Quotes by Contemplation It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation. Thomas Aquinas contemplationperfectionmen Better to illuminate than merely to shine. Thomas Aquinas contemplationcontemplatingshining Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet. Thomas Aquinas contemplative-lifecontemplationpractice Self-contemplation is infallibly the symptom of disease. Thomas Carlyle contemplationdiseaseself Contemplation is the loving sense of this life, this presence and this eternity. Thomas Merton contemplationthis-lifeeternity Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it Tryon Edwards contemplationdigestionway Furthermore, the apostolic life does not exclude contemplation but encompasses it and profits by it to know better the eternal truths it must proclaim Vincent de Paul contemplationfaithdoe The law of flying was not discovered by the contemplation of things staying on the ground. Wayne Dyer contemplationflyinglaw It is in the contemplation of what you desire that you create what it is you want for yourself Wayne Dyer contemplationwantdesire Ecstasy is from the contemplation of things vaster than the individual and imperfectly seen perhaps, by all those that still live. William Butler Yeats ecstasycontemplationindividuality If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation of their own works. John Dos Passos owncontemplationhellspecial The so-called modern conveniences may, in fact, be extremely inconvenient - everything seems to exist as a distraction from any sort of deeper thought or contemplation. Michael Finkel facteverythingthoughtcontemplation I want to abolish time, especially in the contemplation of architecture. Piet Mondrian contemplationarchitecturewanttime Latins are predisposed to thinking about the past. Catholicism has a lot to do with it because Catholicism is a contemplation of the past, of symbols that are supposed to be eternally present. Oscar Hijuelos presentcontemplationpastthinking Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich. F. Sionil Jose contemplationluxuryrichclass«12345
