“I’ve always marveled that geese can feel a call stirring, rise on hardy wings to engage it, and without contemplation, compass or… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
The earth's becoming at a particular period the residence of human beings, was an era in the moral, not in the physical… — Charles Lyell Copy Share Image
I have neither the scholar's melancholy, which is emulation; nor the musician's, which is fantastical; nor the courtier's, which is proud; not… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience. — Randolph Bourne Copy Share Image
Having once aroused in our mind enough faith in our own will-power to create a universe of contemplation and forget everything else,… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
For contemplation he and valour formed; / For softness she and sweet attractive grace, / He for God only, she for God… — John Milton 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
In certain strains of Judaism, there's a profound passion for the ineffable. Contemplation of God is meant to be forever elusive, because,… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“If you cannot recollect yourself continuously, do so once a day at least, in the morning or in the evening. In the… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
Now Art, used collectively for painting, sculpture, architecture and music, is the mediatress between, and reconciler of, nature and man. It is,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
If contemplation of other people's pain just increases distress, then I think we should see it in another way. If we don't… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“The contemplation of consciousness—which is the contemplation of no-thing whatsoever—is endlessly fascinating. It’s like staring at a candle in a dark night—you… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
... the word "theory" ... was originally an Orphic word, which Cornford interprets as "passionate sympathetic contemplation" ... For Pythagoras, the "passionate… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“We have become a nation of thoughtless rushers, intent on doing before thinking , and hoping what we do magically works out.… — Len Holman Copy Share Image
Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Zazen is seated meditation-the opposite of contemplation-the emptying of the mind of all thoughts in order simply to be. In the midst… — Huineng Copy Share Image
We must, with God's help, eradicate the deadly poison of the demon of anger from the depths of our souls. So long… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Woman ... is the divine object, violated, endlessly sacrificed yet always reborn, whose only joy, achieved through a subtle interplay of images,… — Anne Desclos Copy Share Image
The eye and soul are caressed in the contemplation of form and colour. The subtle changes of colour over a surface -… — John F. Carlson Copy Share Image
Nature is seen by humans through a screen of beliefs, knowledge, and purposes, and it is in terms of their images of… — Roy Rappaport Copy Share Image
But in practical affairs, particularly in politics, men are needed who combine human experience and interest in human relations with a knowledge… — Max Born Copy Share Image
The wise man will be as happy as circumstances permit, and if he finds the contemplation of the universe painful beyond a… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
