Quotes About Reflection

Imagine the life of the last human. Someone was the last Neanderthal. One day, Homo sapien's time will come too. Someone will be the last of our species. What a strange fate that is. They won't have anyone to tell their tale to

You can never make any progress in life unless you actually understand that which operates at a higher level than you, so that you can then try to rise to that higher level. Most people just assume that they are already at the highest level, and so they criticize everything at odds with their beliefs, including the very highest content possible, and thus they never learn, never grow, never evolve.

The astounding creativity of the unconscious mind is apparent from its ability to produce our incredible and exhilarating dreams. It's amazing how many people take their dreams for granted and don't stop to consider how extraordinary dreaming is, and how much work goes into producing a dream. Think of the time, effort, personnel and cost that goes into producing a Hollywood blockbuster. A dream can do something even better on the hoof, night after night.

Vampires must be the least narcissistic creatures. They can't see themselves in the mirror, and they can't take any selfies. Vampires don't belong to Selfie culture. Boo hoo.

Playing to win involves viewing a loss as an opportunity to learn and improve. Getting

The odd thing about recurring dreams is that, no matter how many times you dream the same thing, it always takes you by surprise.

When we start to realize that we're not going to be here forever, we become aware that it's not clear what it meant to be here at all.

propel them backward, not forward, to reflect on what their lives have meant—to themselves, their loved ones, and the world at large.

David Sosnowski

So you're saying that death is the kick in the pants our species needs to not turn into vegetables.

That the dying mind would take us back to the time when we felt most alive.

the third kind of thing we don't think about—the things the thinking of which just plain scares us. The things the thinking of which would change everything.

To deal with the stark reality of having hit or hurt a woman or child, to deal with the initial responsibility you have not to do that and the knowledge you did do it, can be incredibly hard.

Having your evening coffee over A field guide of trails or alpine blossoms & so I need now to ask you Which of the old journals did you first Open to a map of my long wandering When did you first know I'd come back & how did you find yourself here & how did you know this single lantern You are reading by was the last possible Light to lead me home?

In life, I regret the things I didn't do far more than the missteps I made along the way.

each subjective pleasure which had no foundation in action, there was a subjective sorrow,

I don't really dissect comedy. Nothing kills off humor more than overanalyzing it.

Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted.

Any place is sacred ground, for it can become a place of encounter with the divine Presence.

Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door. Such pauses take a brief moment, yet they have the effect of decompressing time and centering you.

In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.

Can you be grateful for everything? No. But in every moment.

The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving. In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving thanks we give ourselves.

Perhaps it's all an animal existence,' he said. He had to raise his voice above the rattle of the bus. Below them passed the dark waters of the river.