Contemplation Champion Gifts

"Have you given any thought to what you want to think about when you grow up?"

'The Question'

'Make up your mind! Are you mulling or musing?'

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

"Ooh, ooh, I know this koan! I got it! Pick me! Pick me!"

40 Days without an on-the-job conversation.

'Hey! Contemplate your own navel!'

"What was I thinking?!"

'Don't just sit there thinking. Meditate.'

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

"The overthinker"

"Geez, from way up here it almost looks like there’s hope for humanity."

"Wait... what was it I came up here for?"

Zenemies.

"Nature speaks to me of God’s presence, yet God is a total stranger to the restless world of men." "Why the #!@* is there no signal?!"

"I could catch a bicyclist, well maybe not a bicyclist, but I could catch a jogger, definitely."

"Are you not thinking what I'm not thinking?"

'Are you not thinking what I'm not thinking?'

"Lately, I've been trying to spend less time staring at the glowing orb."

"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! … Emerson" "Good boy!"

'Being a nobody isn't so bad...You don't have to worry about becoming a has-been.'

"After searching for the sun all night, it finally dawned on me..."

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

"How come I can't remember what I forget, but I always remember that I forgot something!"

'It's normal -- Enlightenment freaks a lot of people out.'

'Sometimes I think about getting away from all this and get a job as a cab driver in New York city...'

Man falls off perch

"Is it just me, or do these sculptural forms of light and shadow make you think about the ephemeral nature of life, the spirituality of the moment eclipsing our futile quest for cheese?"

"Exactly what is this 'nothing' I've been hearing so much about?"

Soren Kierkegaard

'Do you ever wonder about this whole 'money' thing?'

"Gazing at stars really makes you realise the insignificance of your co-workers."

'Have you ever imagined a world without stupid hypothetical questions?'

"No, wait. What if the cop character is the murderer, and the mobster guy is completely innocent?"