Quotes about Reflection
The man who sees two or three generations is like one who sits in the conjuror's booth at a fair, and sees the same tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is passed away.
— William Wordsworth
Civilization changes man on the outside. Meditation softens him within, through and through.
— Henepola Gunaratana
Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men?
— Confucius
Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.
— Cicero
I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored
— Albert Camus
Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.
— Barack Obama
If a man has not discovered anything so dying is not worth living
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
What you do to these men on California's Death Row, you do to God.
— Mother Teresa
Let us think less of men and more of God.
— Philip James Bailey
In my library I have profitably and pleasantly dwelt among the shining lights, with which the learned, wise, and holy men of all ages have illuminated the world.
— Richard Baxter
Man can see his reflection in water only when he bends down close to it, and the heart of man, too, must lean down to the heart of his fellow; then it will see itself within his heart.
— Hannah More