Contemplating Quotes

496 Contemplating quotes by 405 unique authors

If the omniscient author of nature knew that the study of his works tends to make men disbelieve his Being or Attributes, he would not… — Robert Boyle
We cannot by ourselves reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world, but we are doing what has to be done all over the… — David Lange
A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he comes to see the necessity… — James Hutton
The breaking up of the terrestrial globe, this it is we witness. It doubtless began a long time ago, and the brevity of human life… — Eduard Suess
From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines. Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute. Listening to others,… — Walt Whitman
My selective memory of what drinking was like told me that standing at the bar in a pub, on a summer's evening with a long,… — Eric Clapton
But it can also happen, if will and grace are joined, that as I contemplate the tree I am drawn into a relation, and the… — Martin Buber
I understand that, each time we contemplate with desire and devotion the Host in which is hidden Christ's Eucharistic Body, we increase our merits in… — Gertrude the Great
We live in a glass-soaked civilization, but as for the bird in the Chinese proverb who finds it so difficult to discover air, the substance… — Unknown Author
It's terrible to have to say this. World population must be stabilized and to do that we must eliminate 350,000 people per day. This is… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
Nobody...likes talking about enforceable international protocols and yet unless there is a real change in attitude, we have to contemplate those very unwelcome possibilities if… — Rowan Williams
Happiness, then, is co-extensive with contemplation, and the more people contemplate, the happier they are; not incidentally, but in virtue of their contemplation, because it… — Aristotle
Every society has a right to fix the fundamental principles of its association, and to say to all individuals, that if they contemplate pursuits beyond… — Thomas Jefferson
In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high… — Arthur Schopenhauer
From the moment you are in that cell, when they tell you you're going ot be electrocuted, you contemplate it all the time. It never… — Jay Smith
A man is ever apt to contemplate himself out of all proportion to his surroundings. — Christina Rossetti
Future generations will wonder in bemused amazement that the early 21st century's developed world went into hysterical panic over a globally averaged temperature increase of… — Richard Lindzen
It has always been one of my unclerical sermons to myself, that that remark which Peter made on seeing the vision of a single hour,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Real security is contemplating death, not pretending it doesn't exist. — Eve Ensler
So the first thing: become aware of death. Think about it, look at it, contemplate it. Do not be afraid, do not escape the fact.… — Rajneesh
In life you may be poor or rich, but death is the great equalizer. The greatest communism is in death. Howsoever you live, it makes… — Rajneesh
The next time you are contemplating a decision in which you are debating whether or not to go for the gusto, ask yourself this important… — Matt Groening
The natural sciences are sometimes said to have no concern with values, nor to seek morality and goodness, and therefore belong to an inferior order… — Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
Learn how to meditate on paper. Drawing and writing are forms of meditation. Learn how to contemplate works of art. Learn how to pray in… — Thomas Merton
The God of the Puritans...was a monster too horrible to contemplate. — John Burroughs

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