Intellectual Contemplation Gifts

"Professor Williams had at first been reluctant to join the Assistant Deans in their Think Great Thoughts aerobics. He later came to enjoy the activity."

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

Humans...What is their purpose?

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

'Hey! Contemplate your own navel!'

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

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

"The overthinker"

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

Zenemies.

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

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

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

Rodin's Thinker.

"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!"

The Thinker?

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

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

Business man reading 'Thinking Outside the Chair'

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

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

"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."

Sign on wall of spacious empty hall of museum: 'Air & Space Exhibit'

"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?"

James Baldwin

'I believe you're thinking of leaving us, Brother?'

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

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

'At least with math and physics you sometimes find the answer.'

Soren Kierkegaard

"I used to be a young crazy rebel like you you know."

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

"Remarkable... a near infinite expanse of water and sky..." "Impressive water bowl!"

The Deep Thinker