To contemplate a thing implies maintaining oneself OUTSIDE it, resolved to keep a distance between it and ourselves..
An imbecile is never bored: he contemplates himself..
There is no art without contemplation..
I have actually seen people contemplate their navels.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I contemplate my treasures in their hoard..
If we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the soul by itself..
Contemplate sweetly on love, and the wisdom of God shall find you..
A seeker of Truth looks beyond the apparent and contemplates the hidden..
If I contemplate myself as part of the Universe: what am I?.