Contemplating Quotes · Page 14

To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy Power, which seems omnipotent; To…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.

— Franz Grillparzer

It is frequently said that speech that is intentionally provocative and therefore invites physical retaliation can be punished or suppressed. Yet, plainly…

— Thomas I. Emerson

It is a common happening that those in power, as their tenure of office continues, find themselves less and less able to…

— Anthony Eden

Fictions are necessary for the people, and the Truth becomes deadly to those who are not strong enough to contemplate it in…

— Albert Pike

According to Maslow, I was stuck on the second level of the pyramid, unable to feel secure in my health and therefore…

— John Green

“The first impressions with the ashram people
are these sparkling interior experiences. The eyeballs can be peepholes into the Milky Way and beyond.…

— Tom Hillman

I do not think that there need be the conflict between books and videos, that one would drive out the other. It…

— Chinua Achebe

It is a mistake always to contemplate the good and ignore the evil, because by making people neglectful it lets in disaster.…

— Helen Keller

Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no…

— James Buchan

Do I want to pray or only to think about my human problems? Do I want to pray or simply kneel there…

— Hubert Van Zeller

I come from a generation where I couldn't even contemplate such a thing. I find it amazing... You can become a multi-millionaire…

— Trevor Brooking

CONTEMPLATE THE workings of this world, listen to the words of the wise, and take all that is good as your own.…

— Morihei Ueshiba

The power of quiet is great. It generates the same feelings in everything one encounters. It vibrates with the cosmic rhythm of…

— Malidoma Patrice Some

Nowadays, mindfulness has become a catch-all word, but the general principle of trying to be more conscious and aware in our daily…

— Tenzin Palmo

The happy man . . . will be always or at least most often employed in doing and contemplating the things that…

— Aristotle

Obviously these [white-guard] emigres enjoy the right of asylum existing also in the U.S. So far as we are concerned we would…

— Joseph Stalin

I can scarcely contemplate a greater calamity that could befall this country, than be loaded with a debt exceeding their ability ever…

— Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger

And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure…

— Billy Tauzin

I lean over you, your equal, offering you a mirror for your perfect nothingness, for your shadows which are neither light nor…

— Maurice Blanchot

Each moment from all sides rushes to us the call to love. We are running to contemplate its vast green field. Do…

— Anonymous

He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more…

— Victor Hugo

Sitting around idly contemplating doesn't produce much. In work you can discipline your attention, forget about your misery.

— Frederick Lenz

“Contemplating a purported work of art is a social activity. Either you have a rewarding time, or you don't. You don't have…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going…

— Mahatma Gandhi