Quotes about Reflection

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.

Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.

I'd like a drink. I desire to forget life. Life is a hideous invention by somebody I don't know. It doesn't last, and it's good for nothing. You break your neck simply living.

We need those who pray constantly to compensate for those who do not pray at all.

I think, therefore I doubt.

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.

He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.

Not seeing people allows you to think of them as perfect in all kinds of ways.

To speak out aloud when alone is as it were to have a dialogue with the divinity which is within.

It is grievous for a man to leave behind him a shadow in his own shape.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Yes, resumed the Bishop, you have come from a very sad place. Listen. There will be more joy in heaven over the tear-bathed face of a repentant sinner than over the white robes of a hundred just men. If you emerge from that sad place with thoughts of hatred and of wrath against mankind, you are deserving of pity; if you emerge with thoughts of good-will and of peace, you are more worthy than any one of us.