Contemplate Quotes

341 Contemplate quotes by 293 unique authors

To be able to rise from the earth; to be able, from a station in outer space, to see the relationship of the planet earth… — Norman Cousins
Although it is a gloomy view to suppose that life will die out, sometimes when I contemplate the things that people do with their lives… — Bertrand Russell
Purity is the power to contemplate defilement. — Simone Weil
Contemplate sweetly on love, and the wisdom of God shall find you. — Harold Klemp
I can’t imagine a duller fate than being the best dressed woman in reality. When I want to do something I don’t pause to contemplate… — Carole Lombard
We need to continually look within ourselves. Contemplate our inner being and find our own unique voice and then learn to heed it and we… — Dirk Benedict
Mr. Chairman, when I contemplate the evils of apartheid, my heart bleeds and I am sure the heart of every true blooded African bleeds. — Unknown Author
We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The… — Simone Weil
Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no comfortable addiction. — James Buchan
The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too. — Bernard of Clairvaux
Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things. — Boethius
The system of banking have[for]ever reprobated. I contemplate it as a blot left in all our Constitutions, which, if not covered, will end in their… — Thomas Jefferson
Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate... — Terry Pratchett
Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of… — John Marshall
It is simple impertinence for any man, or any body of men, to begin, or to contemplate, reform of the whole world. — Mahatma Gandhi
The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence. — Augustine Birrell
To sit and contemplate - to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to… — Virginia Woolf
Good science is more than the mechanics of research and experimentation. Good science requires that scientists look inward-to contemplate the origin of their thoughts. The… — Robert Burton
Live contemplating the body. Contemplate internally and externally. Contemplate the origination of things in the body. Contemplate the dissolution of things in the body. — Gautama Buddha
... Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will for seven days appear to you in their benign and peaceful aspect. Their light will shine upon you, ... Wonderful… — Gautama Buddha
The unknown, our own true nature, has the capacity to wake itself up when you start to fall in love with letting go of all… — Adyashanti
Who gave you the ability to contemplate the beauty of the skies, the course of the sun, the round moon, the millions of stars, the… — Gregory of Nazianzus
The greatest gift . . . is the realization that life does not consist either of wallowing in the past or of peering anxiously at… — Charles Macomb Flandrau
If anyone should want to know my name, I am called Leah. And I spend all my time weaving garlands of flowers with my fair… — Dante Alighieri
We skim over the surface thoughtlessly. But we must acknowledge that thinking well is a time-consuming process. We can't expect instant results. We have to… — M. Scott Peck

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