Quotes About Reflection

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.

Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

I was going to buy a copy of "The Power of Positive Thinking", and then I thought: What good would that do?

It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.

Nature, philosophy and social issues are the three things that always occupy my mind. You do not have any power over others but can only change yourself.

The secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one's own infallibility with a power to learn from past mistakes.

Every rebellion against suffering is fed by the subversive power of remembered suffering.

If I look at the mass I will never act.

There is often grace in silence. But there is always power in understanding.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

Buechner uses words with such transformative power that any comment on them is like the moon palely reflecting the sun.

We cannot change our memories, but we can change their meaning and the power they have over us.

One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.

Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.

Stories are medicine. They have such power; they do not require that we do, be, act anything - we need only listen.

There is power in understanding the journey of others to help create your own

Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.

[S]tand aside and watch the working of the divine power in yourself.

A drop of ink may make a million think.

Fill your heart with the creative power to accept the past, decorate the present and transform the future.

The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother.

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.