Quotes about Reflection

in the heart of a sinner, awe of God is very quickly replaced by awe of self.

It's hard to grasp, but try; there will be a day when you will look back at this huge and horrible thing, and it will look to you like a little thing. As Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 4:16—17, "So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.

death is literally all around us. We cannot run and we cannot hide and we have no ability to defeat it. Death lives at our address, and there is no escaping.

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.