Quotes About Reflection

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with all the finest men of past centuries.

Gaily I lived as ease and nature taught, And spent my little life without a thought, And am amazed that Death, that tyrant grim, Should think of me, who never thought of him.

Let us not confuse true enlightenment with the idolatry of the here and now.

it's a bad idea to condemn Holy Scripture hastily. When we feel like dismissing Scripture, we should watch out. Perhaps we are not, at that moment, up to what our task requires.

When Jesus says something that seems banal, it is necessary to be wary.

We feel that we are at the point of attaining autonomy as we imitate our models of power and prestige. This autonomy, however, is really nothing but a reflection of the illusions projected by our admiration for them. The more this admiration mimetically intensifies, the less aware it is of its own mimetic nature. The more "proud" and "egotistic" we are, the more enslaved we become to our mimetic models.

nous avons toujours regretté que les habitudes de l'époque actuelle ne nous aient pas permis de faire paraître nos ouvrages sous le couvert du plus strict anonymat, ce qui eût tout au moins évité à certains d'écrire beaucoup de sottises, et à nous-même d'avoir trop souvent la peine de les relever et de les rectifier. (Études Traditionnelles, juillet-août 1950, Métaphysique et dialectique, note 4)

If one looks at a thing with the intention of trying to discover what it means, one ends up no longer seeing the thing itself, but of thinking of the question that is raised.

At a time where so many scholars are calculating, is it not desirable that some, who can, dream?

Let's talk about this. I need to know why it happened and how we can keep it from happening again." "Can we talk about what happened?" "I feel that we need to talk this out so it doesn't happen again.

A regular meditation practice is one of the highest forms of self love."

As events beyond my control unfold. I go within to find peace."

At some point on the spiritual journey, saying "I am human" stops being an apology and turns into a deep reverence and knowing."

Each day I make time to connect to my inner being. Doing so, makes navigating through life so much easier

On rare occasion we are granted the gift of seeing how far we have come; just how much we have healed and how really free we are. Never again will we underestimate our ability to rise.

Prayer may not change our outer circumstances but inwardly it can change everything.

Self love is number one. As you radiate it to others, it will radiate back to you.

Thank you to all the people who have triggered my issues. You have helped me clarify what they are, start the healing process and ultimately become a better person.

The journey to move self love is often a quiet and long road. One without cheerleaders or confetti. Just you and your strong inner conviction to do things differently. There are both triumphs and failures on this road. And when you truly turn a corner you will bask in quiet victory, finally feeling the power you once thought was else where.

Through the absence of what we think we have to have, we can experience the discovery of our wholeness

You simply cannot know the depth of your magnificence without the contrast of life.

Your relationship with others is your relationship with yourself: mirrored back to you.

So it is to be another Christmas, then, and another New Year's on my own. Well, it is all right. I have grown used to it, have come almost to prefer it. Those days for most adults, it is generally acknowledged, and perhaps for all but the fewest children are so grim. Along with birthdays and of course Thanksgiving, only worse. Why observe them, then, unless one is for the sake of the children, or the office, or someone else's sake, obliged to. Well, no reason.

There are no tears here," the young construction worker said at the funeral, when the ancient union leader, with two strokes, three heart attacks, and a lung condition, died at last. "True," the priest said, surveying the mourners in the cathedral. "No tears. Either the wake went on too long or he was a hard, hard man.