Quotes About Meditation

A novel is a work of poetry. In order to write it, one must have tranquility of spirit and of impression.

...make a poem that does not disturb the silence from which it came." Wendell Berry

Here in this endless and gleaming wildernessI was removed farther than ever from the world of men --And I never saw so close and so clearlyThe image in the mirror of my own soul.

In the shade of words sits life itself.

A poem a day keeps the doctor away.

No reprimand in the mirrorSlow walk to LiberiaSlow dance across the SaharaSlow unraveling of gray matter

I told her it takesa lot of solitude to write a poem.She told me it takes a lot of solitudeto die.

Eyes closed on an open soul...the world starts from within its core towards its final frontier: the end surface.

It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.

A man in his own secret meditation / Is lost amid the labyrinth that he has made / In art or politics.

Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence."

What you think you become.

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.

You must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought.

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.

Under the obsessive thoughts and plans, under the emotions, positive and negative, there is an ocean of peace.

You are what you think about all day.

I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full.

Use your life to wake you up.

Watch your thoughts, they become words.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

If you look long enough into the void, the void begins to look back through you.

If you are centered in peace and think thoughts that are kind and loving, you will attract the same kind of ideas and feelings back to you. Remember, thoughts are like very powerful magnets!

Before you fall asleep everyday, say something positive to yourself.