Quotes by Contemplation Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. Gabriel Marcel contemplationhomemen Reformation ends not in contemplation, but in action. George Gillespie contemplationendsaction In the contemplation of beauty we are raised above ourselves, the passions are silenced and we are happy in the recognition of a good that we do not seek to possess. George Santayana contemplationrecognitionpassion Whatever we think about and question a lot becomes questionable. Friedrich Nietzsche questionablecontemplationthinking My life will always have dirty dishes. If this sink can become a place of contemplation, let me learn constancy here. Gunilla Brodde Norris contemplationdishesdirty The way of nothingness is the way of Zen. It is just a term. The contemplation of nothingness or everythingness is where everything starts. Frederick Lenz contemplationintroductionway Contemplation within activity is a million times better than contemplation within stillness. Hakuin Ekaku activitycontemplationmillions I know nothing more noble than the contemplation of the world. Gustave Flaubert contemplationnobleworld Contemplate sweetly on love, and the wisdom of God shall find you. Harold Klemp contemplationcontemplating True contemplation is reflecting on the blessings of God in your life. Harold Klemp reflectingcontemplationblessing Good-nature is that benevolent and amiable temper of mind which disposes us to feel the misfortunes and enjoy the happiness of others, and, consequently, pushes us on to promote the latter and prevent the former; and that without any abstract contemplation on the beauty of virtue, and without the allurements or terrors of religion. Henry Fielding contemplationvirtuemind Works of art must persist as objects of contemplation. Herbert Read contemplationpersistart Self-contemplation is apt to end in self-conceit. Henry Ward Beecher contemplationendsself Never trust a thought that didn't come by walking. Friedrich Nietzsche contemplationnever-trustwalking I prefer thought to action, an idea to a transaction, contemplation to activity. Honore de Balzac contemplationactionideas To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation. Isaac Newton contemplationsimplestyears The act of contemplation then creates the thing created. Isaac D'Israeli contemplativecontemplative-lifecontemplation Birth and death are the most singular events we experience - and the contemplation of death, as of birth, should be a thing of beauty, not ignobility. Jacob K. Javits contemplationbirthevents One can hardly imagine a more healthful employment, or one more favorable to contemplation and the observation of nature. Henry David Thoreau contemplationemploymentimagine Wisdom requires not only the investigation of many things, but contemplation of the mystery. Jeremy Narby contemplationinvestigationmystery«12345»
