Quotes About Reflection

The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. RUMI

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. from the SERENITY PRAYER

Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. (A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.)

Înainte s? scrii, înva?? s? gânde?ti.

Um idiota sempre encontra um idiota ainda maior para admirá-lo.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

Of all the creatures that creep, swim, or fly,Peopling the earth, the waters, and the sky,From Rome to Iceland, Paris to Japan,I really think the greatest fool is man.

Greatest fools are the most often satisfied.

Traveling outgrows its motives. It soon proves sufficient in itself. You think you are making a trip, but soon it is making you - or unmaking you.

Finalement, ce qui constitue l'ossature de l'existence, ce n'est ni la famille, ni la carrière, ni ce que d'autres diront ou penseront de vous, mais quelques instants de cette nature, soulevés par une lévitation plus sereine encore que celle de l'amour, et que la vie nous distribue avec une parcimonie à la mesure de notre faible cœur.

Comme une eau, le monde vous traverse et pour un temps vous prête ses couleurs. Puis se retire, et vous replace devant ce vide qu'on porte en soi, devant cette espèces d'insuffisance centrale de l'âme qu'il faut bien apprendre à côtoyer, à combattre, et qui, paradoxalement, est peut-être notre moteur le plus sûr.

Beyond a certain degree of hardship or misery, life often revives and heals the scars. As time passed, deportation [to the concentration camps for the young woman] had become a kind of voyage and even, thanks to the almost terrifying capacity of memory to transform horror into courage, a voyage that she could easily mention. Any way of seeing the world is good, as long as one returns.

I think I jump around more when I'm alone.

And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead. [last words]

Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.

The moment when one loses the illusions and passions of youth often leaves regrets, but sometimes we hate the spell that deceived us. So it is that Armida burns and razes the palace where she was enchanted.

The truth was that as my pocket had strengthened, my head had weakened.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

Ce que j'ai appris, je l'ai oublié ; ce que je sais, je l'ai inventé.

I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.

cela m'excite de penser à tout ce qui fuit dans la vie au nom de la vie.

When two words are identical, you must not take undue offence or think you have been wronged in terms of choice. Simplicity is a fine patience of meaning.

Vengeance is a lazy form of grief.

It's strange, but sad. I think I'll always be sad.