309 Quotes About Contemplation

The silent man is no longer a sign of contradiction; he is just one man too many. Someone who speaks has importance and value, whereas another who keeps quiet gets little consideration. The silent man is reduced to nothingness. The simple act of speaking imparts value. Do the words make no sense? It makes no difference.

When you become responsive to the solicitations of silence, you may be called to explore the invitation. This exploration is a kind of laboratory. You may sit and observe the coming and going of perceptions. You remain present to them but do not follow them. Following a thought is what maintains it. If you remain present without becoming an accomplice, agitation slows down through lack of fuel. In the absence of agitation you are taken by the resonance of stillness.

Realization begins where explanations end.

Standing at the edge of my fearsAnd contemplating themIs a healthy exercise.The extent of the boundaries Of who I believe myself to be.What is in question as I stand Safely at the border of myselfAnd think of leapingOr continuing on?What happens when I walkTo the extent of "I"And then keep walking?Who am I then?

Meditation is a social and political act. Listening and not-doing are actions far more powerful than most of us have yet begun to realize.

I’ve always loved the night, when everyone else is asleep and the world is all mine. It’s quiet and dark—the perfect time for creativity.

Be open to GOD’s graces, and live your life as a hymn of praise to our Creator.

Oh, how good it is to be with someone, sometimes.

A man must find time for himself. Time is what we spend our lives with. If we are not careful we find others spending it for us. . . . It is necessary now and then for a man to go away by himself and experience loneliness; to sit on a rock in the forest and to ask of himself, 'Who am I, and where have I been, and where am I going?' . . . If one is not careful, one allows diversions to take up one's time—the stuff of life.