Contemplating Quotes

496 quotes by 410 authors

It is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God's face, and then descends from contemplating… — John Calvin
If a mind is just a few pounds of blood, urea, and electricity, how does it manage to contemplate itself, worry about its soul, do… — Diane Ackerman
The window of X Factor opportunity opens up in the closing seconds of a race-you might be sprinting at the time or just hanging one,… — Brad Alan Lewis
A great part of life consists of contemplating what we cannot cure. — Robert Louis Stevenson
To find anything comparable with our forthcoming ventures into space, we must go back far beyond Columbus, far beyond Odysseus-far, indeed, beyond the first ape-man.… — Arthur C. Clarke
Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return. Each separate being in… — Laozi
In the East, they contemplate the forest; in the West, they count the trees. — Wayne Dyer
Let all your thoughts be with the Most High, and direct your humble prayers unceasingly to Christ. If you cannot contemplate high and heavenly things,… — Thomas a Kempis
Keep your rivers flowing as they will, and you will continue to know the most important of all freedoms-the boundless scope of the human mind… — David R. Brower
Anyone who thinks Ryanair flights are some sort of bastion of sanctity where you can contemplate your navel is wrong. We already bombard you with… — Michael O'Leary
To lose the approbation of my dog is a thing too horrible to contemplate. — Barbara Dana
The heavens are not filled with hostility. The sky does not express a frown. When I look up I do not contemplate a face of… — John Henry Jowett
What's given, in fact, always depends on the person or thing it's given to. A minor incident in the street brings the cook to the… — Fernando Pessoa
Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic....So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your… — Edward Abbey
It's so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it. — Robert M. Pirsig
Do something today that reflects who you are, what you are capable of, what you care about. Give yourself plenty of evidence of what you… — David Niven
Too often we elevate the inconsequential into the influential... by reacting without reflecting. — Sarah Ban Breathnach
As I contemplate the kind of future I want for children-my own and other people's-I believe we must look inward to God for guidance and… — Marian Wright Edelman
Teach correctly... Find delight in contemplation. — Saint Augustine
People who have read a good deal rarely make great discoveries. I do not say this in excuse of laziness, but because invention presupposes an… — Georg C. Lichtenberg

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