“Living in a way that reflects one's values is not just about what you do, it is also about how you do things.” WayValuesReflection Author:Deborah Day
“A drop of water has the tastes of the water of the seven seas: there is no need to experience all the ways of worldly life. The reflections of the moon on one thousand rivers are from the same moon: the mind must be full of light.” WayLifeNeedsMindLightSpiritualityWaterSeaTasteThousandMoonReflectionRiversSevenGardeningWorldlyWorldly LifeDrop Of Water Author:Zicheng Hong
“We were brought up in a world which was based on Aristotle. Science-wise and everything, that's really quite exciting and you learn a lot. There was one problem: there were parallel realities. And in a parallel reality, there's always one reality that's the prime and the second is always a secondary. And everything's a reflection of something else.” WorldProblemRealityWiseReflectionExcitingPrimeParallels Author:Lawrence Weiner
“On reflection, some things do super well because they hit with the time. Some things do super well because they are able to activate a kind of echo chamber or bandwagon or cascade - they didn't particularly hit with the time. Some things are just too astonishingly good to not hit the top. Those three explanations, with respect to the Star Wars phenomenon, seem to me all to pass the plausibility test, and to explore them, with respect to Star Wars, I think casts light not just on the saga of our time, but also on everything about our culture.” ThinkingWellsKindWarLightSeemsAbleCultureThreeStarsReflectionTestsCastsExplanationOur TimePhenomenonEchoesChamberSagaActivateCascadeBandwagon Author:Cass Sunstein
“Columbia Heights was a poor, messed up area, and the church was in the middle of it. What happened inside was a reflection of the community. I actually saw my first rock concert on the altar of that church [St. Stephen's].” FirstsCommunityChurchPoorSawsHappenedMiddleRocksReflectionAreasHeightConcertsAltarsMessed UpColumbiaRock Concerts Author:Ian MacKaye
“The only thing that I can do is hold a mirror in front of men and women, in front of the viewer in the theater, to reflect. There is nothing but reflection that I could intend to offer the viewer of the film.” MenI CanFilmCan DoFrontsOffersReflectionMen And WomenTheaterMirrorsViewers Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“If we can change from that deeper place - for instance, if I am constantly going around telling myself and everybody that I'm a failure and I'm worthless, that's a reflection of the thoughts I'm having. The moment that I'm able to shift at the level of my mind and start seeing that I have something to offer, life is important, and I want to contribute, then that tiny subtle shift from the inside can have a profound affect on my external life.” IfsWantMindImportantMomentsAbleLife IsLevelsSeeingOffersReflectionProfoundDeeperTinyInstanceSubtleWorthlessOf My Mind Author:MC Yogi
“The idea that I really like is December 21st, 2012. Try to get a global moment of collective reflection as a way to bring about an uptick in human consciousness.” WayTryingHumansIdeasMomentsConsciousnessReflectionCollectivesDecemberHuman Consciousness Author:Daniel Pinchbeck
“My partner after Fred Freeman was Jerry Belson. And Jerry Belson, after I was doing so well writing situation comedy, said, this is not good enough. We got to create our own shows. I said, but we're very happy doing this. No, no, no, you got to get your own show. So he made me - and he and I created our own shows. And we actually - everything we created failed. "Hey, Landlord" was our first show - 99th in the ratings. But imagine this - it's a great reflection on the years.” WritingYearsFirstsWellsMadeSaidEnoughShowsSituationComedyImagineReflectionPartnersHeyGood EnoughVery HappyRatingJerryNot Good EnoughFreemanLandlord Author:Garry Marshall
“I get clarity through quiet time, reflection, reading, and meditation. Finding the space between thoughts gives me the energy to take on new challenges with enthusiasm.” GivingReadingEnergyChallengesSpaceMeditationQuietFindingsReflectionGive MeClarityEnthusiasmSpace BetweenNew ChallengesQuiet Time Author:Jaime Murray
“There are times when, for many years, I've been irrelevant - and it was OK! I had my moment. No one is responsible for anyone else's dreams. I don't need a babysitter. I just needed to know that I could do this. I just think that my happiest time or my best time, upon reflection, is that I had the courage to do this.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsYearsMomentsDreamNeededReflectionResponsibleIrrelevantBest TimesBabysitter Author:Andy Kim
