Contemplating Quotes

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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
There comes a time when the blankness of the future is just so extreme, it's like such a black wall of nothingness. Not of bad… — Stephen Fry
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 A. Burton
Live contemplating the body through mindfulness. Live contemplating feelings. In this way you will be aware of and control wrong desires. — Gautama Buddha
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
That which is not worth contemplating in life, is not worth recreating in art. — Ayn Rand
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
Observe and contemplate on the hidden things of life: how a man's seed is but the beginning, it takes others to bring it to fruition.… — Marcus Aurelius
Usually, when the distractions of daily life deplete our energy, the first thing we eliminate is the thing we eliminate is the thing we need… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company of priests. — Gautama Buddha
I am not really retired, and may never be completely, but I can't think of a better place to contemplate retirement than New York City. — Robert MacNeil
The full horror of what has happened in the United States earlier today is now becoming clearer. It is hard even to contemplate the utter… — Tony Blair
I should not like to contemplate an existence, especially one that is going to continue forever, if I could not enjoy that existence with those… — Hugh B. Brown
The Unhappy may, possibly, by indulging Thought, hit on some lucky Stratagem for the Relief of his Misfortunes, and the Happy may be infinitely more… — Eliza Haywood

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