Quotes by Reflection Days I enjoy are days when nothing happens, When I have no engagements written on my block, When no one comes to disturb my inward peace, When no one comes to take me away from myself And turn me into a patchwork, a jig-saw puzzle, A broken mirror that once gave a whole reflection, Being so contrived that it takes too long a time To get myself back to myself when they have gone. Vita Sackville-West blockmirrorsreflection Night had come—night that she loved of all times, night in which the reflections in the dark pool of the mind shine more clearly than by day. Virginia Woolf reflectiondarknight My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for? Virginia Woolf passionreflectionbrain Life piles up so fast that I have no time to write out the equally fast rising mound of reflections. Virginia Woolf reflectionwritingtime Each country has its own particular features, its own traditions that find their reflection today and will find it in future. There are such traditions in Russia but it is not a question of a strong figure, although a strong figure is needed in power, it is a question of what is implied by this term. It is one thing if it is a person with dictatorial tendencies. But if it is a fair leader, who acts within the law and in the interests of a vast majority of society, who acts coherently and is guided by principles, it is a completely different matter. Vladimir Putin strongreflectioncountry Have you ever happened, reader, to feel that subtle sorrow of parting with an unloved abode? The heart does not break, as it does in parting with dear objects. The humid gaze does not wander around holding back a tear, as if it wished to carry away in it a trembling reflection of the abandoned spot; but in the best corner of our hearts we feel pity for the things which we did not bring to life with our breath, which we hardly noticed and are now leaving forever. This already dead iventory will not be resurrected in one's memory. Vladimir Nabokov reflectionheartmemories The reflection of nature in man's thought must be understood not lifelessly but in the eternal process of movement, the arising of contradictions and their solution. Vladimir Lenin contradictionreflectionmen The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes. Voltaire mirrorseyereflection I have no ear for music. When I attend a concert, I endeavor gamely to follow the sequence and relationship of sounds but cannot keep it up for more than a few minutes. Visual impressions, reflections of hands in lacquered wood, a diligent bald spot over a fiddle, take over, and soon I am bored beyond measure by the motions of the musicians. Vladimir Nabokov boredreflectionhands There is a peacefulness, an air of reflection, about a rocking-chair that attaches to no other moving object. Wallis Simpson reflectionairmoving The Americans, who are the most efficient people on the earth, have carried [phrase-making] to such a height of perfection and have invented so wide a range of pithy and hackneyed phrases that they can carry on an amusing and animated conversation without giving a moment’s reflection to what they are saying and so leave their minds free to consider the more important matters of big business and fornication. W. Somerset Maugham reflectionfunnypeople The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the whole, it is a question whether the benevolence of mankind does most good or harm. Walter Bagehot melancholyreflectiondoe Whoever you are, motion and reflection are especially for you, The divine ship sails the divine sea for you. Walt Whitman shipsreflectionsea In painting, whether colour reflection is apparent or not, every hue must echo neighbouring hues, so that homogeneity may be attained. Walter J. Phillips echoeshuereflection Spirit was a by-product of activity, like the reflection from a spinning fan blade, and our souls in the end did not reside within us but flowed outward from our movements. Walter Kirn fanssoulreflection As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection of what you loved most when you were somewhere between nine and eleven years old. [...] At that age, you know enough of the world to have opinions about things, but you're not old enough yet to be overly influenced by the crowd or by what other people are doing or what you think you 'should' be doing. If what you do later on ties into that reservoir in some way, then you are nurturing some essential part of yourself. Walter Murch reflectionyearsthinking As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection of what you loved most when you were somewhere between nine and eleven years old. Walter Murch reflectionwindyears There is a gravity which is not austere nor captious, which belongs not to melancholy nor dwells in contraction of heart: but arises from tenderness and hangs upon reflection. Walter Savage Landor melancholyreflectionheart Sleep is a mirror of life in which can be seen the reflection of death. Wasif Ali Wasif mirrorsreflectionsleep Redundancy of language is never found with deep reflection. Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. Washington Irving stylereflectionthinking«7273747576777879808182»
