Quotes about reflection
reflection knowing mind
Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are simply extending the intelligence that comes to and constitutes us. We mimic the mind of God, so to speak. Or better, we continue and extend it. Huston Smith
reflection rocks community
Columbia Heights was a poor, messed up area, and the church was in the middle of it. What happened inside was a reflection of the community. I actually saw my first rock concert on the altar of that church [St. Stephen's]. Ian MacKaye
reflection self torn-apart
They were the screams of riders torn apart by the twisted reflections of their own inner selves. Neal Shusterman
reflection life-is
Your life is not about what you are doing. Yet, it is true that what you are doing is often a reflection of what your life is about. Neale Donald Walsch
reflection order decision
The best way to create a purposeful life is to allow the soul's decision to precede the body's action. One does not do something in order to be compassionate, one is compassionate and, therefore, does certain things in certain ways. The actions of the body were meant to be reflections of a state of being, not attempts to attain a state of being.
reflection energy strange
It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable.
reflection remember forget
I remember making that vow, the one not to forget. Not to remember what happened, but to remember who I was and how I felt. Neil Gaiman
reflection said
'He's got a can up there,' Richard said. John Steinbeck
reflection culture causes
Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change. John Podhoretz
reflection world changing-the-world
The craving to change the world is perhaps a reflection of the craving to change ourselves. Eric Hoffer
reflection thinking people
Quite Franc-ly, I think I am an asset to this world we live in. I know that if I didn’t exist, there would be some truly upset people just waiting for me. A life without Franco is like a kitten without fur. That’s what my reflection told me. James Franco
reflection light common-sense
The light of common sense is fundamentally the same light as that of science, that is to say, the natural light of the intellect. But in common sense this light does not return upon itself by critical reflection, and is not perfected by what we shall learn to know as a scientific habit. Jacques Maritain
reflection men mirrors
As man reaches out toward the twenty-first century, he will learn to be suspicious of all ideas that are not formulated so that they can be tested by observation. He will realize that the history of human thought shows that the ideas of which we are surest are the ones we most need to test. He will realize that his common sense only mirrors his training and experience. What seems natural and right to him is usually a reflection of the conditions under which he spent his first decade of life. Jacque Fresco
reflection music-love output
Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music. Pat Metheny
reflection impression contradictory
If there is no contradictory impression, there is nothing to awaken reflection Plato
reflection names people
Human existence cannot be silent, nor can it be nourished by false words, but only by true words, with which people transform the world. To exist, humanly, is to name the world, to change it. Once named, the world in its turn reappears to the namers as a problem and requires of them a new naming. People are not built in silence, but in word, in work, in action-reflection. Paulo Freire
reflection two suffering
Within the word we find two dimensions-reflection and action. If one is sacrificed even in part, the other immediately suffers. To speak a true word is to transform the world.
reflection want helping
To me that's a reflection of love, when someone can see you enjoying yourself, and want to participate, or want to encourage, or want to help you to do something that you enjoy. Lauryn Hill
reflection lovely her-beauty
While she is lovely, we need to remember that her face is not what distinguishes her. Her beauty is a reflection of the virtue and talent she keeps inside. Lisa See
reflection debate contempt
Which is ideology? Which not? You shall know them by their assertion of truth, their contempt for considered reflection, and their fear of debate. John Ralston Saul
reflection firm temperament
It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection. Luc de Clapiers
reflection mirrors blood
I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection. Nicolas Cage
reflection discipline quality
I suppose the daily disciplines are just a reflection of the qualities of my inner world - a mixture of paralysis and terror and a lighter, freer, kind of rebellious woman. So those are just constantly pushing against each other, and that's played out in every area of my life. Miranda July
reflection government political-will
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone. John Quincy Adams
reflection people mind
The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds. Edward de Bono
reflection mirrors self-improvement
I gazed at every mirror on the planet, not one gave back my reflection. Jorge Luis Borges
reflection self mirrors
Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. Logan Pearsall Smith
reflection night thinking
It takes all sorts of people to make a world, as I've often heard, but I think there are some who could be spared,' Anne told her reflection in the east gable mirror that night. Lucy Maud Montgomery
reflection government people
The Federal Government is the people and the budget is a reflection of their need. John F. Kennedy
reflection people peaceful
Sometimes it just amazes me how many people desperately want to protect my personal information. Ten thousand reflections hide the true gem. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
reflection government liberty
It is a melancholy reflection that liberty should be equally exposed to danger whether the government have too much power or too little power and that the line which divides these extremes should be so inaccurately defined by experience. James Madison
reflection government human-nature
What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
reflection men rights
The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of Government. But what is Government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?