“This book [Dreams from My Father] was more of a reflection on my public life, now as a U.S. senator and before that as a state senator; how my perspectives around the issues of the day are shaped by my background.” BookStatesDreamFatherIssuesPerspectiveReflectionBackgroundsSenatorsPublic LifeDreams From My Father Author:Barack Obama
“Its [Dreams from My Father] also a reflection about how we might start a better conversation in our democracy about how to solve problems, because it feels as if our political system - it just seems there is so much cynicism and negativity in our politics.” IfsFeelsProblemDreamSeemsMightPoliticalFatherDemocracyConversationReflectionSolveCynicismNegativityPolitical SystemsDreams From My Father Author:Barack Obama
“I didn't have a perfect model, but I wanted to try to blend my own personal reflections and experiences with this broader canvas to see how a lot of the narratives we have about economy and foreign policy got stuck. Because we have these categories of liberal, conservative, free marketer, open government - all these stereotypes about our politics and the categories we try to put things in are inadequate to this sort of complex, ambiguous, sometimes contradictory experience we have as ordinary people and that I have as an elected official.” PeopleTryingSometimesGovernmentWantedMy OwnPerfectEconomyPolicyModelsOrdinaryReflectionComplexesConservativeStuckNarrativeOfficialsCategoriesForeign PolicyCanvasStereotypeFree MarketOrdinary PeopleContradictoryInadequateAmbiguousMarketersElected Officials Author:Barack Obama
“The pain itself is a product or a reflection of how I am interpreting whatever it is that is causing me pain.” PainProductsReflectionInterpreting Author:Marianne Williamson
“The only thing an artist is useful for, and the only reason why we don't just line 'em up against the wall and shoot them, is because, at their best, they're the reflection of our lives, that most regular people can't even afford to think about.” PeopleThinkingReasonArtistLinesOur LivesWallReflectionReason WhyEms Author:El-P
“My life would be a reflection of my childhood, but it isn't; it is a reflection of the dreams that I had as a child for a better life.” ChildrenDreamWould BeChildhoodReflectionMy ChildrenBetter Life Author:Andrea Navedo
“The interesting thing is that you don't have to know the answers - simply asking the questions and your reflection itself causes the rewiring of the brain.” KnowsCausesAnswersInterestingBrainReflectionAskingInteresting Things Author:Deepak Chopra
“Obviously, there's all sorts of life happening all around us, but on a human level, I'm just interested in people making informed decisions. You know, increasing their awareness. And also, trying to encourage people to be more fascinated with information and science and knowledge of all sorts, instead of, you know, it's a generalization, but the encouragement by society, the reflections that society gives us, which is media, television, art - anything, really.” PeopleKnowsGivingTryingHumansArtDecisionLevelsAwarenessMediaInformationTelevisionHappeningsReflectionEncouragementFascinatedGeneralizationLife Happens Author:Reggie Watts
“The things that are reflected back at us, often times, are appealing to a base instinct that's about response as opposed to reflection. So for me, it's important to turn on a piece of information that might interest people, you know, that might interest them in pursuing or researching maybe, or even just thinking about it in that moment as I'm performing it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsImportantMomentsMightTurnsInterestPiecesInformationReflectionInstinctResponsePerformingThat MomentTurn-on Author:Reggie Watts
“What you choose to do professionally is a reflection of yourself and I take that seriously as an actor. But even as a filmmaker, I take it even more seriously.” ActorsReflectionFilmmakerYou ChooseReflection Of Yourself Author:Logan Lerman
“In general it may be said that the things which we take for granted without inquiry or reflection are just the things which determine our conscious thinking and decide our conclusions. And these habitudes which lie below the level of reflection are just those which have been formed in the constant give and take of relationship with others.” ThinkingGivingMayHas BeensSaidLyingLevelsReflectionConsciousConstantDetermineConclusionGrantedInquiryGive And TakeRelationships With Others Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education
