Contemplation Quotes

One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain, one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature. Emile Durkheim
Nature Change Long Vain Increasingly Remain Absorb Name Contemplation Attracted Emptiness Without Does Infinity Being Cannot
Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich. F. Sionil Jose
Class Luxury Rich Contemplation Very Middle Middle Class
Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. Gabriel Marcel
Wisdom Home Man Totally Highest Contemplation Achievements Them
Reformation ends not in contemplation, but in action. George Gillespie
Action Contemplation Reformation Ends
He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men. Isaac Asimov
Life Men Long Reading Other Considers Say More Long Life Had He Contemplation Read Known His Than Wont Much Should
The great increase of our population throughout the Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it be so sensibly felt as in those in contemplation. James Monroe
Alone Great Will Important Increase Our Those Throughout Contemplation Felt Quarter Effect Sensibly Produce Union Population
Leisure activities such as contemplation, going for a stroll or a bike ride boost our overall health, wellbeing, and creativity. Jens Martin Skibsted
Health Creativity Ride Our Boost Stroll Overall Contemplation Wellbeing Going Leisure Bike Activities
If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation of their own works. John Dos Passos
Own Hell Would Would-Be Writers Contemplation Forced Special Works
I think that the power of the Silent Minute lies in its inherent lack of external direction: what participants actually do during that minute - prayer, contemplation, focus - is up to them. Liz Williams
Prayer Focus Power Think Lies Silent Minute Direction Participants Contemplation Up Lack Them Inherent Actually External
By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities. Orison Swett Marden
Our Constant Excellence Clear Contemplation
I want to abolish time, especially in the contemplation of architecture. Piet Mondrian
Time Architecture Abolish Contemplation Want
Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience. Randolph Bourne
Experience People Few Own Contemplation Surface Exhaust Few People Scratch Much Less Even
But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation. Samuel Alexander
Class Reflection Locke Beside Objects Contemplation Ideas Another Were Sensation Unfortunately Treated
It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment. Samuel Alexander
Speak Added Phrase Objects Prevent Contemplated Contemplation Course Misunderstanding Itself May Act Enjoyment Last
I think a lot of contemplation happens in bathtubs. It does for me. Nothing like a hot bath to ease the tension and think about what's going to happen next. Sarah McLachlan
Me Nothing Think Bath Ease About Hot Tension Like Contemplation Does Lot Going Happen Happens Next
We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives. Sonny Perdue
Government Wise State Our Our Lives Contemplation Reach Moderate Just Want Actions Lives
What is high birth to him to whom high birth has never been the theme of his contemplation? What is a throne to him who has never dreamed of a throne? William Godwin
Birth High Dreamed Throne Never Contemplation Him Been His Theme Who Whom
In contemplation and reverie, one thought introduces another perpetually; and it is by similarity, or the hooking of one upon the other, that the process of thinking is carried on. William Godwin
Thought Thinking Other Hooking Carried Similarity Contemplation Another Reverie Perpetually Process
The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice. Quintilian
Character Matter Mind Virtue Variety Contemplation Subject Subject Matter Vice While Multiplicity
The act of contemplation then creates the thing created. Isaac D'Israeli
Contemplation Then Created Creates Act Thing
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