"Purity is the power to contemplate defilement." — Simone Weil

More Contemplate Quotes

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• Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the… — Sai Baba
• Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to… — Tony Blair
• Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. — Thomas Aquinas
• That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity — Ambrose Bierce
• When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel (for Nature has not been kind enough to me… — Thomas Paine
• The essence of meditation is a period of time set aside to contemplate the Lord, listen to Him, and allow… — Charles Stanley
• If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression… — Mahatma Gandhi
• These guidelines contemplate a policy that will grant special benefits to illegal immigrants based on their unlawful presence in the… — Mike Lee
• I have come to believe that our lives can be turned in a different direction, our minds adopt a different… — Howard Zinn
• Now I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and… — Abraham Lincoln
• There is another more subtle way in which the innocence of childhood is lost: when the child is infected with… — Anthony de Mello
• People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money… — Horace

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