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Contemplating Quotes by John Piper
- We can say that true gratitude does not give rise to the debtor's ethic because it gives rise to faith in future grace. With true…
- The really wonderful moments of joy in this world are not the moments of self-satisfaction, but self-forgetfulness. Standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon…
More Contemplating Quotes
- Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business.… — Mary Astell
- Contemplate to see that awakened people, while not being enslaved by the work of serving living beings, never abandon their work of… — Nhat Hanh
- Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky,… — Sai Baba
- Although it is a gloomy view to suppose that life will die out, sometimes when I contemplate the things that people do… — Bertrand Russell
- We must learn to live on the heavenly side and look at things from above. To contemplate all things as God sees… — A B Simpson
- In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does… — Saint Basil
- Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. — Ambrose Bierce
- Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. — Thomas Aquinas