Sentence examples for act of contemplation from inspiring English sources

Its act of contemplation makes what it contemplates— as though the very act of contemplation were automatically productive (III. 8. 4).

Eyewitnesses in his native Concord described how they would find him, Socrates-like, completely absorbed in some act of contemplation.

Marilyn Johnson, who wrote obituaries for many modern celebrities and who described obituary reading as an immensely pleasurable "act of contemplation," is not dead.

It fosters a vague feeling of dissatisfaction.Even the basic act of contemplation may suffer if idleness when waiting for a bus, for example—is replaced with the easy entertainment offered by mobile phones.

Reading is an act of contemplation, perhaps the only act in which we allow ourselves to merge with the consciousness of another human being.

And as for preferring the descent, I'm referring to the tendency to tilt into melancholy, as do most acts of contemplation, and the poet's inclination to peer into the abyss.

On the contrary, people queued patiently for hours at a stretch, an act of quiet contemplation rather than a manic outburst.

The thundering vehemence of the god alternated with the melting sweetness of the goddess and sometimes merged; the dance became an act of spiritual contemplation as well as virtuoso enactment.

Having built up a carefully rinsed and stacked load on the draining board, it is an act of Zen contemplation to slot each dish and utensil into its allotted place and to set it quietly humming after dinner.

It comes with a bit of contemplation," he said.

A Roman Catholic steeped in religious mysticism, he described "Des Canyons" as "an act of praise and contemplation" that "contains all the colors of the rainbow".