All Quotes By Tag: Reflection
“The past and the present are after all so close, so almost one, as if time were an artificial teasing out of a material which longs to join, to interpenetrate, and to become heavy and very small like some of those heavenly bodies scientists tell us of.”
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“If a man stands before a mirror and sees in it his reflections what he sees is not a true reproduction of himself but a picture of himself when he was a younger man.”
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“A daughter becomes a clearer reflection of her mother with time.”
“Time passes: yesterday has gone for ever but tomorrow never comes. Let’s make the most of today.”
“Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy ready-made things in the shops. But since there are no shops where you can buy friends, men no longer have any friends.”
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“The writer’s curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.”
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“Many of the traditional approaches to interfaith dialogue have assumed that it can be successful only if agreements are reached about amorphous concepts and themes that various traditions may have in common. These approaches have also assumed that participants have to “weaken” or “compromise” elements of their own faith… this is not necessarily constructive for engaging in interfaith understanding and dialogue. It is only when participants have a deep understanding of their own religious traditions and are willing to learn and recognize the richness of other religious traditions that constructive cooperation can take place between groups from different faiths. (by Cilliers, Ch. 3, p. 57-58)”
“Any judgment you make on a person is a reflection of you, not them.”
“Life has many roadblocks. If you can’t move, create your own path. Quitting is not an option.”
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“Confidence comes from thoughtful action, reflection, and experience. Confidence does not come from reaction.”
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“YOU ARE JUSTYou are not just for the right or left,but for what is right over the wrong.You are not just rich or poor,but always wealthy in the mind and heart.You are not perfect, but flawed.You are flawed, but you are just.You may just be conscious human,but you are also a magnificentreflection of God.”
“The truth is crazier than lies because lies are required to stick to possibilities—the truth isn’t.”
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“Our body is a sacred temple A place to connect with people. As we aren’t staying any younger We might as well keep it stronger.”
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“We may not stay quick, If we are weak or sage, but a lot can squeak As we start to age.”
“[My grandfather] returned to what he called ‘studying.’ He sat looking down at his lap, his left hand idle on the chair arm, his right scratching his head, his white hair gleaming in the lamplight. I knew that when he was studying he was thinking, but I did not know what about. Now I have aged into knowledge of what he thought about. He thought of his strength and endurance when he was young, his merriment and joy, and how his life’s burdens had then grown upon him. He thought of that arc of country that centered upon Port William as he first had known it in the years just after the Civil War, and as it had changed, and as it had become; and how all that time, which would have seemed almost forever when he was a boy, now seemed hardly anytime at all. He thought of the people he remembered, now dead, and of those who had come and gone before his knowledge, and of those who would come after, and of his own place in that long procession.”
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