Quotes About Reflection

I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.

Un acto humano es como una piedra arrojada al mar. Cae con gran estrépito y agita el agua, pero al cabo de un instante la superficie está de nuevo lisa y no se ve ya rastro de la piedra. Lo mismo ocurre con la memoria

la soledad es el patrimonio de la edad adulta.

With the approach of age the soul flies like a bird back to the days of childhood. Now those days shine bright and clear in my memory until it seems as if everything then must have been better, lovelier than in the world of today. In this rich and poor do not differ, for there is surely none so destitute but his childhood shows some glint of happiness when he remembers it in age.

She counted absent-mindedly on her

K dlouhému vÄ›ku se druží ?asto zkalení zraku a sklon považovat dávnÄ›jÅ¡í doby za lepÅ¡í dneÅ¡ních.

Ed allora mi rivedevo per le polverose strade di Babilonia con Minea al mio fianco

No hay ciertamente nadie, por pobre que sea, cuya infancia no encierre algún destello de júbilo y de luz al evocarla en sus viejos días

Syksy on tullut, lehdet ovat lakastuneet, sinut ja minut luotiin elämään ajan syksyä. Kaikki ajatukset on ajateltu loppuun, mitään uutta ei enää voi tapahtua, sydämet ovat väsyneet maailmaan.

Tuhat kirjaa luettuaan ihminen alkaa aavistaa masentavan totuuden. Kymmenentuhatta kirjaa tekee hänet surulliseksi

So foolish is the heart of man that he ever puts his hope in the future, learning nothing from his past errors and fancying that tomorrow must be better than today.

My spirit welled up in its joy because I asked myself "why?" The dread key to all true knowledge is "why?

Turn, O you years_roll again, you vanished years_sail, Ammon, from west to east across the heavens and bring again my youth! Not one word of it will I alter, not my least action will I amend. O brittle pen, smooth papyrus, give me back my folly and my youth!

Cada cual busca en sus creencias un consuelo a las contrariedades y reveses de la vida.

Saat olla kiihkeä ja tulinen, mutta kiihkosi ja tulesi on valauduttava kiinteään, vakuuttavasti taiteelliseen muotoon, muuten se merkitsee vain sohimista. Harkinnan ja rauhan alta kuultava kiihkeys tekee voimakkaamman vaikutuksen kuin holtiton tunteittensa purkaminen

DrugÄ… przyczynÄ… szaleÅ"stwa byÅ'y rozmyÅ›lania. Ojciec prosiÅ' mnie usilnie, bym nie zaczÄ…Å' myÅ›le? zbyt du?o, najlepiej jedynie o tym, co najpotrzebniejsze, poniewa? rozmyÅ›lanie byÅ'o zÅ'ym nawykiem, który z upÅ'ywem lat tylko siÄ™ pogÅ'Ä™bi, im wiÄ™cej czasu siÄ™ mu poÅ›wiÄ™caÅ'o.

niepotrzebna pochwaÅ'a wiodÅ'a z czasem tylko do przesadzonych planów na przyszÅ'o?? i bankructwa.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Man surrounds himself with images of himself.

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be answerable for the body and blood of the Lord. Examine yourselves, and only then eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For all who eat and drink without discerning the body, eat and drink judgment against themselves. (1 Corinthians 11:27-29)

There's usually no need to lecture or punish. It's much more effective to just let people feel the natural consequences of their choices.

The deeper an introvert's relationship with God is and the more it grows, the greater the impact he or she will have on others.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference."5

Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Shut the world out, withdraw from all worldly thoughts and occupations, and shut yourself in alone with God, to pray to Him in secret. Let this be your chief object in prayer: to realize the presence of your heavenly Father.1 —ANDREW MURRAY