“The deeper he penetrates into this inner being, the more will he feel inclined to keep the development quite secret. It is… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
... the ecological problem of our times demands a radical reevaluation of how we see the entire world; it demands a different… — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople Copy Share Image
Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two… — Ross Perot Copy Share Image
Contemplation is necessary to generate an object, but action must propagate it. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
The natural historian is not a fisherman who prays for cloudy days and good luck merely; but as fishing has been styled… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Images detached from every aspect of life merge into a common stream, and the former unity of life is lost forever. Apprehended… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
A contemplative life has more the appearance of a life of piety than any other; but it is the divine plan to… — Lord David Cecil Copy Share Image
If we can keep our minds calm on the subject of the "Eternity of God," if reason does not totter on her… — Nehemiah Adams Copy Share Image
The Oriental philosophy approaches easily loftier themes than the modern aspires to; and no wonder if it sometimes prattle about them. It… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“When the mind enters into this imageless and thoughtless state, there is nothing in it to resist the union with divine consciousness.” — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
You should live in a manner that should enable you to devote time to writing and contemplation. As is often said, the… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
To reenchant nature is not merely to gain a new perspective for its integrity and well-being; it is to throw open the… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
...feminism never harmed anybody unless it was some feminists. The danger is that the study and contemplation of "ourselves" may become so… — Rheta Childe Dorr Copy Share Image
A minute analysis of life at once destroys that splendor which dazzles the imagination. Whatsoever grandeur can display, or luxury enjoy, is… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When a man is stimulated by his own thoughts, full of desire and dwelling on what is attractive, his craving increases even… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
All great musical composers have been connected, consciously or unconsciously, with this source of music-a fact that enabled them to become masters… — Corinne Heline Copy Share Image
COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I cleanse the windows of my mind, that it may become a mirror reflecting inspiration from the most High. I do this,… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
Creative visualization may be described as an extended meditation session that reaches beyond passive contemplation and achieves transformative action. The uses to… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
In this state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding an object in view; the vision is such… — Plotinus Copy Share Image
There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly understood, we treat it with respect. Whether in the synagogue, the mosque, the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
