Quotes about Reflection
The task of life is to face sacred moments.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
When I was young, all I wanted and expected from life was to sit quietly in some corner doing my work without the public paying attention to me. And now see what has become of me.
— Albert Einstein
If God had granted all the silly prayers I've made in my life, where should I be now?
— CS Lewis
His retreat into himself is not a final renunciation of the world, but a search for quietude, where alone it is possible for him to make his contribution to the life of the community.
— Carl Jung
Why should we be startled by death? Life is a constant putting off of the mortal coil - coat, cuticle, flesh and bones, all old clothes.
— Henry David Thoreau
Our whole business in this Life is to restore to health the eye of the heart whereby God may be seen.
— St. Augustine
Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe.
— Samuel Johnson
Our whole life is a meditation of our last decision - the only decision that matters.
— Thomas Merton
When you discover you've been leading only half a life, the other half is going to haunt you until you develop it.
— Phillips Brooks
How many Christians live for appearances? Their life seems like a soap bubble. The soap bubble is beautiful, with all its colours! But it lasts only a second, and then what?
— Pope Francis
If Jesus is to become the center of our life, we need to spend time in His presence, before the Tabernacle.
— Pope Francis
Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life's blessings.
— Oprah Winfrey