#reflection

Is there nowhere in an American house where one may be by one's self? ↗

— Edith Wharton

#solitude #age

We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our reflection by the Things which we have observed. ↗

— William Whewell

#cannot #course #degree #external #external things

A lake is a landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#reflection #beauty

What was more needed by this old man who divided the leisure hours of his life, where he had so little leisure, between gardening in the daytime, and contemplation at night? Was not this narrow enclosure, with the sky for a background, enough to enable him to adore God in his most beautiful as well as in his most sublime works? Indeed, is not that all, and what more can be desired? A little garden to walk, and immensity to reflect upon. At his feet something to cultivate and gather; above his head something to study and meditate upon: a few flowers on the earth, and all the stars in the sky. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#nature #prayer #reflection #sky #beauty

The sight of a child…will arouse certain longings in adult, civilized persons — longings which relate to the unfulfilled desires and needs of those parts of the personality which have been blotted out of the total picture in favor of the adapted persona. ↗

— C.G. Jung

#from #memories #reflections #dreams

Sleep seems to hammer out for me the logical conclusions of my vague days, and offer them to me as dreams. ↗

— D.H. Lawrence

#dreams

He grimaced at that, for he liked to believe he was master of his own fate. 'You think we should all rush madly down the paths of destiny?' 'I think, Lord, that when fate grips you, you do well to put reason aside. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#experience #fate #friendship #intuition #life

Encouraging employees to interact directly with the environment is just an interesting exercise until you debrief their experiences and encourage reflection. ↗

— Julie Winkle Giulioni

#employees #reflection #experience

It takes a certain ingenuous faith - but I have it - to believe that people who read and reflect more likely than not come to judge things with liberality and truth. ↗

— A.C. Grayling

#reflection #truth #faith

The wolf exerts a powerful influence on the human imagination. It takes your stare and turns it back on you ↗

— Barry Lopez

#of-wolves #reflections #wolf #imagination