Quotes by Reflection I am ashamed every day, and more ashamed the next. But I will spend the rest of my life in this living space writing these notes, this journal, recording my acts and reflections, finding some honor, some worth at the bottom of things. I want ten thousand pages that will stop the world. Don DeLillo spacereflectionwriting The firelight magnified our shadows, glinted off the silver, flickered high upon the walls; its reflection roared orange in the windowpanes as if a city were burning outside. The whoosh of the flames was like a flock of birds, trapped and beating in a whirlwind near the ceiling. And I wouldn't have been at all surprised if the long mahogany banquet table, draped in linen, laden with china and candles and fruit and flowers, had simply vanished into thin air, like a magic casket in a fairy story. Donna Tartt wallflowerreflection Those who made the decisions with imperfect knowledge will be judged in hindsight by those with considerably more information at their disposal and time for reflection. Donald Rumsfeld informationdecisionreflection Because you’re a creation of God, you reflect the Divine qualities of creativity, wisdom, and love. Doreen Virtue creativityqualityreflection I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed. Dolly Parton failurethank-godreflection Meditation is a good starting point, or even a little bit of contemplative reflection, asking questions like: Who am I without my name or form? What is my purpose if there is one? What do I want out of my life? What am I grateful for? Just a little bit of reflection like that starts you on the journey. Deepak Chopra gratefuljourneyreflection Since my act is a goofy reflection of what's going on in my life, I started doing pot jokes, and I noticed that audiences invariably love pot jokes. Even people who don't smoke pot think it's a funny subject. So when I started getting laughs, I started doing more material about it. When people come to see my shows, there are a lot of stoners in the audience, but there are also a lot of people who just like me. So I try to give a healthy mix, where people aren't going "There are too many jokes about pot!" or "There's not enough jokes about pot!" Doug Benson reflectionpeoplethinking Boring people are a reflection of boring people. Douglas Horton boredomreflectionpeople There is a wonderful expression: seeing through a glass darkly. Everything, even life, is inevitably removed from you. You can't reach, or touch, the real. You just see reflections Douglas Sirk glassesrealreflection How foolish of me to believe that it would be that easy. I had confused the appearance of trees and automobiles, and people with a reality itself, and believed that a photograph of these appearances to be a photograph of it. It is a melancholy truth that I will never be able to photograph it and can only fail. I am a reflection photographing other reflections within a reflection. To photograph reality is to photograph nothing. Duane Michals confusedreflectionbelieve Music is the tonal reflection of beauty. Duke Ellington music-isreflection If you can forgive yourself then you will no longer see the reflection of your own internal judgement in the faces of the people around you. And if you can do that then suddenly you’ll be in a whole different universe because the universe we all exist in is the one where we’re all so terrified of the judgement of our peers. Duncan Trussell different-universesreflectionpeople Self-reflection is the gateway to freedom. It also brings greater appreciation and enjoyment. We begin to enjoy spending time with our own mind, and we enjoy reflecting on our experience of the teachings. Like the sun emerging from behind the clouds, the teachings of the dharma become clear. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche teachingreflectionappreciation There is music in words, and it can be heard you know, by thinking. E. L. Doctorow reflectionheardthinking The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men. Dwight D. Eisenhower leadershipreflectionmen It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation. Earle Brown reflectionnumberspeople Remember that your perception of the world is a reflection of your state of consciousness. You are not separate from it, and there is no objective world out there. Every moment, Eckhart Tolle perceptionreflectionworld Attitude is the reflection of a person, and our world mirrors our attitude. Earl Nightingale mirrorsreflectionattitude If you really want to know your mind, the body will always give you a truthful reflection, so look at the emotion, or rather feel it in your body. If there is an apparent conflict between them, the thought will be the lie, the emotion will be the truth. Eckhart Tolle reflectiongivinglying Your world and everything in it is a reflection of your own mental attitude toward yourself. Earl Nightingale reflectionattitudeworld«1415161718192021222324»
