Quotes About Reflection

I turn off the radio, listen to the quiet. Which has its own, rich sound. Which I knew, but had forgotten. And it is good to remember.

I don't hold Travis anymore, of course- not to read to him, or for any other reason, either. I wish I'd known that the last time was going to be the last time.

People talk about how sad it would be to die before they've done everything they want to do or seen everything they want to see. But I think it would be worse to live life and have there be nothing left that you want to see or do.

But to be quite oneself one must first waste a little time.

Writers do not find subjects; subjects find them.

Someone soon to start on a journey is always a little holy.

Karen, her elbows folded on the deck-rail, wanted to share with someone her pleasure in being alone: this is the paradox of any happy solitude.

The happy passive nature, locked up with itself like a mirror in an airy room, reflects what goes on but demands not to be approached.

She had one of those charming faces which, according to the angle from which you see them, look either melancholy or impertinent. Her eyes were grey; her trick of narrowing them made her seem to reflect, the greater part of the time, in the dusk of her second thoughts. With that mood, that touch of arriere pensee, went an uncertain, speaking set of lips.

I dropped my head into my arms. I could hear the sea vibrating, the tiny hiss of displaced sand and the click of stones. If I lay still and quiet enough, I thought, I could melt into this elemental world of sun, water and wide, open horizon.

One can brood too much. Nostalgia can fuzz things up.

Was it possible to find recompense, meaning, connection with others amidst the mess and the muddle ?

The problem for me is that I can't ever really see who Gregory is, any more than I can see what a mirror by itself looks like, because he reflects whoever's around him.

It takes experience to teach you what you can be satisfied with

It would seem that unless we see through and beyond the physical, we shall not even see the physical as we ought to see it: as the very vehicle for the glory of God

Oh, I got this the time I ran into the back of the bus.

Allow God to use the difficulties and disappointments in life as polish to transform your faith into a glistening diamond that takes in and reflects His love.

Begin each day with God. It will change your priorities.

When we view ourselves through the lens of God's Word, we better understand God's love for us and the worth we have in His eyes.

Worship is an inward reverence, the bowing down of the soul in the presence of God.

Pray for God's grace to nurture on the inside what He calls us to live out on the outside.

The more time you spend with God, the more you will resemble Him.

Much can be accomplished if you seek a heart of wisdom and walk diligently with God each and every day.

Time is redeemed when you make the most of your life by fulfilling God's purposes.