Contemplative
adjective
Thinking quietly and seriously about something.
He spent a contemplative moment looking at the sunset.
Often appears as...
- contemplative moment
- contemplative silence
noun
A person who devotes their life to contemplation and prayer, especially in a religious order.
The monk lived a contemplative life in the monastery.
Often appears as...
- contemplative life
- contemplative order
adjective
Related to the act of looking thoughtfully at something for a long time.
His contemplative stare at the painting went unnoticed.
Often appears as...
- contemplative look
- contemplative stare
adjective
Thinking quietly and seriously about something.
He spent a contemplative moment looking at the sunset.
Often appears as...
- contemplative moment
- contemplative silence
noun
A person who devotes their life to contemplation and prayer, especially in a religious order.
The monk lived a contemplative life in the monastery.
Often appears as...
- contemplative life
- contemplative order
adjective
Related to the act of looking thoughtfully at something for a long time.
His contemplative stare at the painting went unnoticed.
Often appears as...
- contemplative look
- contemplative stare
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Quiet Reflection
Used when someone is deeply immersed in their own thoughts, usually not disturbed by outside factors.
She was in a contemplative mood, reflecting on her life choices.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Thought
Indicates a mood or period where serious thinking or reflection is taking place.
After hearing the news, he was in a contemplative state, considering the implications.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Emotion
The word often carries a slight hint of sadness or introspection, not just neutral thinking.
His contemplative expression suggested he was grappling with some inner sorrow.
Pro Tip 1/3Quiet Reflection
Used when someone is deeply immersed in their own thoughts, usually not disturbed by outside factors.
She was in a contemplative mood, reflecting on her life choices.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Thought
Indicates a mood or period where serious thinking or reflection is taking place.
After hearing the news, he was in a contemplative state, considering the implications.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Emotion
The word often carries a slight hint of sadness or introspection, not just neutral thinking.
His contemplative expression suggested he was grappling with some inner sorrow.
Pro Tip 1/3Quiet Reflection
Used when someone is deeply immersed in their own thoughts, usually not disturbed by outside factors.
She was in a contemplative mood, reflecting on her life choices.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Thought
Indicates a mood or period where serious thinking or reflection is taking place.
After hearing the news, he was in a contemplative state, considering the implications.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Emotion
The word often carries a slight hint of sadness or introspection, not just neutral thinking.
His contemplative expression suggested he was grappling with some inner sorrow.
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Video examples
Wade Davis: The...
he meant clinging to the illusion that life is static and predictable. The third noble truth said that ignorance can be overcome. And the fourth and most important, of course, was the delineation of a contemplative practice that not only had the possibility of a transformation of the human heart,
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Virginia Postrel: The...
The same thing -- arches are very glamorous. Arches with stained glass -- even more glamorous. Staircases that curve away from you are glamorous. I happen to find that particular staircase picture very glamorous because, to me, it captures the whole promise of the academic contemplative life --
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The Waters of Slovenia PIPE...
that support high-productivity and diversity. This place is special because it’s like a perfect union of man and nature very contemplative and good for humans and animal and plants living here. You would not think at first sight but also the mud here is good for us
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Matthieu Ricard: How to...
but we need to extend that. It can be extended even to other species. Now, if we want a more altruistic society, we need two individual change and societal change. So is individual change possible? Two thousand years of contemplative study said yes, it is.
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The Science of a Happy...
which are consistent with this in showing that we indeed come into the world with this quality of innate basic goodness. And one of the reasons why these data on innate basic goodness are so interesting is because in the contemplative traditions
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Earthrise: The Story of...
when I looked at the earth on the way back and had time to be a little more contemplative underscore and got me thinking brilliant for the first time we were just a small piece of an almost infinite universe before the flight I
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The greatest TED Talk...
attribute are you mindful sophisticated like double-oh-seven are you established traditional nurturing protective empathetic like the Oprah are you reliable stable familiar safe secure sacred contemplative or wise like the
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National Geographic...
He comes into the room and he's-- Well, that's actually life-size. Orangutans above all the great apes, find-- they are contemplative. They make choices that are logical and they're thoughtful, maybe more than chimpanzees.
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Rev. Tom Honey: How...
and in the small ordinary things of life, there is a deep, indwelling presence that makes them extraordinary. It needs a profound attentiveness and a patient waiting, a contemplative attitude and a generosity and openness
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Amazing Animal...
a calm and contemplative mood descends on the colony
Video examples
Wade Davis: The...
he meant clinging to the illusion that life is static and predictable. The third noble truth said that ignorance can be overcome. And the fourth and most important, of course, was the delineation of a contemplative practice that not only had the possibility of a transformation of the human heart,
Video examples
Virginia Postrel: The...
The same thing -- arches are very glamorous. Arches with stained glass -- even more glamorous. Staircases that curve away from you are glamorous. I happen to find that particular staircase picture very glamorous because, to me, it captures the whole promise of the academic contemplative life --
Video examples
The Waters of Slovenia PIPE...
that support high-productivity and diversity. This place is special because it’s like a perfect union of man and nature very contemplative and good for humans and animal and plants living here. You would not think at first sight but also the mud here is good for us
Video examples
Matthieu Ricard: How to...
but we need to extend that. It can be extended even to other species. Now, if we want a more altruistic society, we need two individual change and societal change. So is individual change possible? Two thousand years of contemplative study said yes, it is.
Video examples
The Science of a Happy...
which are consistent with this in showing that we indeed come into the world with this quality of innate basic goodness. And one of the reasons why these data on innate basic goodness are so interesting is because in the contemplative traditions
Video examples
Earthrise: The Story of...
when I looked at the earth on the way back and had time to be a little more contemplative underscore and got me thinking brilliant for the first time we were just a small piece of an almost infinite universe before the flight I
Video examples
The greatest TED Talk...
attribute are you mindful sophisticated like double-oh-seven are you established traditional nurturing protective empathetic like the Oprah are you reliable stable familiar safe secure sacred contemplative or wise like the
Video examples
National Geographic...
He comes into the room and he's-- Well, that's actually life-size. Orangutans above all the great apes, find-- they are contemplative. They make choices that are logical and they're thoughtful, maybe more than chimpanzees.
Video examples
Rev. Tom Honey: How...
and in the small ordinary things of life, there is a deep, indwelling presence that makes them extraordinary. It needs a profound attentiveness and a patient waiting, a contemplative attitude and a generosity and openness
Video examples
Amazing Animal...
a calm and contemplative mood descends on the colony
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
T. C. Boyle
American Novelist
Books are up against TV and movies and video games and a multimedia society that is so busy that people don't have contemplative time any more. I worry deeply about this. In fact, I worry about everything all the time. I used to be a punk. All I wanted to do was tear everything down, and that was so much easier.
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Indian Leader
Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly dragged back toward the senses by the life currents.
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh
American Writer
The bearing, rearing, feeding and educating of children; the running of a house with its thousand details; human relationships with their myriad pulls - women's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life.
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William Godwin
English Writer
My temper is of a recluse and contemplative cast; had it been otherwise, I should, perhaps, on some former occasions, have entered into the active concerns of the world and not have been connected with it merely as a writer of books.
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Derek Jacobi
British Actor
He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always been a city fellow, but I've often had vague thoughts about 'checking out' and perhaps going into a monastery and just seeing what it was like.
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David Means
American Writer
Americans are pragmatic; we want quick, clean, simple solutions to vast problems. The paradox is that we're a deeply confessional culture, but we're not often contemplative.
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Richard Rohr
American Clergyman
I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.
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Alice Walker
American Author
I live a very secluded life, a very contemplative life and a very meditative one. That is my ideal life.
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Nicolas Chamfort
French Writer
The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.
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Antonio Banderas
Spanish Actor
In my personal life, I am very contemplative.
Quote examples
T. C. Boyle
American Novelist
Books are up against TV and movies and video games and a multimedia society that is so busy that people don't have contemplative time any more. I worry deeply about this. In fact, I worry about everything all the time. I used to be a punk. All I wanted to do was tear everything down, and that was so much easier.
Quote examples
Paramahansa Yogananda
Indian Leader
Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly dragged back toward the senses by the life currents.
Quote examples
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
American Writer
The bearing, rearing, feeding and educating of children; the running of a house with its thousand details; human relationships with their myriad pulls - women's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life.
Quote examples
William Godwin
English Writer
My temper is of a recluse and contemplative cast; had it been otherwise, I should, perhaps, on some former occasions, have entered into the active concerns of the world and not have been connected with it merely as a writer of books.
Quote examples
Derek Jacobi
British Actor
He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always been a city fellow, but I've often had vague thoughts about 'checking out' and perhaps going into a monastery and just seeing what it was like.
Quote examples
David Means
American Writer
Americans are pragmatic; we want quick, clean, simple solutions to vast problems. The paradox is that we're a deeply confessional culture, but we're not often contemplative.
Quote examples
Richard Rohr
American Clergyman
I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
I live a very secluded life, a very contemplative life and a very meditative one. That is my ideal life.
Quote examples
Nicolas Chamfort
French Writer
The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.
Quote examples
Antonio Banderas
Spanish Actor
In my personal life, I am very contemplative.
Example 1 of 10
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