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1." Knowledge as truth, therefore, finds its deepest meaning in contemplation, of which the highest stage is wisdom or knowledge deepened by the experience of love."

Source:  DELIO, ILIA. "BONAVENTURE'S METAPHYSICS OF THE GOOD" Theological Studies 60.2 June 1 1999: 228

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2." He seeks wisdom, and he willingly disrupts the routines and comforts of his life to get it. He is committed to the strenuous search for truth, not the easy contemplation of ideals."

Source:  ROBIN, COREY. "Reflections on Fear: Montesquieu in Retrieval" American Political Science Review 94.2 June 1 2000: 347

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3."... Foundation for Inner Peace) * "The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action." M. Scott Peck (American psychiatrist and author, born 1936) * "No one can give you wisdom."

Source:  Lloyd, Bruce. "The Wisdom of the World: Messages for the New Millennium" Futurist 34.3 May 1 2000: 42

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4." And the strongest action relates to survival, or economic interest, leaving little time for social contemplation or wisdom."

Source:  . "FEEDBACK" Futurist 34.5 Sept. 1 2000: 4

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5." 33. Faith and Violence+ 278-79. 34. The Wisdom of the Desert, 11. 35. Contemplation in a World of Action (New York: Doubleday, 1973), 78. GEORGE A. KILCOURSE,..."

Source:  Kilcourse, George A., Jr. "The Seven Storey Mountain" Cross Currents 49.1 Mar. 22 1999: 87-88

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6." Data flow substitutes for wisdom, short-term feeling for long-term contemplation, quantity for quality, and episodic living for deepening continuity."

Source:  BEST, HAROLD M. "Arts, Words, Intellect, Education Part 1: Cultural and Intellectual Contexts" Arts Education Policy Review 101.6 July 1 2000: 3

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7." Whatever belief system you practice, it becomes more and more relevant as the years of ambition are displaced by years of wisdom and contemplation."

Source:  Taylor, Jim,Comite, Florence. "BLOOD SPORT: Do-or-Die Time" American Demographics 26.9 Nov. 1 2004

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8." Most of us, I think it is safe to say, would like to be happier, would like, indeed, to hold the 'keys to happiness.' For centuries the contemplation of this desire was the exclusive preserve of philosophers and theologians, who speculated and..."

Source:  Easterlin, Richard A. "The economics of happiness" Daedalus 133.2 Mar. 22 2004: 26-34

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9."... (3.) "Dum stupet et dubie gaudet fallique veretur" (10.287); "And Pygmalion / Wonders, and doubts, is dubious and happy" (Humphries 243). (4.) Daniel Poiron chooses a different emphasis: "A l'amour-contemplation succede l'amour-action."

Source:  McCaffrey, Phillip. "Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun: Narcissus and Pygmalion" Romanic Review 90.4 Nov. 1 1999: 435-450

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10." If a dog is happy or sad or nervous or bored or ashamed or sunk in contemplation, everybody knows it. They make no secret of themselves."

Source:  BREHM, JOHN. "IF FEELING ISN'T IN IT" Poetry 174.5 Aug. 1 1999: 272

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11."... personality as it participates in the triune life of God. "Transformation"--a word N. prefers to the usual and notoriously imprecise "experience"--connotes theosis, where love and knowledge, contemplation and virtuous activity are integrated in the continuous process of becoming "like" God."

Source:  Robinette, Brian D. "Jan van Ruusbroec, Mystical Theologician of the Trinity" Theological Studies 65.4 Dec. 1 2004: 897-899

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12."... (120) Such strategies of argumentation attempt to forestall further contemplation of this so-called happy ending because the larger flame outside the action of the play seems so irrelevant to the plot."

Source:  Conlan, J.P. "The Fey Beauty of A Midsummer Night's Dream: a Shakespearean comedy in its courtly context" Shakespeare Studies 32 Jan. 1 2004: 118-173

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13." CONCLUSION Museums, despite all the frenetic activity, still offer a place for contemplation and reflection."

Source:  Pitman, Bonnie. "Muses, Museums, and Memories" Daedalus 128.3 June 22 1999: 1

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14." For example, Climacus '... feels especially happy, if worst comes to worst to be born in this speculative, theocentric century' when almost everybody fancies himself as an authority, taking the pressure off Climacus to take any leadership role."

