What I really mean to devote my morning to is meditation.

One of the greatest mistakes we make nowadays is not giving sufficient time to quiet thought.

We go hustling along through life doing things which ought not to be done in a hurry, and when physical exhaustion forces us to pause for a moment, we run our eyes over printed matter of some kind--newspapers, magazines, or books--and never give a single hour from one year's end to another to meditation." "What do you intend to meditate about, J.J.?
That German philosopher of yours, I suppose." "I haven't settled that yet," said Meldon.

"If there's any affair of yours, either practical, or an intellectual difficulty, which you want to have carefully thought out, now is your time.

I'll devote myself to it with pleasure." "Thanks," said the Major, "but there isn't." "Are you quite sure?
A chance like this doesn't occur every day." "Quite sure; thanks." "In that case I shall first of all meditate on Simpkins, Miss King, and the judge.