Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

Reformation ends not in contemplation, but in action

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

Reformation ends not in contemplation, but in action.

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.