Quotes about Reflection

We may be through with our past, but the past isn't through with us.

The Book of Life says, "As a man thinketh, so is he, and as he continues to think, so he remains."6 Earl Nightingale asked the question: "What's wrong with men today?" He answered the question by saying, "Men simply don't think!" Not only do we often not think, but even when we do think, we think with the world mind. This is why we must re-think our lives!

Curtsy while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.

Speak in French when you can't think of the English for a thing—turn out your toes when you walk—and remember who you are!

It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

When I read the statements of Christ, there seems to be this urgency and intensity. I guess that's what I get out of it when I read the tone of the Scriptures, which is very different from the tone of our culture.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.

May we have communion with God in the secret of our hearts, and find Him to be to us as a little sanctuary.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all meditation is, no matter what tradition or particular technique is used.