Quotes About Meditation

But there was something about walking

The proper method of philosophy consists in clearly conceiving the insoluble problems in all their insolubility and then in simply contemplating them, fixedly and tirelessly, year after year, without any hope, patiently waiting.

The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.

The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.

Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.

You can have a slouch in your mind as well as you back.

Silence gives you an opportunity to listen to your heart.' Sm

Deep in our thoughts we find the best of us.

Free your mind for your soul to have peace.

Next to the humble man, we find wisdom.

Our minds get abused when we mind tomorrow, but they are free when we focus on today.

Seek wisdom wherever you are, seek wisdom even in your dreams.

The mature speak to God daily.

Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six,Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.

Disciplined inaction.

Happy are they that go to bed with grave music.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.

Shall I, like a hermit, dwellOn a rock or in a cell?

Give me my scallop shell of quiet,My staff of faith to walk upon,My scrip of joy, immortal diet,My bottle of salvation,My gown of glory, hope's true gageAnd thus I'll take my pilgrimage.

Very simply, for the mind, absence can be a catalyst for presence.

Standing there, I am struck by a strong but pleasant sadness. All my anxiety leaves me as I look outside. I stand and look for a while longer and then return to bed.

She sat in silence on a chair looking over him, content with the fullness of her own thoughts.

Reading is a private pursuit; one that takes place behind closed doors.

Highest love for God can never be achieved without renunciation.