Quotes about Reflection
If I should sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I am sure, that, for me, there would be nothing left worth living for.
— Henry David Thoreau
Solitude is sometimes the best society.
— John Milton
Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
— John Ortberg
It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me
— William Hazlitt
Look, I can surely say by now that I've got the antibodies to communism inside me. But when I think of consumer society, with all its tragedies, I wonder which of the two systems is better.
— Pope John Paul II
All too often the church holds up a mirror reflecting back the society around it, rather than a window revealing a different way.
— Philip Yancey
Silence is what causes most of humanity's problems.
— Lauren Kate
The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.
— Thomas Monson
We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.
— John Stott
The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts.
— George Muller
Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home . . . and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.
— Catherine of Siena