Quotes About Reflection

I am proud only of those days that pass in undivided tenderness.

Petit à petit, j'ai la impression que le goût de la lecture prend de plus en plus de place. Il me permet de me trouver seul avec une histoire, dans un coin du parc o sur mon lit. Ce que j'aime par-dessus tout, c'est cette possibilité que j'ai de m'arrêter, de revenir en arrière et de relire autant de fois que j'ai le désire.

Death comes for us all; even at our birth-- even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh. It is the law of nature, and the will of God.

RICH I'm lamenting. I've lost my innocence. CROMWELL You lost that some time ago. If you've only just noticed, it can't have been very important to you.

Have patience, Margaret, and trouble not thyself. Death comes for us all; even at our birth—death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh. It is the law of nature and the will of God.

What was your life anyway but the tiny black spot of what you've done against the infinite white of possibility?

I am not ambitious to appear a man of letters: I could be content the world should think I had scarce looked upon any other book than that of nature.

The decision as to whether to risk one's actual life or to surrender the ideal self-conception is a decision about who one is." from The structure of desire and recognition

You can spend too much time wondering which of identical twins is the more alike.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

If I had my life to live over, I'd have fewer meetings and more rendezvous.

Say what you want about aging, it's still the only way to have old friends.

Time is a figure eight, at its center the city of Déjà vu.

We have a choice every day — to act on yesterday's good intentions or get an early start on tomorrow's regrets.

Never act until you have clearly answered the question: "What happens if I do nothing?"

Always when judging Who people are, Remember to footnote The words "So far."

Shall I redirect my life's journey because down some sideroad might be some trifle I'm entitled to?

In childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking out. In memories of childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking in.

On a windswept hill by a billowing sea, my destiny sits and waits for me.

Mom — the person most likely to write an autobiography and never mention herself.

The mind, as you age, Is an artist, it seems. Monet paints your mem'ries, Picasso your dreams.

Know thyself, especially thyself after a couple of drinks.

If you keep rephrasing the question, it gradually becomes the answer.

Sometimes I sit up late with my thoughts, reluctant to fall asleep and leave my thoughts alone by themselves.