Contemplating Quotes

Nothing is inevitable if we are willing to contemplate what is happening.

We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others.

The act of 'letting go' is actually very easy - it's effortless. Thinking about, talking about, and contemplating 'letting go' is hard.

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.

Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl.

Alcohol is the river we sit on the banks of, contemplating. Sometimes we watch ourselves float past, sometimes we watch ourselves sink.

We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth.

Walking helps me a lot to feel alive, and I do this every single day, my wife and I. We have long conversations about nature, and we also walk silently, just contemplating.

When you're seeking after bodily pleasure of food and drink for example, this is going to prevent you from doing what you should be doing which is contemplating.

An imbecile is never bored: he contemplates himself.

I'm contemplating thinking about thinking...but....it's overrated - just get another drink in!

Contemplating an object fixedly with the mind, asking myself, 'What is it?' without thinking of any other object or relating it to anything else for hours on end.

Anyone contemplating world war is certifiably insane, no matter how calm they seem.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

A party full of 'likeable' people doesn't bear contemplating.

Some people dote on contemplating disasters.

To die is only to be as we were before we were born; yet no one feels any remorse, or regret, or repugnance, in contemplating this last idea.

It is indeed difficult to make a living as a writer, and my advice to anyone contemplating a literary career is to have some other trade.

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

I sometimes find myself sitting here not watching an uninteresting movie and contemplating the future. I don't always know what to do, but I have faith that I'll figure it out somehow.

I sat in a boxWith walls on each side.Not too tall.Not too wide.To think.To ponder.To pray.To hide.I sat in a box and cried.

To get it all done I have to dim my brain, turn it down by notches like the flat-turn knob on a gas lantern, leaving only a nub of flame.

A wise man does not give quick answers to complex questions – he observes, analyzes and contemplates.