Quotes About Reflection

Hum. Talvez isso aqui seja o purgatório. E a gente simplesmente não sabe. Espera um minuto. Talvez isso aqui seja o inferno. Não, não, não pode ser o inferno. Tem flores demais. E pôr do sol. E o meu pai. Ele nunca estaria no inferno. Mas quem sabe estamos perto do inferno. Tipo em Nova Jersey.

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When life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.

Dic nobis Maria: quid vidisti in via? Ho visto trionfare le cose puttane, emarginarsi le vere.

For endless minutes he crawled after them wondering why the hell he was working his ass off to save humanity. Humanity? Weren't most people like those two fools ahead? Brainless cattle. That's whose future he was trying to save? Evolution, or just a coincidence, might have brought forth a couple of people who might be worth the effort but most were just a waste of space.

Er sah hoch zu dem Fenster, hinter dem der alte Mann auf den Tod wartete, und fühlte sich von einem tiefen Einverständnis durchströmt. Was immer Sie tun, es wird das Richtige sein. »Gehen wir«, sagt er.

She felt the breath of history on her cheek.

You know, I ask myself what wealthy people do all day. What do you do when you aren't forced to work but still need the feeling that life must have some kind of meaning?

Perhaps humanity should thank Covid-19 for taking the early route through Europe.

Do we conclude that the only thing left is learning to die – a position already propounded by some – and slide down the side of the crater into three, four, eight degrees of warming? Or is there another phase, beyond peaceful protest?

Each one of has a bridge to cross to get to the other side. Some choose to take it while others do not. That is the essence of life, choosing to choose. Andreas Simic

Life has many sides; sometimes we need a mirror to see them all" Andreas Simic

Only when we have lived life fully can we take inventory, and say we are done." Andreas Simic

The greatest journey in life you will undertake is the one for self awareness. Finding out who you are and what you stand for.

We are human beings, not human doings. Every once in a while we need to stop and smell the roses, hear what is really being said, taste the essence of life, touch someone's heart and see life for what it truly is, a journey with rest areas.

Southern Journey: My Return to the Civil Rights Movement.

The fact that obesity in both Europe and America is chiefly a class-specific phenomenon—obese people disproportionately inhabit the lower rungs of the social scale on both sides of the Atlantic—appears hardly a matter for reflection and pales in comparison to the ubiquitous mention of the sole culprit: the "Americanization" of European life.

Never try to convey your idea to the audience - it is a thankless and senseless task. Show them life, and they'll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it.

What is art? (...) Like a declaration of love: the consciousness of our dependence on each other. A confession. An unconscious act that none the less reflects the true meaning of life—love and sacrifice.

Man has, since the Enlightenment, dealt with things he should have ignored.

Late this evening I looked at the sky and saw the stars. I felt as if it was the first time I had ever looked at them. I was stunned. The stars made an extraordinary impression on me

In a certain sense the past is far more real, or at any rate more stable, more resilient than the present. The present slips and vanishes like sand between the fingers, acquiring material weight, only in its recollection.

When less than everything has been said about a subject, you can still think on further. The alternative is for the audience to be presented with a final deduction (...) no effort on their part. What can it mean to them when they have not shared with the author the misery and joy of bringing an image into being?

Before speaking, consider the interpretation of your words as well as their intent.