Quotes about reflection
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“Style is the only thing you can’t buy. It’s not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It’s something reflected from our soul to the outside world — an emotion.”

Alber Elbaz (1961–2021) Israeli fashion designer

Source: US Vogue, https://www.vogue.com/article/alber-elbaz-best-quotes

World, Soul

“My reflections always get it backwards.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)

“Why are all reflections lovelier than what we call the reality?”

George MacDonald book Phantastes

not so grand or so strong, it may be, but always lovelier?
Phantastes (1858)

Reality

“Those too poor to own their own home pay no property taxes, but their rent reflects the taxes that the landlord must pay. The poor pay higher rents to subsidize inefficiency and waste.”

Mary Ruwart (1949) American scientist and libertarian activist

Source: Healing Our World: In An Age of Aggression, (2003), p. 123

Home

“Spiritual evolution is the progressive advance of mankind toward a state of things in which the light of ethical perfection shall be reflected from the face of human society; that is, in which all men shall live and move and have their being in mutually promoting the highest life of each and all. It means that the object of social reformation shall not be a mere change in the conditions under which men live, but a change in human nature itself. It means that we shall look forward consciously to the breaking forth of new powers in ourselves, to the release, through our own efforts, of capacities dimly latent in us.”

Felix Adler (1851–1933) German American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, and lecturer

Some Characteristics of the American Ethical Movement (1925)

Life, Men, Nature, Effort

“There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.”

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

Wisdom

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

Wisdom, Learning, Wise, Graduation

“I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture.”

Susan Orlean (1955) American journalist

Wisdom

“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.”

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant

Deep, Success

“Reflecting God, innovative believers tend to have it.”

Craig Groeschel (1967) American priest

And it is borne out of their passion to please God, reach people, and help those in need.
It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

God

“Philosophers who function within analytic traditions tend to reflect on the self in a way that unwittingly impoverishes and objectifies self.”

Bruce Wilshire (1932–2015) American philosopher

Source: Fashionable Nihilism (2002), p. xiii

Way

“The secret to solving a problem always lies in finding the most suitable path: reflect, try, don't give up, be constant and you will get it.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Il segreto per risolvere un problema sta sempre nel trovare la strada più adatta: rifletti, prova, non arrenderti, sii costante ed otterrai.
Source: prevale.net

Secret, Problem

“Self-inquiry begins by looking to discover whether the personal identity, with all its conditioning and idiosyncrasies, is who we truly are. And it ends as a mirror in which the timeless is reflected.”

Mooji (1954) Jamaican spiritual teacher

Greater than Sky, Vaster than Space, (2018), Part I

Personality

“It may be deeply uncomfortable to reflect on eating savvy creatures who express their emotions. My strong suspicion—which I hope will be tested as a hypothesis—is that some people will decrease their meat and fish intake as they learn more about who they are consuming.”

Barbara J. King (1956) American anthropologist and primatologist

The Inner Lives of "Food Animals" https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-inner-lives-of-food-animals/ (March 16, 2017)

People, Hope, Fish, Strong

“In as much as people are fascinated by stories, we writers have a duty to reflect issues that need attention in society.”

Suraj Sani (1996) Nigerian writer, Spoken word artist

Interview (12-12-2020), Vanguard Nigeria https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/12/how-my-writings-would-contribute-to-the-fight-against-terrorism-suraj-sani/

People

“The measurement of hormones in the bloodstream of patients will not reflect the endocrine activity of the brain.”

Richard Bergland neuroscientist

The Fabric of Mind (1985)

“We grow old in people’s eyes / or when, opening a wardrobe, / the mirror takes us by surprise. / We grow old, half-plunged / in our rivers / seeing portraits reflected / when images flow among a thousand folds; / we grow old in twisted reflections of cutlery / and glasses.”

Menotti Lerro (1980) Italian poet

From The Poetry of Menotti Lerro, p. 41

People

“If life is a mixture of drained rivers / which carry to the sea echoes of water, / we are nothing but shadows – / reflected lights of dead bodies without no possible outlet or shore.”

