Definition of Contemplative

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Contemplative

Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.

Having the power of contemplation; as, contemplative faculties.

A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.

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Contemplative Quotations

The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.
Nicolas de Chamfort

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.
Derek Jacobi

Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer.
Johannes Tauler

Before, I just spewed whatever it was I thought about everything. I tend to be more contemplative now.
Anne Heche

Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality.
Richard Courant

Composing a piece of music is very feminine. It is sensitive, emotional, contemplative. By comparison, doing housework is positively masculine.
Barbara Kolb

Contemplative Translations

contemplative in German is nachdenklich, beschaulich
contemplative in Spanish is contemplativo

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