Action Quote by Jacob Bronowski

“In contemplation as in action, we must distinguish between what may be attained and what is unattainable. Without this, little can be achieved, either…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Thought is powerless, except it make something outside of itself: the thought which conquers the world is not contemplative but active.

— William Kingdon Clifford

“[T]he world as described is included in but is not the same as the world as it is. As a way of contemplation, it…

— Alan W. Watts

I was obliged, at last, to come to the conclusion that the contemplation of nature alone is not sufficient to fill the human heart…

— Henry Walter Bates

Never say that you can't do something, or that something seems impossible, or that something can't be done, no matter how discouraging or harrowing…

— Mike Norton

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

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Each human being was given two possibilities: action and contemplation. Both lead to the same place.

— Paulo Coelho

the contemplation of this world beckoned like a liberation

— Albert Einstein

The world progresses only through misunderstanding.

— Charles Baudelaire

Contemplation is the loving sense of this life, this presence and this eternity.

— Thomas Merton

Contemplation places us in a purity and radiance which is far above our understanding.

— John of Ruysbroeck

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