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“The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily business, so long as its clouds rise thick about us, forbid the intellect to fasten itself.”

Long Sides Subjects Demand Reflection Clouds Intellect Leisure Thick Solitary Self Reflection Daily Business

Book:Short Studies on Great Subjects

Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects

“Like the rainbow, peace rests upon the earth, but its arch is lost in heaven. Heaven bathes it in hues of light--it springs up amid tears and clouds--it is a reflection of the eternal sun--it is an assurance of calm--it is the sign of a great covenant between God and man--it is an emanation from the distant orb of immortal light.”

Men Light Earth Lost Heaven Peace Sun Tears Eternal Spring Reflection Calm Clouds Immortal Rainbow Assurance Covenant Hue Arches Orbs

Author:Charles Caleb Colton

“There is an universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object, those qualities, with which they are familiarly acquainted, and of which they are intimately conscious. We find human faces in the moon, armies in the clouds; and by a natural propensity, if not corrected by experience and reflection, ascribe malice or good-will to every thing, that hurts or pleases us.”

Source: The Natural History of Religion

“I was left behind with the immensity of existing things. A sponge, suffering because it cannot saturate itself; a river, suffering because reflections of clouds and trees are not clouds and trees.”

Suffering Left Behinds Tree Reflection Rivers Clouds Left Behind Sponges Immensity

Book:Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004

Source: Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004

“People think that alien spaceships would be solid and made of metal and have lights all over them and move slowly through the sky because that is how we would build a spaceship if we were able to build one that big. But aliens, if they exist, would probably be very different from us. They might look like big slugs, or be flat like reflections. Or they might be bigger than planets. Or they might not have bodies at all. They might just be information, like in a computer. And their spaceships might look like clouds, or be made up of unconnected objects like dust or leaves.”

People Ifs Thinking Looks Made Different Body Bigs Light Might Would Be Able Moving Sky Information Objects Planets Computer Reflection Bigger Clouds Dust Aliens Flats Metals Spaceships Slugs

Author:Mark Haddon

“If we come to sleep we are His drowsy ones And if we come to wake we are in His hands If we come to weeping we are His cloud full of raindrops And if we come to laughing we are His lightning in that moment If we come to anger and battle it is the reflection of His wrath And if we come to peace and pardon it is the reflection of His love Who are we in this complicated world?”

Ifs World Moments Hands Sleep Laughing Battle Reflection Clouds Complicated That Moment Lightning His Love Wrath Weeping Pardon Raindrops Drowsy Complicated World

Author:Rumi

“This is a book about Heaven. I know it now. It floats among us like a cloud and is the realest thing we know and the least to be captured, the least to be possessed by anybody for himself. It is like a grain of mustard seed, which you cannot see among the crumbs of earth where it lies. It is like the reflection of the trees on the water.”

Knows Book Earth Lying Heaven Water Tree Reflection Clouds Seeds Possessed Grain Floats Captured Crumbs Mustard This Is A Book Mustard Seed

Book:Jayber Crow: A Novel

Source: Jayber Crow: A Novel

“At times many of us let that enemy of achievement--even the culprit 'self-defeat'--dwarf our aspirations, smother our dreams, cloud our vision, and impair our lives. The enemy's voice whispers in our ears, 'You can't do it.' 'You're too young.' 'You're too old.' 'You're nobody.' This is when we remember that we are created in the image of God. Reflection on this truth provides a profound sense of strength and power.”

Self Dream Remember Young Voice Vision Enemy Our Lives Achievement Reflection Ears Profound Defeat Clouds Aspiration Our Dreams God Image Dwarfs Old You Dwarves Culprit

Author:Thomas S. Monson

“Sunday evenings are heavier than clouds with rain, darker too and often interminable.”

Reflection Rain Clouds Evening Sunday Sunday Evening

Author:John J. Geddes

“Self-reflection is the gateway to freedom. It also brings greater appreciation and enjoyment. We begin to enjoy spending time with our own mind, and we enjoy reflecting on our experience of the teachings. Like the sun emerging from behind the clouds, the teachings of the dharma become clear.”

Mind Self Enjoy Behinds Sun Clear Greater Teaching Reflection Clouds Appreciation Spending Enjoyment Reflecting Self Reflection Emerging Dharma Spending Time Gateways

Author:Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche