Quotes by Reflection Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself. Francois Fenelon simplicitygracereflection Avoid all refined speculations; confine yourself to simple reflections, and recur to them frequently. Those who pass too rapidly from one truth to another feed their curiosity and restlessness; they even distract their intellect with too great a multiplicity of views. Give every truth time to send down deep root into the heart. Francois Fenelon simplereflectionheart Once we have a sense of how long a decision should take, we generally should delay the moment of decision until the last possible instant. If we have an hour, we should wait 59 minutes before responding. If we have a year, we should wait 364 days. Even if we have just half a second, we should wait as long as we possibly can ... Life might be a race against time but it is enriched when we rise above our instincts and stop the clock to process and understand what we are doing and why. A wise decision requires reflection, and reflection requires a pause. Frank Partnoy reflectionwiseyears At night... the streets become rhythmical perspectives of glowing dotted lines, reflections hung upon them in the streets as the wistaria hangs its violet racemes on its trellis. The buildings are shimmering verticality, a gossamer veil, a festive scene-prop hanging there against the black sky to dazzle, entertain, amaze. Frank Lloyd Wright reflectionnew-yorknight The enemy of science is not religion... . The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma. Frans de Waal curiosityreflectionenemy Praise is the reflection of virtue. Francis Bacon virtuereflectionpraise The self is fundamentally an illusion arising as a reflection of the soul in matter, much as a clear lake at midnight reflects the moon. Fred Alan Wolf moonreflectionself Psychology is the description of the reflection of the terrestial world in the heavenly plane, or, more correctly, the description of a reflection such as we, soaked as we are in our terrestial nature, imagine it, for no reflection actually occurs, only we see earth wherever we turn. Franz Kafka psychologyreflectionworld One of the greatest and also the commonest of faults is for men to believe that, because they never hear their shortcomings spoken of, or read about them in cold print, others can have no knowledge of them. GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG, The Reflections of Lichtenberg We are often more agreeable through our faults than our good qualities. Francois de La Rochefoucauld reflectionmenbelieve Opinions are secondary when dealing with reality. They're subjective reflections. Frederick Lenz buddhismreflectioninspirational Wisdom is to see the difference between nirvana and this world, this self-reflection that the mind creates. Frederick Lenz buddhismwisdomreflection A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it. Frederick Douglass moral-growthpatrioticreflection Wisdom is to see the difference between nirvana and this world, this self-reflection that the mind creates. Frederick Lenz buddhismwisdomreflection He thought back on his family with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would have to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful reflection until the tower clock struck three in the morning. He still saw that outside the window everything was beginning to grow light. Then, without his consent, his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak breath. Franz Kafka lightreflectionmorning He had learned from experience that what he succeeded in putting down on paper was only ever a pale reflection of what he had imagined, and so he had come to accept that this would only be half as good as the original, half as acceptable as the flawless, unachievable novel that had acted as a guide, and which he imagined pulsating mockingly behind each book like some ghostly presence. Félix J. Palma halfreflectionbook When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection. Gabriel Lippmann lightreflectionwhite Everything that you see here, in other words, is a reflection of a higher reality. Frederick Lenz buddhismreflectionreality We perceive the solidification as the world around us, which appears to be relatively solid. But that solidification is just really a reflection of the solidification of one's sense of self. Frederick Lenz buddhismreflectionself Perception is a wave. You change as your perception of something changes because you define yourself as a reflection of whatever you happen to perceive. Frederick Lenz buddhismperceptionreflection There is the experience of enlightenment, to be very aware of what lies beyond the boundaries of cognitive perception, reflection and self-awareness as seen by the personality. Frederick Lenz buddhismreflectionlying«2021222324252627282930»