Menotti Lerro (1980) Italian poet

From The Poetry of Menotti Lerro, p. 37

Life, Light, Water, Sea

“Wisdom consists not only in becoming detached from the reflections, but also in knowing and feeling that the archetypes are to be found within ourselves and are accessible in the depths of our hearts; we possess what we love to the extent that what we love is worthy of being loved.”

Frithjof Schuon book The Transfiguration of Man

[2005, The Transfiguration of Man, World Wisdom, 109, 978-0-94153219-8]
Spiritual path, Wisdom

Love, Wisdom, Feeling, Heart

“Beauty is a reflection of divine beatitude; and since God is Truth, the reflection of His beatitude will be that blend of happiness and truth found in all beauty.”

Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) Swiss philosopher

[2007, Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts, World Wisdom, 24, 978-1-933316-42-0]
God, Beauty

God, Happiness, Truth, Beauty

“Prison is a society within a society. It’s a reflection of life in the streets. The jargon may be different, but we think and feel the same as on the streets and we recreate it in prison.”

Miguel Piñero (1946–1988) Puerto Rican writer

As quoted in the book Captive Audience: Prison and Captivity in Contemporary Theatre https://books.google.com/books?id=oEKSAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq about Piñero’s views regarding prison culture

Life, Feeling, Thinking

“I kept on reading, observing and reflecting on China’s political and social problems. Then in that year I suddenly felt a strong need to express my ideas. Comics is what I am good at, so I began to create political comics.”

Rebel Pepper (1973) Chinese political cartoonist

"Rebel with a cause: An interview with China’s most famous political cartoonist" in SAGE Journals https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306422016657031a (29 June 2016)

Idea, Problem, Strong, Reading

“Calling socialism, under which the popular masses are the masters of everything, "totalitarianism" is, ultimately, a preposterous lie which identifies the most progressive idea that reflects the demands of the popular masses with the reactionary idea of fascist rulers.”

Kim Jong-il (1941–2011) General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea

Source: "Abuses of socialism are intolerable," article in Central Committee magazine Kulloja (March 1, 1993)

Lie, Idea

“Judah ... was not canalized for the exclusive benefit of the aristocracy and the wealthy merchants, as was apparently true of the Northern Kingdom in the eighth century. ... All private houses so far excavated reflect a surprisingly narrow range of variation in the social scale.”

William F. Albright (1891–1971) Orientalist, biblical scholar and archaeologist

"The Biblical Period" in The Jews (1949), p. 39, as cited in The Prophets (1962), p. 62

Housing

“Our society has so many issues, it is difficult to continue to reflect a sunny ideal when for many that is not the case,”

Ego Boyo (1968) Nigerian actress and movie producer

Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/381261-how-nigeria-police-can-improve-image-through-film-ego-boyo.html Boyo talks about police officers acts.

“Much has been lost in U.S. culture because of secularism. The values of the immigrants are very basic, reflecting a profound Catholicism where faith, family, and expressions of piety, etc., are part of our daily life.”

José Horacio Gómez (1951) Roman Catholic archbishop

Source: Latin Influence and the Future of the Church in U.S. https://zenit.org/2005/06/20/latin-influence-and-the-future-of-the-church-in-u-s/ (20 June 2005)

Life, Family, Faith, Parting

“During the festival we appreciate how big is God´s gift to Asmat people. They can preserve their identity through their woodcarvings. Their carving is art that reflects fundamental beliefs passed down from generation to generation.”

Aloysius Murwito (1950) Indonesian catholic priest

Source: Church Continues To Preserve Asmat Culture Through Art Festival https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/2006/10/30/church-continues-to-preserve-asmat-culture-through-art-festival&post_id=28455 (6 October 2006)

God, People, Art

“Well, it is humiliation reflection, that the straightest road to a man's heart is through his palate.”

