Quotes about Reflection

But those who were young had no thought left for spring and those who still thought were not young any longer.

For our face and body were beautiful. Our face was not like the faces of our brothers, for we felt not pity when looking upon it. Our body was not like the bodies of our brothers, for our limbs were straigth and thin and hard and strong. And we thought that we could trust this being who looked upon us from the stream, and that we had nothing to fear with this being.

The walls are cracked and water runs upon them within threads without sound, black and glistening as blood.

That was the real sentence imposed upon him, he thought - to discover what idea, what simple idea available to the simplest man, had made mankind accept the doctrines that led it to self-destruction.

The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for a theologians to swim in without ever touching the bottom St. Jerome

When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.

Lord, give me the courage to change the things which can and ought to be changed, the serenity to accept things which cannot be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference - Alcoholics Anonymous

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them - Einstein

One man asked another on the death of a mutual friend, How much did he leave? His friend responded, He left it all.

The human race does not have a very good record of intelligent behaviour.

When you are faced with the possibility of an early death, it makes you realise that there are lots of things you want to do before your life is over.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.