Quotes About Reflection

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.

Simt c? port în mine dou? inimi, e ca ?i cum a? tr?i o a doua via?? — cea din vis.

We have built a thousand temples to Fortune and not one to Reason.

Art does many things, but for me where art is at its best is in providing a window into the way another mind works.

In a number of workshops, I have asked people whether they have had one or more experiences that they would identify as an experience of God and, if so, to share them in small groups. On average, 80 percent of the participants identify one or more and are eager to talk about them. They also frequently report that they had never before been asked that question in a church setting or given an opportunity to talk about it.

To see Paul positively does not mean endorsing everything he ever wrote.

It's easy after a disaster to dwell on the experience, to spend too much time with your mind stuck on it, and to let it defeat you.

years in a U.S. civilian jail

How do you get right with the idea, at the age of thirty-one, that the career you've pursued with every fiber of your being has come suddenly to an end?

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.

Do not expect good from another's death.

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

Aedificare diu cogitare oportet. Conserere cogitare non oportet, sed facere oportet. [Building requires long thought: planting requires not thought but action.]

Niemals ist man tätiger, als wenn man dem äußeren Anschein nach nichts tut, niemals ist man weniger allein, als wenn man in der Einsamkeit mit sich allein ist.

much of anything. But put a series together and patterns emerged. Some were obvious: haircuts, weight gained or lost, fashion trends. Others required

Jesus, yes. I was educated by nuns. Long ago, when I was a human girl. I learned the Bible, studied the verses, memorized the teachings of Christ. When I passed, I expected to find him there." She stared out the window. "But in the centuries I walked beyond the world, I never saw him.

down too much beef jerky. What he'd really been

one to see a trucker

To learn the true value of something, all you had to do was lose it.

To learn the true value of something, all you had to do was lose it. Brody poured drinks in crystal tumblers.

Everything had a sweetness these days, a golden glow like he was watching his own life in some sun-faded movie print.

baggage. You can get a fresh start." "Yeah. Until the brother of someone I killed sets my house on fire. No, if I have to spend my whole life watching my back, I'll do it somewhere prettier than Wyoming." He glanced at the clock, then closed his eyes. "I'm gonna crash for a few." A long minute passed

They went back to looking straight ahead. A row of bottles lined the back of the bar, and behind them faded snapshots had been tacked up in a collage.