Fanny Fern (1811–1872) American writer

Source: 1854, Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio, Second series, Hungry Husbands. Often quoted as The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Also quoted in Chambers dictionary of Quotations, p. 321

Heart

“This important act reflects the will of a people demanding unity, especially within the opposition, in order to defeat the dictatorship... I want a social pact with every sector, the productive sectors, with business, with workers, with teachers, with farmers and campesinos, with the informal economy and small and medium-sized businesses”

Xiomara Castro (1959) First Lady of Honduras

Source: Quoted in Could Honduras Shift Left? A Look at Xiomara Castro, by Brendan O'Boyle, America's Quarterly, October 14, 2021

People, Business, Teachers

“The dialectic between the social situation of the believer and Scripture and the traditions of the Church is the place to begin the investigation of the question, Who is Jesus Christ for us today? Social context, Scripture, and tradition operate together to enable the people of God to move actively and reflectively with Christ in the struggle of freedom.”

James H. Cone (1938–2018) American theologian

Source: God of the Oppressed (1975, 1997), p. 115 (1975 edition)

God, People, Question, Freedom

“1. Strive to be a leader of character, competence, and courage.
2. Lead from the front. Say, "Follow me!" and then lead the way.
3. Stay in top physical shape- physical stamina is the root of mental toughness.
4. Develop your team. If you know your people, are fair in setting realistic goals and expectations, and lead by example, you will develop teamwork.
5. Delegate responsibility to your subordinates and let them do their jobs. You can't do a good job if you don't have a chance to use your imagination or your creativity.
6. Anticipate problems and prepare to overcome obstacles. Don't wait until you get to the top of the ridge and then make up your mind.
7. Remain humble. Don't worry about who receives the credit. Never let power or authority go to your head.
8. Take a moment of self-reflection. Look at yourself in the mirror every night and ask yourself if you did your best.
9. True satisfaction comes from getting the job done. The key to a successful leader is to earn respect- not because of rank or position, but because you are a leader of character.
10. Hang Tough!

Never, ever give up.”

Dick Winters (1918–2011) American military personnel

Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters (2006)
Source: Leadership at the Point of the Bayonet: Ten Principles for Success, p. 293

People, Way, Imagination, Courage

“I want to tell stories that reflect people from all walks of life.”

Ricardo P. Lloyd (1993) British actor

Source: On Acting and being a creative, as quoted by The Stage, https://www.thestage.co.uk/qa/actor-ricardo-p-lloyd-i-want-to-tell-stories-that-reflect-people-from-all-walks-of-life, October 26, 2021.

Life, People

“You can’t run from your reflection… you can try to lighten your skin, change your hair, but the one thing you can’t run from is yourself. I want to influence people of color to be proud of where they come from and to reconnect with their roots.”

Haatepah (1998) model

Interviews, Television <br class="br">Source: Stated in " An honest conversation about colorism in the Latino community https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/video/honest-conversation-colorism-latino-community-part-80088814" on Good Morning America (2021-09-18)

People, Color, Change

“I want to reflect on one question: What are you doing to shape the minds and consciences of our young people today.”

Gilbert Garcera (1959) Roman Catholic archbishop

Source: Philippine archbishop goes undercover to check on parishes https://www.ucanews.com/news/philippine-archbishop-goes-undercover-to-check-on-parishes/79297 (24 May 2017)

People, Question

“The eyes are the reflection of the emotions, they reveal all the sensations.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Gli occhi sono il riflesso delle emozioni, rivelano tutte le sensazioni.
Source: prevale.net

“A reflective reading of history will show that no man ever rose to military greatness who could not convince his troops that he put them first, above all else.”

Maxwell D. Taylor (1901–1987) United States general

History, Reading

“And in the time it had taken to reflect upon the significance of the moment, the moment was past. That was, after all, the nature of moments.”

Charles E. Gannon (1960) American novelist

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 57 (p. 851)

Nature, Time, Past

“The buddha nature, or tathagatagarbha, is present in all beings, but is hidden by obscurations, in the same way that buried gold is hidden by the earth under which it lies. As you listen to, reflect, and meditate on the Dharma, all the inherent qualities of your buddha nature will be actualized.”

