Contemplation Quotes

533 Contemplation quotes by 355 unique authors

A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live. — Igor Stravinsky
For 2,000 years, the Church has been the cradle in which Mary places Jesus and entrusts Him to the adoration and contemplation of all peoples.… — Pope John Paul II
Adam and Eve derived the fullness of joy and bliss from their contemplation of all the animal creatures. — Martin Luther
An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination. — Eduard Hanslick
For contemplation is both the highest form of activity (since the intellect is the highest thing in us, and the objects that it apprehends are… — Aristotle
Happiness, then, is co-extensive with contemplation, and the more people contemplate, the happier they are; not incidentally, but in virtue of their contemplation, because it… — Aristotle
In regard to the past, where contemplation is not obscured by desire and the need for action, we see, more clearly than in the lives… — Bertrand Russell
I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace,… — William Shakespeare
I was obliged, at last, to come to the conclusion that the contemplation of nature alone is not sufficient to fill the human heart and… — Henry Walter Bates
When I consider the multitude of associated forces which are diffused through nature - when I think of that calm balancing of their energies which… — Michael Faraday
The senses are of the earth, the reason stands apart from them in contemplation. — Leonardo da Vinci
The Library is an open sanctuary. It is devoted to individual intellectual inquiry and contemplation. Its function is to provide free access to ideas and… — Unknown Author
Existence was given us for action, rather than indolent and aimless contemplation; our worth is determined by the good deeds we do, rather than by… — Elias Lyman Magoon
Our very contract with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. — Pope John Paul II
The aesthetic value of creation cannot be overlooked. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and… — Pope John Paul II
Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace. — Pope John Paul II
Seek by reading and you will find by meditating. Knock by praying, and it will be opened to you in contemplation. — John of the Cross
Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into the image of… — Clare of Assisi
But it certainly is a wonderful thing to wake up suddenly in the solitude of the woods and look up at the sky and see… — Thomas Merton
Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof - that's a drink that only the most hardened contemplation-guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas dilute their Nirvana with equal parts… — Aldous Huxley
Nature in darkness groans and men are bound to sullen contemplation in the night: restless they turn on beds of sorrow; in their inmost brain… — William Blake
Mathematics alone make us feel the limits of our intelligence. For we can always suppose in the case of an experiment that it is inexplicable… — Simone Weil
There exist certain individuals who are, by nature, given purely to contemplation and are utterly unsuited to action, and who, nevertheless, under a mysterious and… — Charles Baudelaire
It was the contemplation of God that created men who were equal, for it was in God that they were equal. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Contemplate sweetly on love, and the wisdom of God shall find you. — Harold Klemp

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