Quotes About Reflection

One of my favorite modern readings, found in the Reform movement's prayer book, describes what I believe to be the true power of prayer: Prayer invites God's Presence to suffuse our spirits, God's will to prevail in our lives. Prayer may not bring water to parched fields, nor mend a broken bridge, nor rebuild a ruined city. But prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, [and] rebuild a weakened will.2

The basic idea of the new philosophy was that in order to figure out how to live a life worth living, a eudaimonic life, as both modern philosophers and psychologists still refer to it, we have to master two things: we need to develop a decent understanding of how the world works, so not to engage in wishful thinking and waste a lot of time and resources; and we need to reason as well as we can about things, or we risk arriving at the wrong conclusions as to what to do and how.

That framework is the idea that in order to live a good (in the sense of eudaimonic) life, one has to understand two things: the nature of the world (and by extension, one's place in it) and the nature of human reasoning (including when it fails, as it so often does).

Zhuangzi, another pivotal Daoist sage in the fourth century BCE, says, "Resign yourself to what cannot be avoided and nourish what is within you—this is the best.

Life is like an echo! when you give something, it comes back to you many, many times.

Spirituality is a way of life. it is not just doing meditation.

By being high, you become low and by being low, you become high. By being humble, you become high.

My time has come, you must continue your journey without me... You must believe...

Your mind is like this water my friend, when it is agitated it becomes difficult to see, but if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.

Could this be my own face, I wondered. My heart pounded at the idea, and the face in the mirror grew more and more unfamiliar.

Never does one so constantly see so many different things as when peering from a small window.

The one thing that troubles me is the ringing; it persists in my ear day and night, like the tolling of a distant temple bell, warning man of the folly of the bomb…. —

Forgiveness comes later in life, after you've created enough disasters of your own.

Cei st?pâniÈ›i de un viciu ascuns pot identifica È™i analiza lucid mecanismele interne ale acelui viciu, când îi afecteaz? pe ceilalÈ›i.

A venit momentul, preg?te?te-te" - "Mai d?-mi o zi, mai vreau sa v?d o dat? soarele

No company like good books, especially the book of God.

Each beat of your heart is a small miracle, you know, so don't get carried away.

Te pasas el tiempo curando a la gente, pero ahogas tus heridas en el alcohol de tus propias lágrimas.

Il y a bien des souvenirs, mais quelqu'un les a électrifiés et connectés à nos cils, dès qu'on y pense on a les yeux qui brûlent.

Los días pasan, la noche permanece. Te echo de menos.

No podemos volver jamás sobre nuestros actos pasados, ni siquiera con un reloj en el corazón.

?brelerimin yönünü tersine çevirerek zaman? tersine çevirebilir miyim?" "Hay?r, di?lilerini zorlars?n ve bu inan?lmaz ac? verici olur. Ve hiçbir ?eye de yaramaz. Asla geçmi?teki eylemlerimize geri dönemeyiz, kalbimizde bir saat olsa bile." (syf. 35)

I Lochs si estendono da una collina all'altra e misurano in modo sempre più palpabile la lontananza verso cui mi spingo. Arthur russa come una locomotiva a vapore. Anna e Luna dondolano la testa. Sembrano due sorelle siamesi. Il tic tac del mio orologio risuona nel silenzio della notte. Mi rendo conto che tutto questo piccolo mondo ripartirà senza di me.

Algunas veces solo necesito esconderme, en otros momentos desaparecer, para que me dejen en paz, y no pensar en nada. Aunque lo mejor sería que me hiciera un traje de pájaro con mi sombra y volar, porque estoy harto de arrastrar la cara bajo tierra, de no ver ahí absolutamente nada, y pienso que, quizá, en el cielo, o justo encima, te encontraré.