Contemplating Quotes

496 quotes by 410 authors

Compassionate action starts with seeing yourself when you start to make yourself right and when you start to make yourself wrong. At that point you… — Pema Chodron
The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness. — John Green
We infrequently contemplate the harms that await any new-born childâ€”pain, disappointment, anxiety, grief, and death. For any given child we cannot predict what form these… — David Benatar
Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo Ipse domi stimul ac nummos contemplar in arca. (The public hiss at me, but I cheer myself when in… — Arthur Conan Doyle
She took a deep breath, looking up at the ceiling for a long moment. A raindrop moved slowly down her neck; he watched as it… — Sarah MacLean
I should like to be the landscape which I am contemplating, I should like this sky, this quiet water to think themselves within me, that… — Simone de Beauvoir
The wise man will be as happy as circumstances permit, and if he finds the contemplation of the universe painful beyond a point, he will… — Bertrand Russell
If the artist does not fling himself, without reflecting, into his work, as Curtis flung himself into the yawning gulf, as the soldier flings himself… — Honore de Balzac
In the ensuing silence, I have time to contemplate the word cuteâ€” how dismissive it is, how itâ€™s the equivalent of calling someone little, how… — John Green
Fictions are necessary for the people, and the Truth becomes deadly to those who are not strong enough to contemplate it in all its brilliance.… — Albert Pike
It places value on experience versus intellectual understanding. I saw a lot of people contemplating things but it didn't seem to lead to too many… — Steve Jobs
I lean over you, your equal, offering you a mirror for your perfect nothingness, for your shadows which are neither light nor absence of light,… — Maurice Blanchot
Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and… — Mahatma Gandhi
Rage flared up in Tessa and she considered belting Woolsey with the poker whether he came near her or not. He had moved awfully quickly… — Cassandra Clare
I do not view suicide as wicked, just terribly sad. There is only one death, but it is like a stone cast into a pond… — Juliet Marillier
According to Maslow, I was stuck on the second level of the pyramid, unable to feel secure in my health and therefore unable to reach… — John Green
A man may daydream of how he would spend a million dollars, but playing the same game with a billion dollars sours the fantasy. There… — Holly Black
I say, 'Get me some poets as managers.' Poets are our original systems thinkers. They contemplate the world in which we live and feel obligated… — Daniel H. Pink
Silence emerges from the sound of rain and spreads in a crescendo of gray monotony over the narrow street I contemplate. Iâ€™m sleeping while awake,… — Fernando Pessoa
The dear girl, I fear, may be contemplating some alarming, disruptive perhaps dangerous project. In which case, I would naturally do all in my power… — Lloyd Alexander

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