Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation. — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
The senses are of the earth, the reason stands apart from them in contemplation. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Faith may be relied upon to produce sustained action and, more rarely, sustained contemplation. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
True contemplation is reflecting on the blessings of God in your life. — Harold Klemp Copy Share Image
“If you are religious, pray. If you are philosophical, contemplate. If you are spiritual, meditate.” — John K. Brown Copy Share Image
Each human being was given two possibilities: action and contemplation. Both lead to the same place. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Sometimes I make up my mind, other times my mind wanders, and every so often I lose track of it entirely. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Humor may be defined as the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life, and the artistic expression thereof. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm stepping into a place of spiritual contemplation every time I enter a studio; it's always had a certain… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
[To Aquinas] the senses are what we have in common with dumb animals. ... Our better part [is] the mind ... and… — Anthony John Patrick Kenny Copy Share Image
Nonfiction, qua label, is nothing more or less than a very flexible (easily breakable) frame that allows you to pull the thing… — David Shields Copy Share Image
“Don't waste life inflating your ego with elitist armchair analysis like some overfed aristocratic twit, you have circuits to break.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
No important change in ethics was ever accomplished without an internal chage in our intellectual emphasis, loyalties, affections, and convictions. — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“In contemplation lies the seed of peace – in peace lies the seed of morality - in morality lies the seed of… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, the character of Washington is among the most cherished contemplations of my life. It is a fixed star in the firmament… — Daniel Webster 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
I know," he said in almost bored contemplation. "My manners suck. I like to chalk it up to a dissatisfying childhood." "I'd… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
To the scientist, nature is always and merely a 'phenomenon,' not in the sense of being defective in reality, but in the… — Robin G. Collingwood Copy Share Image
When Newton saw an apple fall, he found In that slight startle from his contemplation- 'Tis said (for I'll not answer above… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“First, it has been charged with inviting people to remain in a kind of desperate quietism because, since no solutions are possible,… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
In Philosophy, the contemplations of man do either penetrate unto God, or are circumferred to Nature, or are reflected and reverted upon… — Francis Bacon 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
“Language is the element of definition, the defining and descriptive incantation. It puts the coin between our teeth. It whistles the boat… — Charles Wright Copy Share Image
“This is why most people do not stick with a contemplative discipline for very long; we have heard all sorts of talk… — Martin Laird Copy Share Image
“The Orphic symbols center on the singing god who lives to defeat death and who liberates nature, so that the constrained and… — Herbert Marcuse 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
For 2,000 years, the Church has been the cradle in which Mary places Jesus and entrusts Him to the adoration and contemplation… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“In my opinion, it was chiefly owing to their deep contemplation in their silent retreats in the days of youth that the… — Francis Assikinack Copy Share Image
The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
We have no knowledge, that is, no general principles drawn from the contemplation of particular facts, but what has been built up… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
The Aim Of Life Is... To Strike A Balance Between Action And Contemplation... — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Recitation of the Qur'an without contemplation and thought is futile. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
Contemplation places us in a purity and radiance which is far above our understanding. — John of Ruysbroeck Copy Share Image
A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. — John Marshall Copy Share Image
The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is possible. — Gabriel Marcel Copy Share Image