Quotes about Reflection
The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.
— William Temple
I shall conclude with a saying of Alponsus, surnamed the Wise, King of Aragon - that among so many things as are by men possessed or pursued in the course of their lives, all the rest are baubles, besides old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to converse with, and old books to read!
— William Temple
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all
— William Temple
Coinciden?ele sunt mai frecvente atunci când ne rug?m.
— William Temple
Your religion is what you do with your solitude.
— William Temple
How many of us can honestly say that we have plumbed the depths of our minds and hearts? How many of us regularly listen to ourselves with empathy and understanding—in the supportive way that a trusted friend can?
— William Ury
This perpetual hurry of business and company ruins me in soul if not in body. More solitude and earlier hours!
— William Wilberforce
In the calmness of the morning before the mind is heated and weary by the turmoil of the day, you have a season of unusual importance for communing with God and with yourself.
— William Wilberforce
Blessed be to God for the day of rest and religious occupation wherein earthly things assume their true size.
— William Wilberforce
To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
— William Wordsworth
Though nothing can bring back the hourOf splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower.
— William Wordsworth
Where the statue stoodOf Newton with his prism and silent face,The marble index of a mind foreverVoyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.
— William Wordsworth