Quotes About Contemplate

To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.

It is a mistake always to contemplate the good and ignore the evil, because by making people neglectful it lets in disaster. There is a dangerous optimism of ignorance and indifference.

We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the soul by itself. It seems, to judge from the argument, that the wisdom which we desire and upon which we profess to have set our hearts will be attainable only when we are dead and not in our lifetime.

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

I contemplate the bones for a while then turn away. I have work to do. Next year I will have an odako that is bigger, grander, more beautiful than anyone has ever seen. Next year.

Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

Whenever you do big stuff in the ring - a big move or a big hit - you have to let that moment breathe. That allows a moment to sink in for the fans so they can reflect on it.

I will not discuss future hypothetical situations.

Ramona needed a moment to

To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher

To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one woman's life." T.S. Eliot - The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism

I wish him episodes of glorious, sun-washed tedium and a loss of innocence he will contemplate for the rest of his life.

The value of a thing is never so poignantly precious as when we contemplate the loss of it

I think we need to think beyond the issue of absolute risk.

Just as it is greater to illuminate than merely to shine, so too it is greater to give to others what one has contemplated than merely to contemplate. St. Thomas Aquinas, from Summa Theologiae

But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." —2 Corinthians 3:16-18

Those who contemplate never escape the doubt.

All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.

All change is a miracle to contemplate;

All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant. Confucius

Skuta var topptung som en middagsløs student med hodet fullt av Aristoteles.

Circumambulate the city of a dreamy Sabbath afternoon.

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

Art does not exist only to entertain -- but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for the truth.