Quotes about Reflection
I collected enough fragments of the past to make a reconstruction of it, which must have borne as much relation to the real thing as a mosaic portrait would to the original.
— Margaret Atwood
We have learned to see the world in gasps.
— Margaret Atwood
Though it's hard to concentrate on the idea of a future. She's too immersed in the present:
— Margaret Atwood
A scar is like writing on your body. It tells about something that once happened to you, such as a cut on your skin where blood came out. What
— Margaret Atwood
What I miss is what she'd say. What she would have said.
— Margaret Atwood
I believe in effort, but not in unnecessary effort: Aunt Vidala was most likely negotiating her exit from this world all on her own.
— Margaret Atwood
I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.
— Steve Jobs
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
— Henry David Thoreau
Philosophy began when man ate the produce of the earth and suffered indigestion.
— Khalil Gibran
The person who has stopped being thankful has fallen asleep in life.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Be thankful for the thorns and thistles, which keep you from being in love with this world, and becoming an idolater.
— Charles Spurgeon