Modern man's besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The interpretation of a case is corroborated only by the successful continuation of a self-formative process, that is by the completion of… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
Our imagination so magnifies this present existence, by the power of continual reflection on it, and so attenuates eternity, by not thinking… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Upon further reflection, and after meeting with the President of MSNBC, I have tendered my resignation. It is my sincere hope that… — Martin Bashir Copy Share Image
Like the rainbow, peace rests upon the earth, but its arch is lost in heaven. Heaven bathes it in hues of light--it… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
With music, every decision you make is a reflection on who you are - I'll obsess over the color palette for a… — Alison Sudol Copy Share Image
It is so obvious to every reasonable being that he did not make himself, and the world in which he inhabits could… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are… — Kenzaburo Oe Copy Share Image
You are not the one who experiences liberation; you are the clearing, the opening, the emptiness, in which any experience comes and… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Enjoy looking back on the latest events in your life, laughing, sighing, or perhaps shedding a tear, before you embark on the… — Alina Khadgi Copy Share Image
You are not intelligent because you have an outstanding education, you can only be intelligent when your walk, your talk and your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Genes which allow females to be less inhibited leave fewer copies of themselves than genes which persuade them to remain highly selective.… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
Blake understood. Treated it like a joke, but he understood. He saw the cracks in society, saw the little men in masks… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
The holidays are a time of reflection, and I think it becomes really clear in people's minds around this time of year… — Chris Sullivan Copy Share Image
As what you first are moves in the context of form, you have real reflection within that form, real reflection of what… — John de Ruiter Copy Share Image
We evolved. We have only to look at the pouting face of a young chimpanzee to laugh at its reflections of ourselves.… — Alison Jolly Copy Share Image
The entertainment industry is a microcosm of the real world. To be 'othered' within the industry is a reflection of where we… — Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman Copy Share Image
When you feel like you want to give up and you can't go much further, look at how far you've come, the… — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
My fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness. Without anxiety and illness, I am a ship without a… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
“And that was is. Life sometimes flips on you like that. One minute you're looking at your reflection in the water, not… — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
I think that if I get into the habit of writing a bit about what happens, or rather doesn't happen, I may… — Alice James Copy Share Image
The demands of the economy, and more recently those of political correctness and the diktat against ever offending anyone, are not conducive… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
Like any child, I slid into myself perfectly fitted, as a diver meets her reflection in a pool. Her fingertips enter the… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
At one time I thought the Editor of the Lancet would kindly publish a letter from me on the subject, but further… — William Banting Copy Share Image
The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Because of his supernatural outlook, he could always work very calmly and effectively and finish things on time. This was a reflection… — Salvador Bernal Copy Share Image
Dr. Kertesz mentioned to me a case known to him of a farmer who had developed prosopagnosia and in consequence could no… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Your scare me rather. My reflection in the glass never did that; of course, I knew it so well. Like something I… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“The rhythm of my words is the truest measure of my personal reflection. To the most over educated eye, my approach will… — Eri Nelson Copy Share Image
If we confine ourselves to a general and distant reflection on the ills of human life, that can have no effect to… — David Hume Copy Share Image
You can hardly convince a man of error in a life-time, but must content yourself with the reflection that the progress of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“In life, we must choose to quiet ourselves and go through a period of reflection, an instance in time for evaluating our… — D. Allen Miller Copy Share Image
All one's work might have been better done; but this is a sort of reflection a worker must put aside courageously if… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“How could we even be prepared to face such a harsh reality as ourselves when we see nothing in a mirror but… — Cage J. Madison Copy Share Image
My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
The amalgam of psychological attitudes we form is the synthetic complex. It may fall apart quite quickly as further reflection or further… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
“I stared at the reflection in the mirror, trying to recognize the person looking back at me. It had been weeks since… — Dr. Erlange Elisme Copy Share Image
Every photograph is the result of a physical imprint transferred by light reflections onto a sensitive surface. The photograph is thus a… — Rosalind E. Krauss Copy Share Image
It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is… — Edward Sapir Copy Share Image
Sometimes it just amazes me how many people desperately want to protect my personal information. Ten thousand reflections hide the true gem.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
