In societies where modern conditions of productions prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
Many museums are drawing audiences with art that is ostensibly more entertaining than stuff that just sits and invites contemplation. Interactivity, gizmos,… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Either you look at the universe as a very poor creation out of which no one can make anything, or you look… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
It is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
When you can discover where the fresh colors of the faded flower abide, or the music of the broken lyre, seek life… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
Acts which are essentially dishonourable must not be done; they would be justified only by calm contemplation of their correctness in abstract… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
The name that no human research can discover-- But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess. When you notice a cat… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Usually, when the distractions of daily life deplete our energy, the first thing we eliminate is the thing we eliminate is the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our life of contemplation shall retain the following characteristics: —missionary: by going out physically or in spirit in search of souls all… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
The Medicine Man, taking his music with him, is passing quietly into the Great Silence, where the old songs were "Received in… — Frances Densmore Copy Share Image
Amid those scenes of solitude... the mind is cast into the contemplation of eternal things. — Thomas Cole Copy Share Image
“Be open to GOD’s graces, and live your life as a hymn of praise to our Creator.” — Pamela Mandela Idenya Copy Share Image
You have got me walking up and down all day under those trees, saying to me over and over again, "Solitude, solitude."… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Ill health is also a blessing. The flesh and the ego are weakened and contemplation of God becomes easier. — Yogaswami Copy Share Image
I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just… — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just… — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
The great increase of our population throughout the Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it be… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Realizing your goal, resolution, or transformation is a journey. Change, like any meaningful endeavor, proceeds sequentially through steps. The journey begins with… — John C. Norcross Copy Share Image
“I imagined a labyrinth of labyrinths, a maze of mazes, a twisting, turning, ever-widening labyrinth that contained both past and future and… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
