Jerusalem the golden, with milk and honey blessed, beneath thy contemplation sink heart and voice oppressed. — John Mason Neale Copy Share Image
But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs. — Niklaus Wirth Copy Share Image
Their savage eyes turned to a modest gaze by the sweet power of music. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Wisdom requires not only the investigation of many things, but contemplation of the mystery. — Jeremy Narby Copy Share Image
Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let our minds… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“the more hours I spend in contemplation, the less I know about God—and the more I realize how arrogant it is for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are five stages of meditation, each one leading gradually into the next: concentration, meditation, contemplation, illumination, and inspiration. — Benjamin Creme Copy Share Image
It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Contemplation, rather than action; that seemed to be my lot in life, and I was ashamed of it even as I craved… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Not by adding more information, or more learning, or more study, can we now enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but rather by… — Paul Brunton 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
A pipe is the fountain of contemplation, the source of pleasure, the companion of the wise; and the man who smokes, thinks… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
We benefit, intellectually and personally, from the interplay between different selves, from the balance between long-term contemplation and short-term impulse. We should… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
...[K]now that however ugly the parts appear the whole remains beautiful. A severed hand Is an ugly thing, and man dissevered from… — Robinson Jeffers Copy Share Image
I think the church should strive to give parishioners good music. Music is as necessary for worship as a building with a… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
One may live as a conqueror, a king, or a magistrate; but he must die a man. The bed of death brings… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
There are occasions on which it is noble to dare to stand alone. To be pious among infidels, to be disinterested in… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Its amazing to contemplate what human mind is capable of, incredible functionality, specialty of describing something beautifully without even experiencing called the… — Pushpa Rana Copy Share Image
“Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
But this is that which will dignify and exalt knowledge: if contemplation and action be more nearly and straitly conjoined and united… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them:… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world may still know bliss, be it only for a brief… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
The source of inspiration can be any of the things:deep emotional experiences - say, romantic love or spiritual contemplation.I think such rare… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
“Gillette--The best a man can get." I stared at the screen. What happened to me? I was meant to be one of… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I don't wish to defend everything that has been done in the name of Utopia. But I think many of the attacks… — Hans Magnus Enzensberger Copy Share Image
Catholicism is the big house of Christianity. It's got many, many rooms in it. And I've always been attracted to the rooms… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
“Emotions are given to us by God, so that we can fully experience our experiences. The only problem with emotions is that… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“There is a 'movement' of meditation, expressing the basic 'paschal' rhythm of the Christian life, the passage from death to life in… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
“He captures memories because if he forgets them, it's as though they didn't happen.” — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet...maybe we could understand something. — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
“true enlightenment comes only through contemplation and introspection.” — Nicholas Carr Copy Share Image
It is in the contemplation of what you desire that you create what it is you want for yourself — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
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