Contemplating Quotes · Page 5

Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who…

— Pope Francis

Anyone contemplating world war is certifiably insane, no matter how calm they seem.

— Vanna Bonta

With the two of us chatting and contemplating our worries together, I think we have grown really close.

— Zelo

It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company…

— Gautama Buddha

If I weren't a Christian Scientist, and I saw "Trog" advertised on a marquee across the street, I'd think I'd contemplate suicide.

— Joan Crawford

In our hearts there is a ruthless dictator, ready to contemplate the misery of a thousand strangers if it will ensure the…

— Graham Greene

It is a faculty of the human mind to become what it contemplates, and to act in unison with its object.

— Thomas Paine

Nothing makes the future look so rosy as to contemplate it through a glass of Chambertin.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

We must learn to live on the heavenly side and look at things from above. To contemplate all things as God sees…

— A. B. Simpson

Compassionate action starts with seeing yourself when you start to make yourself right and when you start to make yourself wrong. At…

— Pema Chodron

I must refuse to believe that the Germans contemplate with equanimity the evacuation of cities like London for fear of destruction to…

— Mahatma Gandhi

My own way of writing is very meditated and, despite my reputation, rather slow-moving. So I do spend a good deal of…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Life deceives everyone except the individual who doesn't contemplate it, the individual who demands nothing from it, the individual who serenely accepts…

— Ivan Turgenev

The primary thing that I enjoy about Luke Cage is that he has a morality about him but it's conflicted. He's never…

— Mike Colter

The Tea Party was born out of the disgust many Americans felt early in the financial crisis upon learning that the federal…

— Mark Zandi

Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business.…

— Mary Astell

Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil,…

— Abraham Lincoln

“To get rich, one must have but a single idea, one fixed, hard, immutable thought: the desire to make a heap of…

— Petrus Borel

Some mountaineers are proud of having done all their climbs without bivouac. How much they have missed ! And the same applies…

— Gaston Rebuffat

What's given, in fact, always depends on the person or thing it's given to. A minor incident in the street brings the…

— Fernando Pessoa

The name 'cherubim' means 'fullness of knowledge' or 'outpouring of wisdom'... The name cherubim signifies the power to know and to see…

— Pope Dionysius

The dark is a quiet place. Reflection and contemplation are the only things to do in it. Well that, and imagine the…

— Tara Brown

And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating,…

— Aristotle

Some find Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran’s poetry preachy and moralizing, but I find it plenty enlightening—it’s hard to object to the melodic,…

— Khalil

We must contemplate some extremely unpleasant possibilities, just because we want to avoid them.

— Albert Wohlstetter

In this world, where everything happens so fast, it's hard to sit back, take the time and contemplate.

— Juliana Hatfield

Master your breath, let the self be in bliss, contemplate on the sublime within you.

— Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

One cannot help but be in awe when [one] contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.

— Albert Einstein

Conversation is good - you might not agree with everyone, but at least it gives you a chance to contemplate someone else's…

— Brandi Chastain

The good author is he who contemplates without marked joy or excessive sorrow the adventures of his soul amongst criticisms.

— Joseph Conrad

Now I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil...

— Abraham Lincoln

It is simple impertinence for any man, or any body of men, to begin, or to contemplate, reform of the whole world.

— Mahatma Gandhi

What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and…

— Anonymous

Would it be wrong, would it be right? If I took my life tonight, Chances are that I might Mutilation out of…

— Patience

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

— Anthony Eden

I'm contemplating thinking about thinking...but…it's overrated - just get another drink in!

— Robbie Williams

“A wise man does not give quick answers to complex questions – he observes, analyzes and contemplates.”

— Eraldo Banovac

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

— Frederick Lenz

True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.

— Lucretius

I think it would be totally inappropriate for me to even contemplate what I am thinking about.

— Don Mazankowski