Absorption Quotes

"There is an indescribable bliss, in a period of busy enthusiasm, that results from complete absorption of the mind in one pursuit."

"We do not want merely to see beauty...we want something else which can hardly be put into words—to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it"

"Learn everything that is good from others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it"

"I lost my hat while gazing at the moon, and then I lost my mind."

"The child has a different relation to his environment from ours. The child absorbs it. The things he sees are not just remembered; they form part of his soul."