decision, but only after much thought.