Quotes about Contemplation

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What distinguishes - in both senses of that word - contemplation is rather this: it is a knowing which is inspired by lo — Josef Pieper, Happiness and Contemplation
Many solemn nights Blond moon, we stand and marvel...Sleeping our noons away — Bashō Matsuo, Japanese Haiku
Let your home be you mast and not your anchor. — Kahlil Gibran
He sat watching what went forward with the quiet outward glance of healthy old age. — George Eliot, Adam Bede
It is good for a student to be poor. Getting and spending, the typical American college student lays waste his powers. W — Russell Kirk
An individual excels where the institution fails. — Joel T. McGrath
To broaden one's prospective is to push back the swirling winds of ignorance. — Joel T. McGrath
I want to abolish time, especially in the contemplation of architecture. — Piet Mondrian
Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience. — Randolph Bourne
Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. — Gabriel Marcel