(231 quotes found)
“The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. If he loves, it is not to give himself, to blend in fecund union with another being, but to meditate on his love. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They are dissipated in futile imaginings, producing nothing external to themselves.”
Emile Durkheim
“My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.”
Bible
“No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation”
Walter Bagehot
“Meditate.Live purely. Be quiet.Do your work with mastery.Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds!Shine”
Buddha
“For the one who is moderate in eating, recreation, working, sleeping, and waking, this yoga [of meditation] destroys [all] sorrow.”
Bhagavad Gita
“Some chant in meditation, some practice deep, austere meditation; some worship Him in adoration, some practice daily rituals. Some live the life of a wanderer.”
Atharva Veda
“If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate.”
Martin Lawrence
“I'm convinced that the man who has learned to meditate upon the Lord will be able to run on his feet and walk in his spirit. Although he may be hurried by his vocation, that's not the issue. The issue is how fast his spirit is going. To slow it down takes a period of time.”
Charles Stanley
“We found there were people doing acupuncture, meditation, naturopathy and other forms of alternative or complementary medicine ... but it was being done in a disorganized way,”
Albert Einstein
“If we rationalize our problems when He points them out, we will spend less and less time meditating because we won't want to face God in that area of our lives.”
