#reflection

Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold And like the sky my soul is also turnin' Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind ↗

— Ray Lamontagne

#epiphany #gold #heart #moving-on #redemption

My metaphysical thinking is more in alignment with Plato rather than Aristotle's." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#metaphysics #philosophical-reflection #philosophy-of-religion #plato #r-alan-woods

..think about the contradictions and complexities that beset people. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#reflections #movies

Take a walk outside - it will serve you far more than pacing around in your mind. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#free-your-mind #inspiring-quotes #mindfulness #nature #peace-of-mind

Cesar is not a philosophical man. His life has been one long flight from reflection. At least he is clever enough not to expose the poverty of his general ideas; he never permits the conversation to move toward philosophical principles. Men of his type so dread all deliberation that they glory in the practice of the instantaneous decision. They think they are saving themselves from irresolution; in reality they are sparing themselves the contemplation of all the consequences of their acts. Moreover, in this way they can rejoice in the illusion of never having made a mistake; for act follows so swiftly on act that it is impossible to reconstruct the past and say that an alternative decision would have been better. They can pretend that every act was forced on them under emergency and that every decision was mothered by necessity ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#contemplation #decision #reflection #life

Reflection is a good thing. It allows us to look back in time so we can connect the dots between specific memories to reveal the purpose and meaning behind synchronistic events. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#connect-dots #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #life-purpose #memories

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

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