“Each country has its own particular features, its own traditions that find their reflection today and will find it in future. There are such traditions in Russia but it is not a question of a strong figure, although a strong figure is needed in power, it is a question of what is implied by this term. It is one thing if it is a person with dictatorial tendencies. But if it is a fair leader, who acts within the law and in the interests of a vast majority of society, who acts coherently and is guided by principles, it is a completely different matter.” IfsPersonsDifferentCountryMatterTodayLawStrongTermInterestLeaderPrinciplesOne ThingFiguresParticularNeededReflectionFairsTraditionMajorityRussiaTendenciesFeaturesImplied Author:Vladimir Putin
“There is a certain increase in the importance I assign to women in getting us out of the mess that we are in, which is a reflection of the role of women in my traditional culture - that they do not interfere in politics until men really make such a mess that the society is unable to go backward or forward. Then women will move in.” MenMovingCertainCultureRolesReflectionImportanceIncreaseTraditionalMessInterfere Author:Chinua Achebe
“Every writer's got to pay some attention, I suppose, to what his critics say because theirs is a reflection of what the audience feels about his work.” FeelsPayAttentionAudienceReflectionCritics Author:Edward Albee
“The world is your mirror and your mind is a magnet. What you perceive in this world is largely a reflection of your own attitudes and beliefs. Life will give you what you attract with your thoughts think, act and talk negatively and your world will be negative. Think and act and talk with enthusiasm and you will attract positive results.” ThinkingWorldLifeGivingMindBeliefResultsAttitudeThis WorldReflectionNegativeMirrorsEnthusiasmPerceivePositive AttitudeMagnetPositive Results Author:Michael LeBoeuf
“The mirror never sees itself. The reflection never is itself.” ReflectionMirrors Author:Gregory Keyes
“The Internet reflects the societies in which we live, and so the content on the Net and some of the abuses that you see on the Net are reflections of that.” InternetReflectionAbuse Author:Vinton Cerf
“This woman [Bow] was not simply a reflection of who her husband was. She was her own whole self. And even if we weren't exploring life through her eyes, when we did see her it was clear that she had a full life.” IfsSelfWholeEyeClearHusbandReflectionBowsHer EyesExploringFull Life Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“However, I believe that large groups make markets, so serving the needs of large groups is a simple approach to success in business success. But that's no reflection on whether or not they're making wise moves or good calls. It's just about filling the need.” NeedsBelieveMovingI BelieveSimpleWiseGroupsApproachReflectionServingBusiness SuccessFillingLarge Groups Author:Lewis Schiff
“I just think that also controlling women is a way to control the whole narrative. And so I think when you've oppressed a people for a really long time, you're terrified to give them any power because they may have some reflection of how horrible you've been and you're terrified of being treated that way. All that we want is to be our best selves, but that's hard for them to understand.” PeopleThinkingWayWantGivingMayLongSelfHardWholeLong TimeReflectionHorribleTreatedNarrativeOppressedTerrifiedBest SelfReally LongControlling Women Author:Lizz Winstead
“If you're in a relationship and someone was cheating, it could be a complete reflection of the relationship itself.” IfsReflectionCheating Author:Sutton Foster
“Sports will always be important in global culture, and so fashion, as a reflection of cultural trends, will always incorporate influences from sports.” ImportantCultureSportsInfluenceFashionReflectionTrends Author:Giorgio Armani
“You go on Instagram, and it's just not a real reflection of what people do, and how much pain people are in every day. So that's my mental change.” PeopleRealPainGoes OnReflectionInstagram Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“The clearer that division [of social media] is between it not being a reflection of reality, and being a complete make-believe world, the more we're helping ourselves.” WorldBelieveHelpingRealitySocialMediaReflectionSocial MediaDivisionMake Believe Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“This covenant energy holds and mirrors the pact that we have made of self-fulfillment for ourselves in this lifetime, and that covenant energy holds the full reflection of our promise within its framework.” MadeSelfEnergyPromiseReflectionMirrorsLifetimeFulfillmentFrameworkCovenantPactSelf Fulfillment Author:Christine McCormick Day
“What you're seeing, certainly on Instagram, is not real, not a reflection of real life, not an interaction.” RealSeeingReflectionReal LifeInteractionInstagram Author:Alice Eve
