Quotes About Reflection

People in a hurry cannot think cannot grow nor can they decay. They are preserved in a state of perpetual puerility.

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.

Standing, as I do, in view of God and eternity, I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone (On the eve of her execution)

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

God's world is a good place. The one thing not good in it is we. How little justice and humility there is in us. How little we understand true patriotism!

Patriotism requires less and less of making the eagle scream, but more and more of making him think.

The land is always there...it is you who has to return

Me, personally. I do not know a soul who perished that day of 9/11. But it did then, does now, and I imagine it always will bring out the Patriot in me.

Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.

Peace and Blessings manifest with every lesson learned. If your knowledge were your wealth then it would be well earned.

If there is no peace in the minds of individuals, how can there be peace in the world? Make peace in your own mind first.

If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday's mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow's problems, and ingratitude for today's blessings.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.

In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.

If you don't make peace with your past it will keep showing up in your present.

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.

In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

I guess I like who I am now. I'd just like to have a little more internal peace. I'm sure everybody would.