The act of contemplation creates the thing contemplated. ~ Isaac D'israeli

People who have read a good deal rarely make great discoveries. I do not say this in excuse of laziness, but because invention presupposes an extensive independent contemplation of things. ~ Georg C. Lichtenberg

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The man incapable of contemplation cannot be an artist, but only a skillful workman. ~ Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

What we plant in the soil of contemplation we shall reap in the harvest of action. ~ Meister Eckhart

There is no art without contemplation. ~Robert Henri

When the wisest rests his mind in contemplation on our God beyond time, who invisibly dwells in the mystery of things and the heart of man, then he rises above pleasures and sorrow. ~ The Upanishads

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. ~ Rachel Carson

The only journey is the one within. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

It's so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it. ~ Robert M. Pirsig

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. ~ David Hume