Quotes about Reflection

Frequently, I will read one or two selections from a devotional book as a means of tuning my heart before I open the Scripture. These books, written by human authors, should never take the place of the Word of God itself, but they can help us focus on spiritual matters and clear out any clutter that may be distracting to us.

The older we get, the bigger the catalog of failures Satan can throw in our faces. You may think, 'I don't have anything to offer.' But you can teach out of your failures as well as your successes (p. 223).

To be human is to write, to compose, to create, and to dream. So is to think, to test, and to know why.

Artists are often the barometers of society.

There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing.

The more you reaffirm who you are in Christ, the more your behavior will being to reflect your true identity.

Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

Lay a lost and delightful world, the world of my childhood, the world of sweet and irresponsible days at Qunu and Mqhekezweni. Now I was a man, and I would never again play thinti, or steal maize, or drink milk from a cow's udder.

I appreciate and enjoy my age.

Socrates once said that the unexamined life is not worth living.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.