Contemplation Quotes

533 Contemplation quotes by 355 unique authors

Whenever the Christian idea of meditation is taken seriously, there are those who assume it is synonymous with the concept of meditation centered in Eastern… — Richard J. Foster
Contemplation of life after retirement and life after death can help you deal with contemporary challenges. — Russell M. Nelson
But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation. — Samuel Alexander
Usually, when the distractions of daily life deplete our energy, the first thing we eliminate is the thing we eliminate is the thing we need… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives. — Sonny Perdue
Of the twenty-four hours a day, Use six for earning and spending, six for contemplation of God, six of sleep and six for service to… — Sathya Sai Baba
Know your own Self. Honor your own Self. Find and be who you really are, at the deepest level of your own being. Be present… — Nirmalananda
You choose to shine with the light of your own divinity, or you hide it with the shadows you create in your mind. You must… — Nirmalananda
Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives. — Tahir Shah
To Contemplation's sober eye. / Such is the race of Man. — Thomas Gray
Contemplation is not and cannot be a function of this external self. There is an irreducible opposition between the deep transcendent self that awakens only… — Thomas Merton
The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense… — Thucydides
Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly understood, we treat it with respect. Whether in the synagogue, the mosque, the pagoda, or the… — Victor Hugo
There's a kinship among men who have sat by a dying fire and measured the worth of their life by it. — William Golding
The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men.… — William Penn
When holy and devout religious men are at their beads, 'tis hard to draw them thence; so sweet is zealous contemplation. — William Shakespeare
There are occasions on which it is noble to dare to stand alone. To be pious among infidels, to be disinterested in a time of… — Samuel Johnson
The Church and the world have a great need of eucharistic worship. Jesus waits for us in this sacrament of love. Let us be generous… — Pope John Paul II
There is something in the ardour and ingenousness of youth, which is particularly pleasing to the contemplation of an old man, if his feelings have… — Ann Radcliffe
That's the thing about being a Labrador retriever - you were born for fun. Seldom was your loopy, freewheeling mind cluttered by contemplation, and never… — Carl Hiaasen
Whenever I sit with a bowl of soup before me, listening to the murmur that penetrates like the distant song of an insect, lost in… — Junichiro Tanizaki
The wider our contemplation of creation, the grander is our conception of God. — Cyril of Jerusalem
We are whirling through endless space, with and inconceivable speed, all around everything is spinning, everything is moving, everywhere there is energy. There must be… — Nikola Tesla
Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves. The… — Nikola Tesla
I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. — Abraham Lincoln

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