Reflecting Quotes

260 Reflecting quotes by 235 unique authors

Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, running—that's the way to live. All alone… — Jack Kerouac
Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable… — Thomas Paine
Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing on the contrary that the… — Rabindranath Tagore
I would that I could have stopped time and preserved that day forever. It was a perfect day. There was the shadow of sorrow, yes.… — Jacqueline Carey
Why should I cumber myself with regrets that the receiver is not capacious? It never troubles the sun that some of his rays fall wide… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
That mirror, that's one I hate to let go, he said. That was my daughter's the whole time she was growing up. It probably seen… — David Wroblewski
Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and… — Vernon Howard
If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply; Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by. Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly.… — Louis Sachar
Living "in" a story, being part of a narrative, is much more satisfying than living without one. I don't always know what narrative it is,… — David Byrne
I smiled at the stacks, inhaling again. Hundreds of thousands of pages that had never been turned, waiting for me. The shelves were a warm,… — Maggie Stiefvater
She was reflecting back on a truth she had learned over the years: that people heard what they wanted to hear, saw what they wanted,… — Jeffery Deaver
You have been professing yourself reluctant to throw off your load of illusion because truth was uncertain. Well, it is certain now, yet the burden… — Saint Augustine
It put me upon reflecting how little repining there would be among mankind at any condition of life, if people would rather compare their condition… — Daniel Defoe
God's art speaks of Himself, reflecting who He is and what He is like. — Francis Chan
Just reflecting on the fact that when the Universe punches you in the teeth, it never just lets you fall down. It kicks you in… — Ilona Andrews
Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you. — Aberjhani
If I gaze at my beloved she may feel embarrassed and if I do not, she will feel neglected. I can see the stars reflecting… — Unknown Author
There’s a writer for you,” he said. “Knows everything and at the same time he knows nothing.” [narrator]It was my first inkling that he was… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character," said the count; "on the steps of the scaffold death tears… — Alexandre Dumas
Shinji slowly fell forward onto his face. Debris bounced up on impact. It took less than thirty seconds for the rest of his body to… — Koushun Takami
The everlasting universe of things Flows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves, Now dark--now glittering--now reflecting gloom-- Now lending splendour, where from secret… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript oÆ’ a divine letter. You are a mirror reflecting a noble face. This universe is… — Unknown Author
Unless you are terribly, terribly careful, you run the danger-- without even knowing it is happening to you-- of slipping into the fatal error of… — Edward Albee
If laws were real they wouldn’t need to be enforced, because if they were real they couldn’t be broken. Try breaking the law of gravity.… — Boyd Rice
Seek on high bare trails Sky-reflecting violets... Mountain-top jewels — Matsuo Basho

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