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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

“The higher powers of the reflective intellect are more decidedly and more usefully tasked by the unostentatious game of draughts than by all the elaborate frivolity of chess.”

Games Higher Reflection Intellect Chess Higher Power Draught Frivolity

Book:The Best of Poe

Source: The Best of Poe

“If all things in this universe exist, it is because they participate in the Being of God, if there are some things with life, it is because they are reflections of the life of God; if there are beings endowed with intellect and will - like men and angels - it's because they are a participation of the Sovereign Intellect which is God.”

Ifs Men Universe Reflection Angel All Things Intellect Sovereign Participation

Author:Fulton J. Sheen

“The light of common sense is fundamentally the same light as that of science, that is to say, the natural light of the intellect. But in common sense this light does not return upon itself by critical reflection, and is not perfected by what we shall learn to know as a scientific habit.”

Knows Doe Light Natural Common Return Habit Reflection Critical Intellect Common Sense Not Perfect Natural Light Critical Reflection

Book:An EPZ Introduction to Philosophy

Source: An EPZ Introduction to Philosophy

“Avoid all refined speculations; confine yourself to simple reflections, and recur to them frequently. Those who pass too rapidly from one truth to another feed their curiosity and restlessness; they even distract their intellect with too great a multiplicity of views. Give every truth time to send down deep root into the heart.”

Giving Heart Simple Views Meditation Reflection Roots Curiosity Intellect Speculation Refined Restlessness Multiplicity Deep Roots

Author:Francois Fenelon

“Happiness and sadness are just two eternal truths like day and night. A man of superior intellect is never affected by these emotions. They are not base emotions at all but a reflection of our thoughts, a reaction to our perspective on things we see, hear and do. Equanimity is not only desirable in a warrior, but a must. Without it, you are as good as dead in the battlefield.”

Source: ASURA: Tale of the Vanquished

“The "Bhagavad Gita" is actually a very good text for yoga - the yoga of love, the yoga of action or karma, the yoga of understanding of intellect, and the yoga of reflection and meditation. I think it's a very important map for understanding the nature of consciousness.”

Thinking Important Action Understanding Consciousness Meditation Reflection Yoga Very Good Intellect Karma

Author:Deepak Chopra

“She is a reflection of comfortable middle-class values that do not take seriously the continuing unemployment. What I particularly regret is that she does not take seriously the intellectual decline. Having given up the Empire and the mass production of industrial goods, Britain's future lay in its scientific and artistic pre-eminence. Mrs Thatcher will be long remembered for the damage she has done.”

“In every man there are two minds that work side by side, the one checking the other; thus emotion stands against reason, intellect corrects passion and first impressions act a little, but very little, before quick reflection.”

Men Mind Firsts Littles Two Reason Passion Sides Emotion Reflection Intellect Every Man Impression First Impression Two Minds

Book:Parade's End

Source: Parade's End

“What is a Person? is a clear and comprehensive reconsideration of the meaning of human personhood as the central core of social structures. With breadth of intellect and balance of wisdom, Smith resets the frame of reflection for the most important discussions of the twenty-first century.”

“Modern man's besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of his intellect to that of his immediate intuitions.”

Men Feelings Sacrifice Modern Circumstances Perception Reflection Direct Intuition Intellect Temptation Spontaneous Modern Man Verdict

Book:Complete Essays: 1926-1929

Source: Complete Essays: 1926-1929