Reflection Quotes
15 quotes
Reflection
Contemplation and thoughtful consideration of experiences and ideas
15 Quotes
The mind is furnished with ideas by experience alone
— An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II
The unexamined life is not worth living
— Plato, Apology
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us
— Attributed, often in essays and lectures, notably 'Essays: First Series'
To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character
— Nicomachean Ethics, Book II
Man conquers the world by conquering himself
— Fragments (Stoic teaching)
Man is not disturbed by things, but by the views he takes of them
— Enchiridion, Section 5
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes
— Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 10: Civilization in Transition
All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking
— Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows
— Walden, Chapter 2: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading
— Tao Te Ching, Chapter 64
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit
— The Story of Philosophy
We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are
— The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
I am large, I contain multitudes
— Leaves of Grass, Song of Myself (Section 51)
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts
— Meditations, Book 5
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment
— Self-Reliance