#reflection

The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power. ↗

— Xun Zi

#disgrace #honor #inner #must #power

At one time I thought the Editor of the Lancet would kindly publish a letter from me on the subject, but further reflection led me to doubt whether so insignificant an individual would be noticed without some special introduction. ↗

— William Banting

#editor #further #i #individual #insignificant

When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact reflection of myself in every face in the audience, but I know that my songs have validity to them, and that's why the fans are there. ↗

— Chester Bennington

#audience #because #constantly #draw #every

The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#broke #consideration #elemental #leading #means

It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation. ↗

— Earle Brown

#creation #creative #degree #general #generosity

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters. ↗

— Edgar Degas

#great #i #i do #less #masters

It seems obvious to me that the notion of God has never been anything but a kind of ideal projection, a reflection upward of the human personality, and that theology never has been and never can be anything but a more and more purified mythology. ↗

— Alfred Loisy

#been #god #human #human personality #ideal

Let your confidence reflect your contentedness. ↗

— Criss Jami

#attitude-towards-life #confidence #content #contentedness #inspirational

I have never known a really chic woman whose appearance was not, in large part, an outward reflection of her inner self. ↗

— Mainbocher

#chic #her #i #inner #inner self

My father is the jailhouse. My father is your system... I am only what you made me. I am only a reflection of you. ↗

— Charles Manson

#father #i #i am #jailhouse #made