Quotes About Reflection

Thinking only begins at the point where we have come to know that Reason, glorified for centuries, is the most obstinate adversary of thinking.

he who thinks great thoughts often makes great errors

To think is to confine yourself to a single thought that one day stands still like a star in the world's sky.

What would happen to the dream if its dreamer was no more?

Only now have you lived long enough to know the child that you shall always remain.

I like to listen to music that makes me feel a certain way—either it reminds me of something important that happened or a certain time in my life

my experience taught me that most emergencies are nothing of the kind, and you can figure that out if you take time to catch your breath.

No matter how insignificant it may first appear, everything in life tells a story. As

most of us are rarely inside the present moment. We spend a disproportionate amount of time plotting the future or revisiting past events. But when we swim, or shower, or take a bath, we have little choice but to position ourselves in the present, giving our thoughts room to float and wander

As LEGO found out more than a decade ago, the question "What are you most proud of?" can yield surprising and transformative answers.

In general, we hang things—paintings, posters, mirrors—at the height where we best appreciate them. A painting is always slightly higher than the direct approach. We hang mirrors in such a way that we take in our faces, hair, neck and shoulders.

Mengenai kebutaan hati dan cara penyembuhannya, Nabi berkata, "segala sesuatu yang berkarat ada pengkilapnya, dan pengkilap hati adalah mengingat Allah.

In considering what the religions teach, it is essential to remember that the outside world is as a reflection of the soul of man [...] The state of the outer world does not merely correspond to the general state of men's souls; it also in a sense depends on that state, since man himself is the pontiff of the outer world. Thus the corruption of man must necessarily affect the whole.

A symbol is not something arbitrarily chosen by man to illustrate a higher reality; it does so precisely because it is rooted in that reality, which has projected it, like a shadow or a reflection, onto the plane of earth.

No one learns only by staring in the mirror. We all learn—and are sometimes transformed—by encountering differences that challenge our own experience and assumptions.

All our experience with history should teach us, when we look back, how badly human wisdom is betrayed when it relies on itself

At night always carry in your heart something from Holy Scriptures to bed with you, meditate upon it like a ruminant animal, and go softly to sleep; but this must not be too much, rather a little that may be well pondered and understood, that you may find a remnant of it in your mind when you rise in the morning.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

I've got so much work to do today, I'd better spend two hours in prayer instead of one.

You must learn to call on the Lord. Don't sit all alone or lie on the couch, shaking your head and letting your thoughts torture you. Don't worry about how to get out of your situation or brood about your terrible life, how miserable you feel, and what a bad person you are. Instead, say, "Get a grip on yourself, you lazy bum! Fall on your knees, and raise your hands and eyes toward heaven. Read a psalm. Say the Lord's Prayer, and tearfully tell God what you need.

I owe you a small thanks, for you have made me far more sure of my own position by letting me see the case for free choice put forward with all the energy of so distinguished and powerful a mind, but with no other effect than to make things worse than before.

Therefore the words in Psalm 72:7: "In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth," must not be explained as signifying such earthly peace as the world enjoyed under Caesar Augustus, as many believe, but "peace with God," or spiritual peace.

Therefore nothing were better for us than soon to be conveyed to the last dance, and covered with shovels.

My father and mother did not think they should have brought a superintendent into the world.