Quotes About Reflection

Prayer is for cleansing the soul and for removing the illness from the inner state of being.

My dream is to die thinking "Wow, that was fun! I'm tired.

Mi sueño es morir diciendo "Ah, fue muy divertido, pero ya no puedo más".

If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.

Of course, we all know that water is transparent and has no taste, smell, or color. What's amazing about water is that it is able to show us myriad "faces" depending upon the condition it is in or the information it is given.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life." -Shikamaru Nara

Bedenkt: Den eignen Tod, den stirbt man nur; doch mit dem Tod der andern muss man leben.

Zwei Seiten Eines läßt sich nicht bestreiten: Jede Sache hat zwei Seiten. — Die der andern, das ist eine, Und die richtige Seite, deine.

Sei still ... Sei still, es wird vorübergehn.

Ob alle Liebenden so einsam sind?

The stories she'd read of others' lives over these last few months had left her with a greater appreciation for the thread of her own life.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves

Nostalgia paints a smile on the stony face of the past.

Young poets bewail the passing of love old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.

Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth.

In every death, a busy world comes to an end.

Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.

At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.

The time I kill is killing me.

If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist

Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.

There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.