Quotes by Reflection I think the greatest truths, the ones that you find in every culture that has any sort of history of reflection of writing, the greatest truth is that there's nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so. That's the way Shakespeare put it. But you get basically the same idea from Buddha, from the Bhagavad Gita in India, and from the Stoics in ancient Greece and Rome. Jonathan Haidt reflectionwritingthinking Her underwear, her jeans, the comforter, my corduroys and my boxers between us, I thought. Five layers, and yet I felt it, the nervous warmth of touching – a pale reflection of the fireworks of one mouth on another, but a reflection nonetheless. And in the almostness of the moment, I cared at least enough. I wasn’t sure whether I liked her, and doubted whether I could trust her, but I cared at least enough to try to find out. Her on my bed, wide green eyes staring down at me. The enduring mystery of her sly, almost smirking, smile. Five layers between us. John Green eyereflectionsex Lord Byron is only great as a poet; as soon as he reflects he is a child. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe poetreflectionchildren That doesn't sound like my Margo", she said, and I thought of my Margo, and all of us looking at her reflection in different funhouse mirrors. John Green mirrorsreflectionsound I think it's like everything you do is just a reflection of who you are as an artist. Jonny Lang artistreflectionthinking If you immerse yourself too single-mindedly in your chosen art form whether it's video games, movies, comics or whatever, your work can easily become just a reflection of what others are doing in that field rather than breaking new ground. Jordan Mechner reflectiongamesart I gazed at every mirror on the planet, not one gave back my reflection. Jorge Luis Borges self-improvementmirrorsreflection Another school declares that all time has already transpired and that our life is only the crepuscular and no doubt falsified and mutilated memory or reflection of an irrecoverable process. Jorge Luis Borges reflectionmemoriesschool Philosophy, like science, consists of theories or insights arrived at as a result of systemic reflection or reasoning in regard to the data of experience. It involves, therefore, the analysis of experience and the synthesis of the results of analysis into a comprehensive or unitary conception. Philosophy seeks a totality and harmony of reasoned insight into the nature and meaning of all the principal aspects of reality. Joseph Alexander Leighton reflectionphilosophyreality It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable. Joseph Barber Lightfoot strangeenergyreflection The heroic minute.- It is the time fixed for getting up.- Without hesitation: a supernatural reflection and.-.-.- up! The heroic minute: here you have a mortification that strengthens your will and does no harm to your body. Josemaria Escriva bodyreflectiondoe Seeing within changes one's outer vision. Joseph Chilton Pearce awevisionreflection Men are products, expressions, reflections; they live to the extent that they coincide with their epoch, or to the extent that they differ markedly from it. Jose Marti expressionreflectionmen You turn inward. There's nothing to distract you, so you begin to look at yourself. Joseph Frank Bianco inwardreflectionlooks To be busy with material affairs is the best preservative against reflection, fears, doubts ... all these things which stand in the way of achievement. I suppose a fellow proposing to cut his throat would experience a sort of relief while occupied in stropping his razor carefully. Joseph Conrad achievementcuttingreflection Dates that come around every year help us measure progress in our lives. One annual event, New Year's Day, is a time of reflection and resolution. Joseph B. Wirthlin new-yearreflectionyears The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections. Joseph Joubert lightreflectionwings True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence. Josh Billings arroganceignorancereflection Imaginary evils soon become real ones by indulging our reflections on them; as he who in a melancholy fancy sees something like a face on the wall or the wainscot can, by two or three touches with a lead pencil, make it look visible, and agreeing with what he fancied. Jonathan Swift wallrealreflection My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall - what's going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am. Jonathan Safran Foer wallreflectioncharacter«3738394041424344454647»
