Pope John Paul II Quotes

To think is to confine yourself to a single thought that one day stands still like a star in the world's sky.

Night is the mother of counsels.

I seem to have spent a good part of my life - probably too much – in just standing and staring.

To meditate is to labour; to think is to act.

There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.

No writing on the solitary, meditative dimensions of life can say anything that has not already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.

Wonder is retained by wise pondering.

Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.

I used to ski across the vast white expanses of a quiet and lonely mountaintop. In the stillness and solitude... I pondered the mysteries of the universe, the planet, nature and of man. I'm still pondering.

For me, writing is a way of thinking. I write in a journal a lot. I'm a very impatient person, so writing and meditation allow me to slow down and watch my mind; they are containers that keep me in place, hold me still.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

When I was in lower school, I graduated from fourth grade, and the principal gave us a summer assignment to take a 30-minute reflection period every day. And, of course, there were no cell phones at the time. She said to just think. And that's lost. It doesn't exist anymore. Just imagine being on a couch and just thinking.

Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in.

In this world, where everything happens so fast, it's hard to sit back, take the time and contemplate.

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.

A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.

Some of the most powerful times are when we're quiet.

I don't really take a step back too often to see what's going on.

All of our great traditions, religious, contemplative and artistic, say that you must a learn how to be alone - and have a relationship with silence. It is difficult, but it can start with just the tiniest quiet moment.

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?

The wisdom of silence is a great asset.

I've always felt that the truth is in the silence.

Pondering, which means to weigh mentally, to deliberate, to meditate, can achieve the opening of the spiritual eyes of one's understanding.

Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering.

The time of wisdom cannot be measured, and for me, wisdom is the garden. There is no time in the garden.