Quotes about Reflection
The suicide! What would he have done if death did not exist?
— Marty Rubin
The dead teach this great lesson, which we are loathe to learn: we too will die.
— John Updike
A good death is a death in solidarity with others. To prepare ourselves for a good death, we must develop or deepen this sense of solidarity.
— Henri Nouwen
He wasn't one who wanted to look back on his life and say "I wish I spent more time in the office."
— Anonymous
Being of sound mind I spent every cent I ever had.
— Anonymous
St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night in a second-class hotel.
— Malcolm Muggeridge
My desire is to live more to God to-day than yesterday, and to be more holy this hour than the last.
— Francis Asbury
As we come unto Christ and journey to higher ground, we will desire to spend more time in His temples, because the temples represent higher ground, sacred ground.
— Joseph Wirthlin
Your mind will really talk to you when you begin to deny fulfillment to your desires, and you will find how subtle and shameless it is.
— Dallas Willard
It is only by frequent deaths of ourselves and our self-centered desires that we can come to live more fully.
— Mother Teresa
Years of happiness can be lost in the foolish gratification of a momentary desire for pleasure.
— Ezra Taft Benson
That which you do not bring to consciousness comes to you as your Fate, that which you do bring to consciousness, whether it was what you thought you wanted or not, is your destiny.
— Carl Jung