Quotes About Reflection

Knowledge talks, wisdom listens. Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change.

I've done a lot of complaining here, but of all the things I've complained about, I can't complain about my life.

Those who go to bed with Ichy bum-wake up with stinky finger!

Life is the sum of all your choices.

When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.

All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

We do not remember the days, we remember the moments.

As I go through all kinds of feelings and experiences in my journey through life -- delight, surprise, chagrin, dismay -- I hold this question as a guiding light: "What do I really need right now to be happy?" What I come to over and over again is that only qualities as vast and deep as love, connection and kindness will really make me happy in any sort of enduring way.

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle, curved tunnels of leaf miners on the surface of a leaf. We must somehow take a wider view, look at the whole landscape, really see it, and describe what's going on here. Then we can at least wail the right question into the swaddling band of darkness, or, if it comes to that, choir the proper praise.

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Any sage will tell you the secret to longevity is to outlive your predictions and see them to fruition. You cannot gloat from the grave.

Honestly I think all of us teenagers should just have a little break from the craziness we call life.

A beautiful life does not just happen, it is built daily by prayer, humility, sacrifice and love.

It's easy to let days fly by without taking notice to the world around you. Life is beautiful. Soak it in, think about it and be grateful.

Real life is such a boring experience. I want to live in my imagination.

Life is like a game of chess. It's long, boring and I don't really know what I'm doing...

All my life flashed before my eyes...it was really boring.

I feel like I'm just gonna spend my life working and then I'm just gonna die......how boring.

Your life must be so boring if you have time to sit around and gossip about other peoples business.

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.

The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past. To change your future, alter your decisions today.

Now that it's all over, what did you really do yesterday that's worth mentioning?