Quotes About Contemplation

When one lies awake in the night one thinks of many things, and I thought now.

We who walk the woodland paths know that although all men look, not many see.

confused begging of some philosophical question

Stanley wondered if this was how a condemned man felt on his way to the electric chair—appreciating all of the good things in life for the last time.

liked his jokes and even laughed and everything, he didn't think about the pebble.

I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me…

Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself. -

for it is a very solemn thing to be arrested in the midst of busy life by the possibility of the great change.

Louisa May Alcott

I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.

instead of trying to forget, he found himself trying to remember.

I think anxiety is very interesting," observed Amy, eating sugar pensively.

interesting things to say. I had just read the line, 'It can

This so gnawed at him on some nights that he lay awake wondering just how many unknown and similarly inconsequential accidents and bits of happenstance were at this moment occurring or failing to occur in order to ensure he took his next breath, and the next.

He said that while Clemence adored the sacrament, he meditated on how it could be possible that humans had evolved out of apes only to sit gaping at a round white cracker.

They stood inside their own quiet like a pocket.

What more can punish a man than to sit and groan as he contemplates what might have been!

Rockefeller devoted a great deal of his spare time to religion.

confined to an upstairs room much of the time.

Yet again he contemplated giving up business. An

I suppose there may be something in what you say, though I had never thought of it in that way before.

Despite his slow, ponderous style, once he had thoroughly mulled over his plan of action, he had the power of quick decision.

Though he considered establishing a weekend house or summer hideaway, he had no exact plan.

I observed that he spoke very little indeed, and always in a low and quiet voice.