Contemplation Quotes

"All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking" "The more he saw the less he spoke" "One thought fills immensity" "The chances of finding out what's really going on in the universe are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied." "The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking." "Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it" "If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe." "Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves." "To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one's self to die." "In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us." "I tried to pay attention but attention paid me" "I do not dispute with the world; rather it is the world that disputes with me." "There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees." "Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?" "Why are our days numbered and not, say, lettered?" "In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion" "Certain thoughts are prayers There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees" "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" "A voice is calling me endlessly, as it does for all trees, roads, and mirrors" "Think and wonder, wonder and think."