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Contemplating Quotes - Page 2

Purity is the power to contemplate defilement.

Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.122, Psychology Press

Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.

Simone Weil (2013). “The Notebooks of Simone Weil”, p.290, Routledge

It's so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.

"Be The CEO Of Your Job" by Brad Feld, www.businessinsider.com. February 2, 2010.

There are still things out there in the universe to contemplate and spend our lives chasing.

"Revelations Anyone Can Have" by Leigh Newman, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 12, 2012.

So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate.

William Shakespeare, Michael Hattaway (1993). “The Third Part of King Henry VI”, p.118, Cambridge University Press

An imbecile is never bored: he contemplates himself.

Remy de Gourmont (1928). “Remy de Gourmont: Selections from All His Works”

Contemplate to see that awakened people, while not being enslaved by the work of serving living beings, never abandon their work of serving living beings.

Thich Nhat Hanh (1996). “The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation”, p.98, Beacon Press

I have actually seen people contemplate their navels

John Heilpern (2013). “Conference of the Birds: The Story of Peter Brook in Africa”, p.282, Routledge

He that contemplates hath a day without night.

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.310

Boredom soon overcomes me when I am contemplating nature.

Edgar Degas' notebook entry (1858), as quoted in "The Notebooks of Edgar Degas" edited by Theodore Reff, 1976.