Contemplation Quotes

533 Contemplation quotes by 355 unique authors

A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. — John Marshall
He who prohibited the making of a graven image would never himself have made an image in the likeness of holy things [i.e., by creating… — Clement of Alexandria
Each human being was given two possibilities: action and contemplation. Both lead to the same place. — Paulo Coelho
Spirituality lies in regarding existence merely as a vehicle for contemplation, and contemplation merely a vehicle for joy. — George Santayana
The universe, that vast assemblage of every thing that exists, presents only matter and motion: the whole offers to our contemplation, nothing but an immense,… — Baron d'Holbach
The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to human affairs. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Faith may be relied upon to produce sustained action and, more rarely, sustained contemplation. — Aldous Huxley
Silence must be comprehended as not solely the absence of sound. It is the natural environment for serenity and contemplation. Life without silence is life… — Norman Cousins
Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. — Gabriel Marcel
Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action. — Midge Decter
Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner life is difficult to achieve,… — William L. Shirer
No man has a right to lead such a life of contemplation as to forget in his own ease the service due to his neighbor. — Saint Augustine
The fly that touches honey cannot use it's wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it's freedom and hinders contemplation. — Sri Aurobindo
But in practical affairs, particularly in politics, men are needed who combine human experience and interest in human relations with a knowledge of science and… — Max Born
Geology, perhaps more than any other department of natural philosophy, is a science of contemplation. It requires no experience or complicated apparatus, no minute processes… — Humphry Davy
Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to be commanded must… — Francis Bacon
We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than the eye ...… — Jacob Bronowski
The earth's becoming at a particular period the residence of human beings, was an era in the moral, not in the physical world, that our… — Charles Lyell
The greater is the circle of light, the greater is the boundary of the darkness by which it is confined. But, notwithstanding this, the more… — Joseph Priestley
To the scientist, nature is always and merely a 'phenomenon,' not in the sense of being defective in reality, but in the sense of being… — Robin G. Collingwood
A pipe is the fountain of contemplation, the source of pleasure, the companion of the wise; and the man who smokes, thinks like a philosopher… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep inexpressible certitude of… — Thomas Merton
Creative visualization may be described as an extended meditation session that reaches beyond passive contemplation and achieves transformative action. The uses to which it may… — Aberjhani
The contemplation of this world beckoned as a liberation (...)The road to this paradise was not as comfortable and alluring as the road to the… — Albert Einstein
The transition from Religion to Scientific contemplation is a violent, dangerous leap, which is not to be recommended. In order to make this transition, art… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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