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“To find out what is truly individual in ourselves, profound reflection is needed; and suddenly we realize how uncommonly difficult the discovery of individuality is.”

Individual Difficult Realizing Consciousness Needed Reflection Conscious Discovery Profound Individuality Individuation

Book:The Collected Works

Source: The Collected Works

“The act of learning itself is no longer seen as simply a matter of information transfer, but rather as a process of dynamic participation, in which students cultivate new ways of thinking and doing, through active discovery and discussion, experimentation and reflection.”

“My discovery of Tarkovsky's first film was like a miracle. Suddenly, I found myself standing at the door of a room the keys of which had, until then, never been given to me. It was a room I had always wanted to enter and where he was moving freely and fully at ease.”

Firsts Dream Wanted Film Moving Found Language Given Felt Rooms Knowing Doors Keys Reflection Discovery Standing Miracle Ease Capture

Author:Ingmar Bergman

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

“The examen is a form of personal inventory. At day’s end, spend time in prayerful reflection on your day: your comings and goings, routines and disruptions, work and play, discoveries and disappointments. Think about who you met, or missed. Think about your moments of aloneness. In all, ask two questions: when was I most alive, most present, most filled and fulfilled today? And when was I most taxed, stressed, distracted, depleted today? A simpler, and more spiritually focused, version of those questions: when did I feel closest to God, and when farthest?”

“Less and less is life animated through personal discovery, intimacy with others, or self-reflection. While life has become more manageable for many people, it has become commensurately less engaged.”

People Self Reflection Discovery Intimacy Engaged Existential Self Reflection Animated Manageable

Author:Kirk J. Schneider

“The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search.”

Mind Objects Reflection Discovery Satisfying

Author:Ernest Dimnet

“Learning emerges from discovery, not directives; reflection, not rules; possibilities, not prescriptions; diversity, not dogma; creativity and curiosity, not conformity and certainty; and meaning, not mandates.”

Creativity Possibility Diversity Reflection Discovery Curiosity Certainty Conformity Dogma Prescriptions Mandates

Book:The Power to Transform: Leadership That Brings Learning and Schooling to Life

Source: The Power to Transform: Leadership That Brings Learning and Schooling to Life

“Art is a site of wonder and discovery—or rediscovery. Art is a place where we might learn what we think, not a place where we teach the reader what we've already processed.”

Art Wonder Teach Reader Reflection Discovery Learn

Book:Dear Writer: Pep Talks and Practical Advice for the Creative Life

Source: Dear Writer: Pep Talks and Practical Advice for the Creative Life

“Next, I went in the shower to lather every inch of my body and stayed for so long inside, I walked away with soggy fingertips. I think we should have soggy fingertips at least once a day. The shower is the only place we can be ourselves before they take us away again.”

Soul Meditation Loneliness Identity Reflection Discovery Privacy Finding Yourself The Goodbye Song Knowing Yourself

Book:The Goodbye Song

Source: The Goodbye Song