Quotes About Meditation

Blink at the sunned scratch and stumble into silence

Think long thoughts in short sentences.

One should be so absorbed in prayer that one is no longer aware of one's own self. There is nothing for such a person but the flow of Life; all one's thoughts are with God. One who still knows how intensely one is praying has not yet overcome the bonds of self

The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer realizes himself or the fact that he is praying.

When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.

Without a pen in my hand I can't think.

What modern man wants is a monk's cell, well lit and heated, with a corner from which he may look at the stars. Page 59

She glanced over abstractedly, still keeping company with her most recent thought.

He spoke slowly; I had a sense he was groping between words for the thread of his own thoughts.

Prayer is ecstatic communication with your innernavigational computer.

My friend, drop all your preconceived and fixed ideas and be neutral. Do you know why this cup is useful? Because it is empty.

My idea of a good time is sitting quietly with my own thoughts and not making eye contact with anyone.

You can only have one thought at a time- make it a good one.

There are two things you can do with your head down - play golf and pray.

There are two things you can do with your head down — play golf and pray.

Visualization works best when you feel totally relaxed. Only when you have a calm state of mind can you get clear, vivid images. Do your visualization in the quiet of your home or car before leaving for the party, the convention, or the big-deal meeting. See it all in your mind's eye ahead of time.

One cannot spend forever sitting and solving the mysteries of one's history.

there's nothing wrong with occasionally staring out the window and thinking nonsense, as long as the nonsense is yours.

Read about things that wouldn't keep you up all night long, weeping and tearing out your hair.

One cannot spend forever sitting and solving the mysteries of one's history.

Momento mori- Remember you will die.

trivial as her hair. This morning she was thinking about how to construct

If you enter a library looking for a particularly quiet place to read, head straight for the philosophy section. Because no one likes to read philosophy, no one will be there, and you will be undisturbed to read, to write or just to think and keep watch, as I do and have always done.

it is almost as if enormous philosophical questions are not designed to be answered at all, but just to make you think