Reflection Quotes

"There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past" "Do not read as children do to amuse yourself or like the ambitious for the purpose of instruction No read in order to live" "Travel makes one modest You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world" "Philosophy is its own time comprehended in thoughts." "The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history." "What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it" "To have opinions is to sell the essence of today for the essence of tomorrow." "Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves" "How fragile the human heart must be - a mirrored pool of thought" "Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future" "If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past" "Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist." "The finest day I ever had was when tomorrow never came" "We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future." "The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there." "When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth." "I often say that in these moments we should see crisis as our opportunity to recognize the harms in the existing system that contributed to this crisis and then address them" "Reflective thinking turns experience into insight " "A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday" "There's a benefit to losing, you get to learn from your mistakes"