Dilgo Khyentse (1910–1991) Bhutanese Buddhist Lama

The Heart of Compassion (2006)

Way, Nature

“Folly tends to predominate over wisdom because it is usually easier to understand and more convenient (or exciting) to believe; but a little reflection usually sifts one from the other.”

A. C. Grayling (1949) English philosopher

Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), Chapter 1, “Emotion” (p. 3)

Wisdom, Understanding

“All ideas come from sensation or reflection. Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas. How comes it to be furnished?”

Kengo Kuma (1954) Japanese architect (b.1954)

1954

Idea

“We should not see a Hansenite or a disabled person as a curse or burden. For us Christians, they are the grace and blessing of God, because they reflect the image of Christ.”

Eduardus Sangsun (1943–2008) Indonesian bishop (1943-2008)

Rehabilitation Clinic for Hansenites, Disabled Opens Seashore Park https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1997/07/24/rehabilitation-clinic-for-hansenites-disabled-opens-seashore-park&post_id=9812 (24 July 1997)

God, Christ, Personality

“People living and dead, things past and present, all are contributories to that diminutive stream, oneself; a reflection which is essentially consoling, since it associates one with the sum of things and prevents one from living in barren isolation.”

Alfred Austin (1835–1913) British writer and poet

Source: The Garden That I Love: Second Series (1907), p. 4.

People, Past, Dead

“There are three lines of life which stand out prominently to view: the life of pleasure, the political life, and the life of reflection.”

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy

The Ethics Of Aristotle (Vol. I)

Life, Pleasure

“The problem of locating photos often confirms the indifference to women’s presence in history, as reflected in the media, books, historical records, museums, university libraries.”

Elizabeth Martinez (1925) American community organizer, activist, author, and educator

Source: (es) El problema de localizar fotografías confirma la indiferencia ante la presencia de las mujeres en la historia, cosa que se refleja constantemente en los medios, libros, archivos históricos, museos y bibliotecas universitarias.

Women, Books, Photo, History

“Time is an excellent medicine to reflect, to understand each other and above all to understand whom to share every day of your life with.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Il tempo è un'ottima medicina per riflettere, per capirsi e soprattutto per capire con chi condividere ogni giorno della propria vita.
Source: prevale.net

Life, Understanding, Time

“My nighttime attitude is, anyone can run you down and get away with it. Why give some drunk the chance to plaster me against a car? That's why I don't even own a bike light, or one of those godawful reflective suits. Because if you've put yourself in a position where someone has to see you in order for you to be safe — to see you, and to give a fuck — you've already blown it.”

Neal Stephenson book Zodiac

Source: Zodiac (1988), Chapter 5 (Taylor on riding a bike at night)

Cars, Light, Chance

“Creative people love solitude. It is essential, during a reflection or a creative moment, to have total silence around you, to confide the ideas of mind to your body.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Le persone creative amano la solitudine. È fondamentale, durante una riflessione o un momento creativo, avere intorno a sé un silenzio totale, per confidare al proprio corpo le idee della mente.
Source: prevale.net

Love, People, Confidence, Idea

“Life is neither beautiful nor ugly, it’s just whatever you make of it. Either ways life is a reflection of who you really are.”

N3du

Life, Beauty, Way

“Maturity is not always reflected in age, but in an attitude of acceptance, appreciation and care for others.”

Titon Rahmawan

Age

“Being respected as a reflection of fear will only last as long as the fear remains. Conversely, being respected as a form of love will last forever.”

Titon Rahmawan

Love, Fear

“The irony of those who are willing to do plastic surgery, facelifts or whatever just to look beautiful. Many of them forget the fact that beauty is not fully reflected in what other people see.”

Titon Rahmawan

People, Beauty, Forgetting

“When love is no longer burdened with the demand to control or possess, then love becomes a reflection of the sincerity of a sacrifice. Because love should not bind. Because love should liberate.”

