Quotes About Reflection

By skepticism . . . we arrive first at suspension of judgment, and second at freedom from disturbance.

If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing.

One thing in life is for certain, the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.

There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.

Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer.

If you've got a religious belief that withers in the face of observations of the natural world, you ought to rethink your beliefs - rethinking the world isn't an option.

Doubt everything or believe everything: these are two equally convenient strategies. With either we dispense with the need for reflection.

When things get too complicated, it sometimes makes sense to stop and wonder: Have I asked the right question?

In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.

The enemy of science is not religion... . The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma.

When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

Nothing inspires more reverence and awe in me than an old man who knows how to change his mind.

We ourselves are the entities to be analyzed.

Perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself.

We must care to think about the unthinkable things, because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.

Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud.

When we attempt to imagine death, we perceive ourselves as spectators.

The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to human affairs.

It is true that many scientists are not philosophically minded and have hitherto shown much skill and ingenuity but little wisdom.

One of the reasons we don't do as well as we should is that we are all over-taught.

Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride.

We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.

If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.