“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
“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 feeling the crushing wheels, they rise, they write the bitter words of stern philosophy and knead the bread of knowledge with tears and groans.”
William Blake
“Of the twenty-four hours a day,Use six for earning and spending, six for contemplation of God, six of sleep and six for service to others.”
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“For contemplation he and valour formed; / For softness she and sweet attractive grace, / He for God only, she for God in him: / His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule.”
John Milton
“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.”
Aristotle
“Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.”
Chamfort
“It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.”
Rachel Carson
