How much more intense is the excitement wrought in the feelings of a crowd by the contemplation of human agony, than that… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of… — Quintilian Copy Share Image
Trees are good for contemplation. Plato and Aristotle did their best thinking in the groves of olives and figs around Athens, and… — Colin Tudge Copy Share Image
The virtue of art lies in detachment, in sequestering one object from the embarrassing variety. Until one thing comes out from theconnection… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Sounds are the echo of the "Harmony of the Spheres" which man took into himself when he came down from the divine-spiritual… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
“Art requires contemplation that focuses attention on the viewer developing a relationship with the work of art, not merely passively receiving a… — Daniel A. Siedell Copy Share Image
Sound is the force of creation, the true whole. Music then, becomes the voice of the great cosmic oneness and therefore the… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
The endless cycle of idea and action, / Endless invention, endless experiment, / Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; /… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
I think the greatest gift we can give our children is the experience of deep quiet. If we don’t help our children… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
What distinguishes - in both senses of that word - contemplation is rather this: it is a knowing which is inspired by… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
The true bounds and limitations, whereby human knowledge is confined and circumscribed,... are three: the first, that we do not so place… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The proper method of philosophy consists in clearly conceiving the insoluble problems in all their insolubility and then in simply contemplating them,… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Contemplation does not ignore the 'historical Gethsemane', does not ignore the mystery of evil, guilt and its bloody atonement. The happiness of… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
That virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows not the utmost that vice promises to… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Hate engenders hate. Hate spreads to nations, and from this cause we have devastating wars. In the contemplation of these wars and… — Arthur Alfred Lynch Copy Share Image
“My only stake was the hook I shot in the moon, trying to capture stardom on my way to heaven. Without bravado.… — Juliet Castle Copy Share Image
“Contemplation is precisely the awareness that this “I” is really “not I” and the awakening of the unknown “I” that is beyond… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The study of letters is the study of the operation of human force, of human freedom and activity; the study of nature… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
As there must be moderation in other things, so there must be moderation in self-criticism. Perpetual contemplation of our own actions produces… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
“Everyone of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false self..We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least of all… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
When we become incorruptible and immortal and attain to the blessed state of conformity with Christ, we will be ever with the… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Cultural criticism finds itself faced with the final stage of the dialectic of culture and barbarism. To write poetry after Auschwitz is… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
When a man is stimulated by his own thoughts, full of desire and dwelling on what is attractive, his craving increases even… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
There are times when I, without willing it, mount to the height of contemplation; with my will I am drawn down from… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
We must not imitate the externals of nature with so much fidelity that the picture fails to evoke that wonderful teasing recurrence… — John F. Carlson Copy Share Image
The stronghold of the contemplation of Christ's glory affords the soul rest, for it will be made evident that our troubles grow… — John Owen Copy Share Image
In the Buddhist learning process, we say three stages. The first is hearing, the second is contemplation, and the third is meditation. — Lobsang Tenzin Copy Share Image
If you learn music, you'll learn history. If you learn music, you'll learn mathematics. If you learn music, you'll learn most all… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
Age, with shamefaced relief, has learned the solvent quality of Time. It is this quality which makes possible the contemplation of certain… — Margaret Deland Copy Share Image
“A quien como yo, así, viviendo no sabe tener vida, ¿qué le queda sino, como a mis pocos pares, la renuncia por… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“Much insight into himself could have been gained from contemplation of these things, but Wintrow reined his mind away from it. Perhaps… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Deeply listening to music opens up new avenues of research I'd never even dreamed of. I feel from now on music should… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
On the whole, when the unexpected danger happens to you, you're thinking so fast, you're thinking so hard, every bit of you… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
“Christianity is more than just a belief; it is a life of discipline, a firm determination to live a life of prayer… — Ramon M. Torres Copy Share Image
With passions stilled and one's nature firm, all destinies are in harmony; When the full moon of contemplation is reached you will… — Wu Cheng'en Copy Share Image
You know, Monsieur, that, although the contemplative life is more perfect than the active life, it is not, however, more so than… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
In the sweet territory of silence we touch the mystery. It's the place of reflection and contemplation, and it's the place where… — Angeles Arrien Copy Share Image
“True contemplation can only thrive when defended from two opposite exaggerations: quietism on the one hand, and spiritual fuss upon the other.… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
“As I contemplate a relationship with God, I find that I’m afraid to ride on the coattails of the infinite. But what… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
