Quotes about Reflection

People want something that's relevant to their lives. They want something that means something to them, and they want something where it seems like people have thought about what they're saying.

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.

Those of us who preach the Scriptures, along with being nourished by it ourselves, have to figure out along with our congregations how we can incarnate the gospel in our community, or we will preach to a religious ghetto.

Everyone wants to relive their life once again, but if I had the chance, I would do it in the exact same fashion.

Remember that lost time does not return.

Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.

I try to remind myself not to go anywhere or do anything without asking for spiritual direction through prayer and meditation.

My first big disappointment is always, why don't I look like Julie Christie? Then I realise I don't look remotely like Julie Christie, and that's always a great sadness to me. Because I used to think I might have done, at one time. And I'm too fat. And I'm too old. You always see your faults, you see.

Working on 'Fresh Off the Boat' has been really enlightening to me because it's made me actually think about the roles that Asians and Asian-American women have played in media. Not because I didn't think it was important before, but because before, I was really focused on just paying my rent.

Repentance means you change your mind so deeply that it changes you.

When the words of prophets seem repetitive, that should rivet our attention.

People do want to see themselves reflected. They'll never believe that Gwen Graham, Philip Levine, Chris King, or Jeff Greene will be a better representative of their interests than I will be.