Contemplated Quotes

79 Contemplated quotes by 73 unique authors

Turn your face toward the sacred Mosque (Koran 2:144,149,150) Commentary: The word "sacred" means that a heart which has not disengaged itself from the sphere… — Abdelkader El Djezairi
... I am not afraid of priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying and slandering. I… — Thomas Jefferson
On my return to Pittsburgh, I resolved to go back to the fundamental problems of electronic structure that I had contemplated abstractly many years earlier. — John Pople
I think it would have been much better if Newton had contemplated how the apple got up there in the first place! — Viktor Schauberger
An efficient militia is authorized and contemplated by the Constitution and required by the spirit and safety of free government. — James Madison
I named this place Listening Point because only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still, can things be seen and… — Sigurd F. Olson
The writer has the advantage of a medium that can be contemplated many times over on the pages of a book or a magazine. The… — Unknown Author
If you are in here tonight and you have never contemplated suicide…you've never truly been in love. If you're in here tonight and you have… — Christopher
It's so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it. — Robert M. Pirsig
I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity anymore. — Ajahn Sumedho
It is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come down after such… — John Calvin
I believe that there are many interesting projects that are potentially possible for me other than game music, and therefore in my mind there are… — Nobuo Uematsu
I think that much of this was running in background as I contemplated whether or not to attend the PS 99 reunion, although I certainly… — John Thorn
Murder in the murderer is no such ruinous thought as poets and romancers will have it; it does not unsettle him, or fright him from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
As the week wore on, Ivan contemplated the merits of inertia as a problem-solving technique with growing favor — Lois McMaster Bujold
When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
A prisoner lived in solitary confinement for years. He saw and spoke to no one and his meals were served through an opening in the… — Anthony de Mello
I love religion and have contemplated going back to school to get a world religion degree. — Jada Pinkett Smith
Use harms and even destroys beauty. The noblest function of an object is to be contemplated. — Miguel de Unamuno
Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated… — Paul Nurse
Applying different standards to al Qaeda does not abandon Geneva, but only recognizes that the U.S. faces a stateless enemy never contemplated by the Conventions. — John Yoo
They prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film... a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter… — Billy Gibbons
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting… — George Catlin
Hell is to be contemplated strictly as a matter which concerns me alone. As part of the spiritual life it belongs behind the 'closed door'… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
His icebergs are strange monuments with a symbol embodied in their form and their colours. They do not freeze you when you look at them,… — J D Salinger

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