Quotes About Reflection

Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

More caution and perhaps more restraint are necessary in breaking a fast than in keeping it.

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

(On Western civilization) I think it would be a good idea.

When I first accepted my own death, the world was intantly changed. It was a completely new sensation. It took something like this to finally open my eyes. Before, I had simply shut myself off so that I could not see, could not hear. What had I been doing all this time?

From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other time in one's life to be left alone so much to read in peace like that.

And so their memories took on potential, which is of course how our greatest nostalgias are born.

Every time a couple moves they begin, if their attention is still drawn to one another, to see each other differently, for personalities are not a single immutable color, like white or blue, but rather illuminated screens, and the shades we reflect depend much on what is around us.

As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who attacked you. You retreated into myths of your own difference, assumptions of your own superiority. And you acted out these beliefs on the stage of the world, so that the entire planet was rocked by the repercussions of your tantrums, not least my family, now facing war thousands of miles away.

It's in being read that a book becomes a book, and in each of a million different readings a book become one of a million different books . . .

Laramie sparkles from up there...I mean it just blows you away. Matt was right there in that spot, and I can just picture in his eyes, I can just picture what he was seeing. The last thing he saw on this earth was the sparkling lights.

No se puede pensar sobre el después cuando el ahora está inundado de dolor.

Monsieur, c'est trop d'honneur que vous me voulez faire; Mais l'amitié demande un peu plus de mystère, Et c'est assurément en profaner le nom Que de vouloir le mettre à toute occasion. Avec lumière et choix cette union veut naître; Avant que nous lier, il faut nous mieux connaître, Et nous pourrions avoir telles complexions, Que tous deux du marché nous nous repentirions.

A quienes me preguntan la razón de mis viajes les contesto que sé bien de qué huyo pero ignoro lo que busco

Alle Menschen sind mir in solchem Maße verhasst, dass es mich ärgern würde, wenn ich in ihren Augen weise wäre

Songez que les principes de votre vie sont en vous-même, et que le courroux de Monsieur Purgon est aussi peu capable de vous faire mourir que ses remèdes de vous faire vivre.