Quotes about Meditation

I think, therefore I doubt.

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.

To speak out aloud when alone is as it were to have a dialogue with the divinity which is within.

Quant au mode de prier, peu importe le nom, pourvu qu'il soit sincère. Tournez votre livre à l'envers et soyez à l'infini As for how you pray, the words do not matter if they are sincere. Turn your prayer book upside down and face the infinite.

Make thought a whirlwind.

By continually going out for reverie, a day comes when you go out to drown yourself.

The mind is a garden

He had but one word for both these kinds of toil; he called them gardening. The mind is a garden, said he.

Why must people kneel down to pray? If I really wanted to pray I'll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all alone or in the deep, deep woods and I'd look up into the sky—up—up—up—into that lovely blue sky that looks as if there was no end to its blueness. And then I'd just feel a prayer.

Why must people kneel down to pray? If I really wanted to pray I'll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all alone or in the deep, deep woods and I'd look up into the sky—up—up—up—into that lovely blue sky that looks as if there was no end to its blueness. And then I'd just feel a prayer.

Solitude: a sweet absence of looks.

The novel is a meditation on existence as seen through the medium of imaginary characters.