Conceit Quote by Ellen Terry

Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.

— Noel Coward

Contemplation is an alternative consciousness that refuses to identify with or feed what are only passing shows. It is the absolute opposite of addiction,…

— Richard Rohr

Contemplation is that condition of alert passivity, in which the soul lays itself open to the divine Ground within and without, the immanent and…

— Aldous Huxley

A quaint conceit, don't you think?

— Mercedes Lackey

“Contemplation, as it has come to be understood in the Christian tradition, is a return to the paradisiacal state of union with God, which…

— William Shannon

“Contemplation means rest, suspension of activity, withdrawal into the mysterious interior solitude in which the soul is absorbed in the immense and fruitful silence…

— Thomas Merton

“As Schell had taught me, "a con starts when there is something you want and you are blocked from attaining it by certain obstacles.…

— Jeffrey Ford

“Now shame is the only direct attack on conceit, the defensive image of oneself. Conceit is the common denominator of the Organization man, the…

— Paul Goodman

Contemplation is life itself, fully awake, fully active, and fully aware that it is alive. It is spiritual wonder. It is spontaneous awe at…

— Thomas Merton

... the greatest menace to our capacity for contemplation is the incessant fabrication of tawdry empty stimuli which kill the receptivity of the soul.

— Josef Pieper

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old…

— John Dewey

What is addressed to us for contemplation does not threaten us, but makes us intellectual beings.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson