Comtemplative Quotes

#1. Of all animals, the cat alone attains to the comtemplative life. He regards the wheel of existence from without, like the Buddha.

Andrew Lang

#2. Life and death are not properly scientific concepts but rather political concepts, which as such acquire a political meaning precisely only through a decision.

Giorgio Agamben

#3. I truly believe I am not afraid of death. What I shrink from, I believe, is the shame of dying as stupid and befuddled as I am.

J.M. Coetzee

#4. The victory of humanity over man.
Humanity had conquered the inhuman.
And by what means? In what way? How had it overcome the giant of anger and hatred? What arms had it used? What engine of war? The cradle.

Victor Hugo

#5. I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing.

Conor Oberst

#6. Bitcoins are not illegal in and of themselves and have known legitimate uses," the FBI agent, who drew up the complaint, wrote. This brief sentence was one of the strongest statements to date about the legality of Bitcoin in the United States - and it came from one

Nathaniel Popper

#7. Do thyself no harm! for we are all here!

Hermann Broch