Verb
To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study.
To consider or have in view, as contingent or probable; to look forward to; to purpose; to intend.
To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to muse; to meditate.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhen we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty. John Muir
There is absolutely no inevitability, so long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening. Marshall McLuhan
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate. René Descartes
We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. Simone Weil
Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. Thomas Aquinas
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. Rachel Carson