Contemplating Quotes

496 Contemplating quotes by 405 unique authors

Our life of contemplation shall retain the following characteristics: —missionary: by going out physically or in spirit in search of souls all over the universe.… — Mother Teresa
Revenge is the concern of those who are at some point or other beaten. I am not beaten, I told myself. No, not beaten. And… — Anne Rice
they ran in the sunlight, creating their own breeze which pressed their dresses into their damp skin. Reaching a kind of square of four locked… — Toni Morrison
So we contemplate each other, and we want each other, and I give it life and warmth, and it gives me my reason for living. — Paulo Coelho
most of my wandering in the desert i've done alone. not so much from choice as from necessity - i generally prefer to go into… — Edward Abbey
In our hearts there is a ruthless dictator, ready to contemplate the misery of a thousand strangers if it will ensure the happiness of the… — Graham Greene
One's thoughts are one's most crucial adventures. Seriously and strongly and intently to contemplate doing murder is everyway more exciting, more romantic, more profoundly tragic… — Mary MacLane
He was silent for a moment, staring out the window into the rain; I imagined he was contemplating the fact that his family's presence was… — Stephenie Meyer
For while we are enclosed in these confinements of the body, we perform as a kind of duty the heavy task of necessity; for the… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many… — Joe Haldeman
In choosing a companion, it is necessary to study the disposition, the inheritance, and training of the one with whom you are contemplating making life’s… — David O. McKay
I really believe there are some people who hate to contemplate the happiness of others. — Jean Plaidy
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. — Rachel Carson
What is a Poet? He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness,… — William Wordsworth
Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness, And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream. And that… — Khalil Gibran
They did not know what we can now sense as we contemplate the course of history: that change begins in the soul before it shows… — Franz Kafka
I contemplate the idea that maybe I'm an alcoholic. I get this occassionally, the need to define myself as something-or-the-other, and at various times in… — David Nicholls
When she had gone upstairs, he walked to a window and stood looking up at the sky. His head thrown back, he felt the pull… — Ayn Rand
Midlife is the time to let go of an overdominant ego and to contemplate the deeper significance of human existence. — Carl Jung
When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing… — John Muir
Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable .. The weapons of war must be abolished… — John F. Kennedy
Thus in this sad, but oh, too pleasing state! my soul can fix upon nothing but thee; thee it contemplates, admires, adores, nay depends on,… — William Congreve
And that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space. — Khalil Gibran
He scooped up Victoria practically before she hit the ground, well within the five-second rule. If she'd been a potato chip, he could have still… — Josh Lanyon
We have begun to contemplate our origins: starstuff pondering the stars; organized assemblages of ten billion billion billion atoms considering the evolution of atoms; tracing… — Carl Sagan

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