An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous in such a high-wrought felicity; and she went to her room, and grew steadfast and fearless in the thankfulness of her enjoyment. – Jane Austen, Persuasion

To be alone and to be drunk with your own aloneness is what meditation is all about. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

In meditation, you are calm and receptive. You are like an open door providing a kind of cross ventilation so that the air of divinity can move through you. – Gurudev Shree Chitrabhanu

Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind. – Michel de Montaigne