Contemplation Quote by Thomas Aquinas

“The great majority of men and women, in ordinary times, pass through life without ever contemplating or criticising, as a whole, either their own…

— Bertrand Russell

Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.

— Henry David Thoreau

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

— Dalai Lama

The highest perfection of human life consists in the mind of man being detached from care, for the sake of God.

— Thomas Aquinas

There is no doubt but men of genius and leisure may carry our method to greater perfection, but, having had long experience, we have…

— Francis Bacon

Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it.

— Swami Vivekananda

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.

— Josh Billings

So long as men shall be on earth, there will be tasks for them to do. Some way for them to show their worth.…

— Edgar Guest

There always comes a time when one must choose between contemplation and action. This is called becoming a man.

— Albert Camus

To talk about the need for perfection in man is to talk about the need for another species.

— Norman Cousins

A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to…

— Anonymous

The proper Science and Subject for Man's Contemplation is Man himself. [Fr., La vraie science et le vrai etude de l'homme c'est l'homme.]

— Pierre Charron