Quotes by Lapham, Lewis H.

The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. U >>

The national distrust of the contemplative temperament arises less fro >>

Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve a >>

Quotations about Contemplation

One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and inv >>

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of >>

One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness witho >>

The national distrust of the contemplative temperament arises less from an innate Philistinism than from a suspicion of anything that cannot be counted, stuffed, framed or mounted over the fireplace in the den.

Lapham, Lewis H.