“Sometimes I feel too transparent in my poetry, but that's what I think the beauty of poetry is, because as transparent as the author can be, it's usually only a reflection of what the reader can interpret, and based on their own personal experiences.” ThinkingFeelsSometimesReaderReflectionPoetry IsTransparentPersonal Experiences Author:Masiela Lusha
“I try to influence this improvisation in two ways. One is by centering on reflections, in both senses of the word: acoustic reflections as well as visual reflections from a mirror or surface, and then reflecting on the material in a contemplative way. The other influence is listening to the tails of the sounds that you make.” WayTryingWellsTwoSoundInfluenceMaterialsListeningReflectionMirrorsSurfaceSensesVisualsTailsReflectingTwo WaysImprovisationAcousticsContemplativeCentering Author:Pauline Oliveros
“I thought that it would be interesting to have a mirror and grab a light and shine it around in different ways. It's an analog to the acoustic reflections that we're going to be trying to activate as well.” WayTryingWellsDifferentLightWould BeInterestingReflectionMirrorsShiningDifferent WaysAcousticsActivateAnalog Author:Pauline Oliveros
“All three of my books, "Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora," "East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres," and "Birds of Paradise Lost," are immigrant narratives - their dreams, their traumas, their struggles - and I write them with the confidence that these stories, written from the heart, will belong, in time, to America.” WritingHeartTwoBookStoriesDreamAmericaThreeLostStruggleWrittenBirdReflectionWestTraumaEastNarrativeParadiseImmigrantsPerfumeHemisphereVietnameseDiaspora Author:Andrew Lam
“We learn from our mistakes, we do some reflection, we lick our wounds, we brush ourselves off - then we go forward, with the presumption of good faith in our fellow citizens.” MistakeCitizensReflectionFellowsWoundsBrushesPresumptionGood FaithLearning From Our Mistakes Author:Barack Obama
“If you can't laugh at yourself or take any type of criticism or comment about yourself, I think it's more of a reflection of you.” IfsThinkingLaughingTypeReflectionCriticismCommentAbout YourselfLaugh At Yourself Author:Jason Roy
“A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral.” IfsEndsMusicReflectionEternityCirclesSpiralsGetting Over You Author:Maynard James Keenan
“A good American friend of mine who has lived in India for many years, working as a journalist, was recently denied entry to the country because he wrote on Kashmir. This is a reflection of fractures within society. Pakistan, too, has to focus on the Lashkar [Lashkar-i-Taiba] and other similar groups and work towards some sort of sensible compromise on Kashmir.” YearsCountryFocusGroupsMinesReflectionIndiaCompromiseJournalistSensibleDeniedPakistanEntryKashmirFracture Author:Noam Chomsky
“[Albert Camus]didn't have much hope that things would work out, but he wanted them to. Algeria had reached such a degree of violence that once such violence is created there's no more room for reflection. And there's no mediating position. If you look at Bosnia today, the Croats, Bosnians and Serbs, they've all created so much horror that one starts to wonder how these peoples can live together, after having done what they have. Already the violence has reached such a degree that everybody is living in hate, there's no possibility of reflection, no mediating position.” IfsLooksDoneTodayWantedTogetherHateRoomsWonderViolencePossibilityPositionHorrorDegreesReflectionWork OutBosniaAlgeriaBosniansCroats Author:Catherine Camus
“[Chamber of Reflection off of Salad Days]I think it's probably that one. There's no guitar on that song, I've never recorded a song with absolutely no guitar, which is interesting. The idea behind it, well it's a Free Mason reference because before they become Free Mason's they had to go into this room called the Chamber of Reflection where they think about the life they brought with them, the life they've lived up until this point and all their wrong and right doings. And that's basically what I did with this album.” ThinkingWellsIdeasSongInterestingRoomsBehindsReflectionGuitarAlbumsChamberSaladDoingsMasons Author:Mac DeMarco
“I recorded this album in a windowless room in Brooklyn by myself. I think Chamber of Reflection sums the album up better than Salad Days to tell you the truth.” ThinkingRoomsReflectionAlbumsChamberBrooklynSalad Author:Mac DeMarco
“I think that it's a natural thing for parents to look for reflections of themselves in their children and feel a certain pride there. So if your child is very, very different, or perhaps if he's very, very similar, it makes you uncomfortable.” IfsThinkingFeelsLooksChildrenDifferentCertainParentNaturalPrideReflectionOur ChildrenYour ChildrenUncomfortableNatural Things Author:Bruce Springsteen