Quotes about Reflection

Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoop Than when we soar.

Rest and be thankful.

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

I like to live in the past. I don't think people are going to get much fun in the future.

It is instructive (and sometimes properly humbling) to give thought to that great stream of tradition within which we stand, rather than fondly imagine we are the first generation to face the challenge the Old Testament sets before us as Christians.

So then, we must not read Lamentations without the rest of the Bible. But equally, we should not read the rest of the Bible without Lamentations (as Christians have habitually tended to do).

The more you look at your problems, the bigger they get.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

Facing our fears, skeletons, and mistakes is paramount in finding ourselves-in living with ourselves. Once it's done, that fear will be laid to rest, and she'll be stronger for having dealt with it and have more peace becausse she's not carrying the weight of that fear every day and night.

People ate everyday, and often times they didn't pause when standing in the fresh produce section of the grocery store to realize the magnitude of God's earth that feeds them.

The last thing she needed to do was start a difficult conversation without knowing her own mind and heart.