Opportunities that merit thoughtful consideration require extended periods of concentration, dedication and contemplation.
"Meekness, that attitude so tied to patience, to listening, and contemplation, sometimes in the collective imagination it is confused with weakness, " the pontiff wrote.
Like everything Mr Ando designs, this project invites meditation and contemplation.
Much more than in other countries, the New Year in Japan is a time of somber reflection and contemplation of obligations to family and friends, particularly family.
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Under the FLSA, a volunteer will not be considered an employee if the individual volunteers for public service, religious or humanitarian objectives, and without contemplation or receipt of compensation.
We have found that contemplation and conversation--just thinking and talking--can help people choose right over wrong.
The real choice, then, the one that requires contemplation and action, is to break up.
Organizations can easily adapt our contemplation and conversation ideas to their own contexts.
To reflect its religious background it houses a chapel and a "contemplation terrace".
Thought, contemplation and rational argument are at a discount.
If a crime was committed, after much contemplation and discussion with sponsors, friends and family, some members consider confession to the authorities and may serve jail or prison time as a result.
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From inspiring Newton's theory of gravity to the wassail ceremonies that drive evil spirits from the trees each January, the orchard has long been a place of quiet contemplation and a very British kind of magic.
Leaders know what types of decisions raise moral red flags in their organizations: if people make these decisions electronically, their computers might be programmed to require contemplation time before their choices can be finalized (and even to fill this contemplation time with reminders of the organization's ethical values).
By 1997 Delhi Metro's fathers were calling and full-time contemplation would have to wait.
Fishing permits much time for contemplation, and Mr Hughes is at his reflective best when he explores the origins and etiquette of fly-fishing.
Contemplation requires time and space, commodities increasingly sacrificed on the altar of now.
Mr. Istavrioglou was arrested for that theft and received an adjournment in contemplation of being dismissed, meaning the charges would be dismissed if he stayed out of trouble for a period of time.
Ambling with the bluesman's toothache in his heel, he describes "cities of the plague, " plots surprise showdowns in which he slaughters sleeping opponents, ponders craven human nature ("They will tear your mind away from contemplation") and scans the skies for hints of geopolitical turmoil.
Having ample space for contemplation, collaboration, and casual collisions presents workers with critical choices.
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But if you ignored it, if you went instead to the correct places and gave yourself up to the contemplation of canonized vistas, your experience of Niagara would be sublime.
But it is notable that Lloyd's underwent far greater structural and behavioural reform than those under contemplation - by either global regulators or the banks themselves - for the banking industry.
Certain characteristics of his prose -- hypersensitivity and constant rumination, or persistent contemplation -- reflect a pattern of temperament that some psychology researchers say connects mental illness, especially bipolar disorder and depression, with creativity.
The next morning, sufficiently refreshed for statue-contemplation, he found the monk and asked if they could see it now.
Of course, the unenlightened could stumble sometimes, burning their tongues, or jabbing in a fork after only one minute of silent contemplation, which bent the prongs and sprayed the soup over the keyboard.
Moreover, an unshakable sense of dissatisfaction and hopelessness in the face of the forces that control us, even if muted, can act as a powerful prod to serious contemplation of the conditions for happiness and autonomy.
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On either side of the Supreme Court steps, on top of fifty-ton marble blocks, sits a sculpted figure: the Contemplation of Justice, on the left, and the Authority of Law, on the right.
Anxious for Henry's approval, Edward says he will not become a banker like his father, says he will refuse the political legacy that is his due, says he will leave that to his older brothers and will, instead, pursue a life of solemn contemplation.
It involves no chanting, no mantras, but a "contemplation of the inner sound stream, " as her disciple and U.S. spokesperson Pamela Millar describes it.
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