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Contemplating Quotes by Steven Pinker
- People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice but…
- Commerce is a noble profession, and Jews should get over any self-hatred they might harbor from contemplating the capitalist spirit of diaspora Judaism.
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
- 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
- He is incapable of a truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
- The essence of meditation is a period of time set aside to contemplate the Lord, listen to Him, and allow Him to… — Charles Stanley