Contemplating Quotes
496 quotes by 410 authors
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Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those…
— Mary Astell
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Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a…
— Sai Baba
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the…
— Saint Basil
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Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children…
— Tony Blair
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It is indeed difficult to make a living as a writer, and my advice to anyone contemplating a literary career is to have some other…
— William S. Burroughs
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Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
— Thomas Aquinas
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That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity
— Ambrose Bierce
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It is very remarkable that while the words Eternal, Eternity, Forever, are constantly in our mouths, and applied without hesitation, we yet experience considerable difficulty…
— George Julius Poulett Scrope
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He is incapable of a truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Accustomed long to contemplating love and compassion I have forgotten all difference between myself and others
— Milarepa
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When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel (for Nature has not been kind enough to me to blunt my feelings) for…
— Thomas Paine
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The essence of meditation is a period of time set aside to contemplate the Lord, listen to Him, and allow Him to permeate our spirits.
— Charles Stanley
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If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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These guidelines contemplate a policy that will grant special benefits to illegal immigrants based on their unlawful presence in the country.
— Mike Lee
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Prayer means lovingly contemplating the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, allowing our hearts to be enkindled to praise and adore the love and…
— Basilea Schlink
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My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back.
— Francis Picabia
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I have come to believe that our lives can be turned in a different direction, our minds adopt a different way of thinking, by some…
— Howard Zinn
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My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind…
— Edward Abbey
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O Jesus! Remember the sadness that Thou didst experience when, contemplating in the light of Thy divinity the predestination of those who would be saved…
— Brigit of Kildare
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