Contemplation Quotes

"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" "The more he saw the less he spoke" "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." "In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time."