Source:  Vipperman, Kristy. "Climacus the humorist: interpreting 'An understanding with the reader'" Religious Studies 35.3 Sept. 1 1999: 347

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15." At the same time, she makes a convincing case for certain constants in this form of lay religiosity - the beatas' demonstrated subordination to clerical approval, and a life-pattern leading from solitary contemplation or apostolic activity to communal enclosure."

Source:  Weber, Alison. "Ana de Jesus. Cartas" Renaissance Quarterly 52.1 Mar. 22 1999: 197-198

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16." At the same time, she makes a convincing case for certain constants in this form of lay religiosity - the beatas' demonstrated subordination to clerical approval, and a life-pattern leading from solitary contemplation or apostolic activity to communal enclosure."

Source:  Weber, Alison. "Beatas y santas neocastellanas: ambivalencias de la religion y politicas correctoras del poder" Renaissance Quarterly 52.1 Mar. 22 1999: 197-198

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17." When asked what her words of wisdom were, she said, "Try to live a happy life."

Source:  Elias, Maurice J.,Erickson, Lyn. "THE THERAPEUTIC POWER OF HUMOR" Saturday Evening Post 272.2 Mar. 1 2000: 60

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18." In at least twenty substantial passages they recount significant events from their own or other's lives, placing these life-events on public view for contemplation, judgment, or example.(2) Such stories seem to be, in Victor Turner's words, "special..."

Source:  OSBORN, MARIJANE. ""The Wealth They Left Us": Two Women Author Themselves Through Others' Lives in Beowulf" Philological Quarterly Jan. 1 1999: 49

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19." Reflective of Ralph Waldo Emerson's focus on inner contemplation, the authors argue that the secret place can be "... an asylum in which the child can withdraw to experiment with a growing sense of self-awareness affecting growth of the inner, spiritual life" (p. 25)."

Source:  McCracken, Janet B. "PROFESSIONAL BOOKS" Childhood Education 72.2 Jan. 1 1999: 112

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20." At the same time, she makes a convincing case for certain constants in this form of lay religiosity - the beatas' demonstrated subordination to clerical approval, and a life-pattern leading from solitary contemplation or apostolic activity to communal enclosure."

Source:  Weber, Alison. "Acciones e intenciones de mujeres. Vida religiosa de las madrilenas" Renaissance Quarterly 52.1 Mar. 22 1999: 197-198

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21." At the same time, she makes a convincing case for certain constants in this form of lay religiosity - the beatas' demonstrated subordination to clerical approval, and a life-pattern leading from solitary contemplation or apostolic activity to communal enclosure."

Source:  Weber, Alison. "La Palabra, el cuerpo y la virtud: urdimbres de la 'auctoritas' en las primeras misticas y visionarias castellanas" Renaissance Quarterly 52.1 Mar. 22 1999: 197-198

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22." At the same time, she makes a convincing case for certain constants in this form of lay religiosity - the beatas' demonstrated subordination to clerical approval, and a life-pattern leading from solitary contemplation or apostolic activity to communal enclosure."

Source:  Weber, Alison. "Madre y maestra, autora de doctrina. Isabel de la Cruz y el alumbradismo Toldano del primer tercio del siglo XVI" Renaissance Quarterly 52.1 Mar. 22 1999: 197-198

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23." At the same time, she makes a convincing case for certain constants in this form of lay religiosity - the beatas' demonstrated subordination to clerical approval, and a life-pattern leading from solitary contemplation or apostolic activity to communal enclosure."

Source:  Weber, Alison. "Mujer y clausura. Conventos Cistercienses en la Malaga Moderna" Renaissance Quarterly 52.1 Mar. 22 1999: 197-198

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24." Leisure in the ancient Greek society was defined as the contemplation of the supreme values of the world: truth, goodness, beauty and knowledge."

Source:  Juniu, Susana. "Downshifting: Regaining the Essence of Leisure" Journal of Leisure Research 32.1 Jan. 1 2000: 69

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25." Thanks to ecumenism, our contemplation of the "mighty works of God" (mirabilia Dei) has been enriched by new horizons for which the triune God calls us to give thanks: the knowledge that the Spirit is at work..."

Source:  VANCE-TREMBATH, SALLY M. "JOHN PAUL II'S UT UNUM SINT AND CONVERSATION WITH WOMEN" Theological Studies 60.1 Mar. 1 1999: 95-96

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