Reflection Quotes

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The higher the joy is not the light, it's the reflection. The greater pleasure is not climbing up; it's handing down — Bruce Feiler
No one ever has time to examine himself honestly, and most people look no further than their neighbors' eyes, in which they may see their… — Francoise Sagan
The reflection, the verisimilitude, of life that shines in the fleshly cells from the soul source is the only cause of man's attachment to his… — Paramahansa Yogananda
To say that you can 'have experience,' means, for one thing, that your past plays into and affects your present, and that it defines your… — C. Wright Mills
Football is a direct reflection of life. There are wins, there are losses; you get knocked down, you get back up. — Chris Spielman
Early in life, when I first saw waterlilies on the ripples of a lake, I didn't think they were flowers which grew from the water,… — Lucian Blaga
Repeated reflection and inquiry have led me to the somewhat novel opinion, that value depends entirely upon utility. — William Stanley Jevons
I am a reflection of what I sing. Sometimes I have to get serious because the things Ive been through are serious. — Robert Plant
Architecture is the very mirror of life.You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of… — I. M. Pei
The enemy of science is not religion... . The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma. — Frans de Waal
I don't believe that God is a fussy faultfinder in dealing with theological ideas. He who provides forgiveness for a sinful life will also surely… — Helmut Thielicke
Love yourself and realize that whatever you attempt to achieve in Life is a direct reflection of you.... — Joe Greene
Thus we can get the correct answer for the probability of partial reflection by imagining (falsely) that all reflection comes from only the front and… — Richard P. Feynman
Indeed our survival and liberation depend upon our recognition of the truth when it is spoken and lived by the people. If we cannot recognize… — James H. Cone
There is a wonderful expression: seeing through a glass darkly. Everything, even life, is inevitably removed from you. You can't reach, or touch, the real.… — Douglas Sirk
The first time I made myself up, I was looking at my reflection in the mirror and it wasnt me looking back. It allowed me… — Rick Baker
The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is, it follows, in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of the subjects to… — Gene Sharp
Work needs to be a reflection of your social values. You are how you work! — Leigh Steinberg
Literature and the arts are also criticism in a more particular and practical sense. They embody an expository reflection on, a value judgement of, the… — George Steiner
Sometimes the picture someone else paints of us is a more accurate portrayal than a reflection. What we see in the mirror is always reversed.… — Megan Hart

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