Quotes about Reflection

An ideal world is left as an exercise to the reader.

Don't ignore your dreams; don't work too much; say what you think; cultivate friendships; be happy.

The mere adding of years to life is not living.

I know everything I know about.

Faith consists in being vitally concerned with that ultimate reality to which I give the symbolical name of God. Whoever reflects earnestly on the meaning of life is on the verge of an act of faith.

Loneliness can be conquered only by those who can bear solitude.

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.

Man creates what he is.

Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

Thats because, like everyone else on the planet, you believed that time would teach you to grow closer to God. But time doesnt teach; it merely brings us a sense of weariness and of growing older.

Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say "yes" to life?

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.