Quotes about Reflection
I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more. ( Letter to John Banister, Jr., June 19, 1787)
— Thomas Jefferson
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that his justice will not sleep forever.
— Thomas Jefferson
There is a ripeness of time for death, regarding others as well as ourselves, when it is reasonable we should drop off, and make room for another growth. When we have lived our generation out, we should not wish to encroach on another.
— Thomas Jefferson
Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is Just
— Thomas Jefferson
I felt enough of the effect of withdrawing from the world then, to see that it led to an antisocial and misanthropic state of mind, which severely punished him who gives in to it. And it will be a lesson I never shall forget as to myself.
— Thomas Jefferson
When angry, count to 10 before you speak. If very angry, a hundred.
— Thomas Jefferson
If our life is poured out in useless words, we will never hear anything, never become anything, and in the end, because we have said everything before we had anything to say, we shall be left speechless at the moment of our greatest decision.
— Thomas Merton
When you expect the world to end at any moment, you know there is no need to hurry. You take your time, you do your work well.
— Thomas Merton
Hurry ruins saints as well as artists.
— Thomas Merton
Violence is not completely fatal until it ceases to disturb us.
— Thomas Merton
Art enables us to find ourselves and loose ourselves at the same time.
— Thomas Merton
The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived.
— Thomas Merton