Titon Rahmawan

Love, Sincerity

“Pornography is definitely not a reflection of real life. Accepted or rejected, it will always be at odds. However, sexual expression in pornography is a celebration of the denial of women's dignity. For a man, it is an affirmation of the myth of masculinity to dominate, to rule and to show his might. Conversely, for a woman, sex must be accepted as a form of willingness to be submissive, to submit to the destruction of her own dignity. In pornography there is no love, no passion or drama. There is only manipulation of the body, the mind and the lowly human desire to be satisfied. That humans cannot be separated from animalistic lust.”

Titon Rahmawan

Love, Life, Women, Sex

“Women, there are so many of you, you are all so similar here - well, I don’t need the princess’s shadow. I want no hope of light during the cold winter, waiting for the soul for fragments that reflect the silhouette of false beauty…”

FakTyrA (1989) Russian rapper

Source: https://m.vk.com/wall-38059496_206

Women, Beauty, Hope, Soul

“History and the past should be a mirror for us to reflect on our own ugliness, shortcomings and depravity. Not just to preen and beautify ourselves.”

Titon Rahmawan

History, Past

“When love is intense, authentic and constant, happiness is a reflection.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Quando l'amore è intenso, autentico e costante, la felicità è un riflesso.
Source: prevale.net

Love, Happiness

“The eyes are the reflection of the conscience of any living soul.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Gli occhi sono il riflesso della coscienza di ogni animo vivente.
Source: prevale.net

Soul

“Learn to breathe, to think before you speak, and above all, to reflect before you act.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Imparate a respirare, a pensare prima di parlare e, soprattutto, a riflettere prima di agire.
Source: prevale.net

Thinking, Learning

“Mindset shapes character. Character shapes behavior. Behavior forms habits. Habits reflect personality. And ultimately, it is personality that will determine one's future.”

Titon Rahmawan

Behavior, Future, Personality

“The thought of people who consider some difficulties impossible to overcome, reflects their limits, not yours.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Il pensiero delle persone che ritengono alcune difficoltà impossibili da superare, riflette i loro limiti, non i vostri.
Source: prevale.net

People

“Attention, reflection, decision and action: the main pillars for effective learning.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Attenzione, riflessione, decisione ed azione: i principali pilastri per un efficace apprendimento.
Source: prevale.net

Decision, Learning

“The unpleasant thoughts of the day often reflect over into dreams, during rest… free your best imagination.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: I pensieri spiacevoli della giornata spesso si riflettono nei sogni, durante il riposo... liberate la vostra immaginazione migliore.
Source: prevale.net

Dreams, Imagination

“In life true progress is an art of balance, a dance between opposites: it's knowing to dose ambition and gratitude, effort and rest, action and reflection.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Nella vita il vero progresso è un'arte di equilibrio, una danza tra opposti: è saper dosare ambizione e riconoscenza, sforzo e riposo, azione e riflessione.
Source: prevale.net

Life, Art, Effort, Dance

“The beauty of existence is never limited to youth, but evolves with time, reflecting experiences, maturity and growth. Knowing how to grasp the positive side of each phase means not to fear change, but to live it.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La bellezza dell'esistenza non si limita mai alla giovinezza, ma si evolve con il tempo, riflettendo esperienze, maturità e crescita. Saper cogliere il lato positivo di ogni fase significa non temere il cambiamento, ma viverlo.
Source: prevale.net

Youth, Fear, Beauty, Change

“Spread positivity wherever you go and let others be the reflection of their essence.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Diffondete positività ovunque andiate e lasciate che gli altri siano il riflesso della loro essenza.
Source: prevale.net

“Spontaneous gestures, reflect the essence of a person, her feelings and her opinions.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: I gesti spontanei, riflettono l'essenza di una persona, i suoi sentimenti e le sue opinioni.
Source: prevale.net

Feeling, Personality

“Beauty doesn't stop at the physical appearance, but is reflected in the way of communicating, in empathy and in respect towards others.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La bellezza non si ferma all'aspetto fisico, ma si riflette nel modo di comunicare, nell'empatia e nel rispetto verso gli altri.
Source: prevale.net

Beauty, Way, Communication, Appearance

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Quotes about reflection
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