Activity Quote by Emile Durkheim

The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They…

— Emile Durkheim

Civilization changes man on the outside. Meditation softens him within, through and through.

— Henepola Gunaratana

The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and…

— Henri Nouwen

A man is ever apt to contemplate himself out of all proportion to his surroundings.

— Anonymous

Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake.

— Thomas Merton

“Take for instance a man driven to incessant work by a sense of deep insecurity and loneliness; or another one driven by ambition, or…

— Erich Fromm

Meditation is listening to the divine within

— Edgar Cayce

“The man who articulate the movements of his inner life, who can give names to his varied experiences, need no longer be a victim…

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

In a packed programme tonight, I shall be having a word with a man who goes in for meditation, because he thinks it's better…

— Ronnie Barker

The act of meditation is being spacious.

— Sogyal Rinpoche

The art of meditation may be exercised at all hours, and in all places, and men of genius, in their walks, at table, and…

— Isaac D'Israeli

The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.

— James Allen