Contemplating Quotes

496 Contemplating quotes by 405 unique authors

He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime. — Victor Hugo
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates… — Albert Einstein
How do we regulate our emotions? The answer is surprisingly simple: by thinking about them. The prefrontal cortex allows each of us to contemplate his… — Jonah Lehrer
Why, sir," said he, looking about him, "what splendour I see: gold lace, breeches, cocked hats. Allow me to recommend a sandwich. And would you… — Patrick O'Brian
No funny stuff in here tonight, you understand?” Dash said, “I assure you I could not contemplate any of your so-called funny stuff seeing as… — David Levithan
In the business world, what’s the female equivalent of going golfing with a client?” Laney gave this some thought. Payton fell silent, too, contemplating. After… — Julie James
When I stand and contemplate my fate and see the path along which you have led me, I reach my end, for artless I surrendered… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A life contemplating the blessings of Christ becomes a life acting the love of Christ. — Ann Voskamp
In the city fields Contemplating cherry-trees... Strangers are like friends — Kobayashi Issa
When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and… — Jane Austen
To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have. — Christopher Paolini
Simon looked at Jordan who was looking at Maia again. She had her back to them and was talking to Luke and Jocelyn, laughing, flinging… — Cassandra Clare
He always smiles, even when contemplating nothing good. — Henryk Sienkiewicz
Perhaps the easiest people to fall in love with are those about whom we know nothing. Romances are never as pure as those we imagine… — Alain de Botton
The day is made up of 24 hours and an infinite number of moments. We need to be aware of those moments and make the… — Paulo Coelho
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 child—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 cute— how dismissive it is, how it’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

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