Quotes About Contemplation

When they have contemplated the world, human beings have always experienced a transcendence and mystery at the heart of existence.

It was one of those subjects to which everything that slithers across your brain seems relevant. I find this to be true of most topics.

We sat around our own table, an island of sad reflection in an ocean of merry din.

Given enough idleness & time, she could talk herself into either loving or hating the man

Life was like that. You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

moved as he swallowed. "After

herself, but what would she find? A kept woman who was incapable

En eso consistía la vida: nunca te das cuenta de lo que pasa hasta que te detienes un momento para observarlo con calma.

Life was like that. You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

his chair again. He pulled at his mustache. "Well, I wish I could

Why were there no cries of birds, no sounds of life, other than the incessant murmur of the brooding pines?

To philosophize is to learn to die – philosophizing is a soaring up to the Godhead – the knowledge of Being as Being. from "Philosophy and Science", World Review Magazine (March 1950)

Philosophical activity is fully real only at the summits of personal philosophizing, while objectivized philosophical thought is a preparation for, and a recollection of, it.

The highest point reached by contemplative [anschauende] materialism, that is, materialism which does not comprehend sensuousness as practical activity, is the contemplation of single individuals and of civil society [bürgerlichen Gesellschaft].

The main defect of all hitherto-existing materialism — that of Feuerbach included — is that the Object [der Gegenstand], actuality, sensuousness, are conceived only in the form of the object [Objekts], or of contemplation [Anschauung], but not as human sensuous activity, practice [Praxis], not subjectively.

The highest point reached by contemplative materialism, that is, materialism which does not comprehend sensuousness as practical activity, is contemplation of single individuals and of civil society. - Theses On Feuerbach (1845)

Feuerbach, not satisfied with abstract thinking, wants contemplation; but he does not conceive sensuousness as practical, human-sensuous activity. - Theses On Feuerbach (1845)

A slug is always on its own. It is a lonely insect.

Thinking is underrated. I don't think thinking is a popular pastime these days due to the fact there's always something else on offer that you could be doing instead. Maybe people also don't like to do it as much as it's now harder due to noise.

Gr?matas ir spogu?i: taj?s var redz?t tikai to, kas jau ir tev? paš?.

Get down,' Bunty says grimly. 'Mummy's thinking.' (Although what Mummy's actually doing is wondering what it would be like if her entire family was wiped out and she could start again.)

Doing nothing was much more productive than people thought; Jackson often had his most profound insights when he appeared to be entirely idle. He didn't get bored, he just went into a nothing kind of place.

Juliet sighed and wondered if one day she would think herself to death. Was that possible? And would it be painful?

He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.