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“Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed of it in our adolescence and maturity. That is why childhood seems so long. Probably every period of life is multiplied by our reflections upon the next.”

Long Seems Life Is Next Childhood Periods Reflection Impression Maturity Adolescence

Author:Cesare Pavese

“The reflections that the boys of this age are to be the men of the next; that they should be prepared to receive the holy charge which we are cherishing to deliver over to them; that in establishing an institution of wisdom for them, we secure it to all our future generations; that in fulfilling this duty, we bring home to our own bosoms the sweet consolation of seeing our sons rising under a luminous tuition, to destinies of high promise; these are considerations which will occur to all.”

Source: Jefferson: Writings

“I learned capacity for self-reflection very early, finding it through interior monologues that books are so good at and that visual media is so bad at because it's so boring - nothing's happening. In a book, you can be inside the narrator's head for 50 pages, and nothing needs to happen. Then you learn to be inside your own head without something needing to happen. It's a very good antidote to a crazy, restless, "what's next?" culture - that you can just be in your own head and nothing is happening except that this is a rich place. I love that.”

“Hip hop is just a reflection of what's going on, or where the art is....Technology definitely gives artists a new mind, new voice and creativity. Right now people need to be more places at once....so whatever can get people to the next level to be efficient is how technology is going to be used......The danger is if people are relying too much on the machines, that new mind and new voice always has to come from within.”

People Ifs Needs Giving Mind Art Used Artist Next Voice Levels Creativity Technology Too Much Danger Right Now Reflection Art Is Machines Hip Hop Hips Hops Efficient Next Level

Author:Del tha Funkee Homosapien

“Over the years I have forged intimate familial ties with these characters, who are reflections of a portion of myself. Consequently, even a character who appeared only once in a short story waits now in the wings, concealed by the curtain, for his next appearance on-stage. Not one of them has ever broken free of his familial ties with me and disappeared for ever - at least, not within the confines of my heart.”

Years Heart Character Stories Next Waiting Stage Broken My Heart Reflection Wings Appearance Ties Intimate Short Story Portions Curtains Concealed Forged

Author:Shusaku Endo

“I am ashamed every day, and more ashamed the next. But I will spend the rest of my life in this living space writing these notes, this journal, recording my acts and reflections, finding some honor, some worth at the bottom of things. I want ten thousand pages that will stop the world.”

World Want Writing Next Space Honor Thousand Ten Findings Pages Reflection Notes Bottom Ashamed Journal

Book:Cosmopolis: A Novel

Source: Cosmopolis: A Novel

“And suddenly solitude fell across his heart like a dusty reflection. He closed his eyes. The dark doors within him opened and he entered. The next performance in the theater of Grenouille's soul was beginning.”

Heart Soul Eye Next Dark Doors Solitude Reflection Performances Theater His Eyes Grenouille

Author:Patrick Süskind

“The Mediterranean has the color of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don't always know if it is green or violet, you can't even say it's blue, because the next moment the changing reflection has taken on a tint of rose or gray.”

Ifs Knows Mean Art Moments Next Taken Color Reflection Blue Green Rose Gray Violet Mackerel

Book:Letters

Source: Letters

“The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image.”

Love Humans Heart Kind Moments Hate Universe Next Mystery Divine Personality Despair Reflection Human Heart Godly God Image

Book:The Marrow of Tradition

Source: The Marrow of Tradition

“It is always the first and last steps that are the hardest to take. We walk away and try not to turn back, or we stand just outside the gates, terrified to find what's waiting for us now that we've returned. In between, we stumble blindly from one place and life to the next. We try to do the best we can. There are moments like this, however, when we are neither coming nor going, and all we have to do is sit and look back on the life we have made.”

Trying Firsts Looks Made Moments Lasts Turns Next Waiting Walks Steps Reflection Hardest Gates Terrified Do The Best Firsts And Lasts

Author:Dinaw Mengestu

“Failure is all a matter of perspective. Think of all the people you admire. I guarantee you they all failed at one time or another. The key is to recognize setbacks for what they really are-entry points for learning, not validation that you aren't good enough. After a disappointment analyze your actions, get feedback from friends, and take inventory of what you could do better next time. This type of self-reflection and improvement will ultimately make success inevitable.”

“And first he will see the shadows best, next the reflections of men and other objects in the water, and then the objects themselves, then he will gaze upon the light of the moon and the stars and the spangled heaven...Last of all he will be able to see the sun.”

Men Firsts Light Able Lasts Next Heaven Stars Water Sun Objects Moon Reflection Shadow Plato

Author:Plato

“Thoughts turn to other's just a little more this time of year. Days grow shorter and memories grow longer. Families and friends gather in celebration or hope. Giving is a reflection of our love and caring for each other and those less fortunate. May your thoughts turn to gratitude this holiday season and carry on throughout the next year.”

“Not just any talk is conversation; not any talk raises consciousness. Good conversation has an edge: it opens your eyes to something, quickens your ears. And good conversation reverberates: it keeps on talking in your mind later in the day; the next day, you find yourself still conversing with what was said. That reverberation afterward is the very raising of consciousness; your mind's been moved. You are at another level with your reflections.”

Mind Said Stills Eye Next Levels Consciousness Talking Conversation Reflection Ears Raises Moved Edges Finding Yourself Next Day Good Conversation Reverberation

Book:We've had a hundred years of psychotherapy-- and the world's getting worse

Source: We've had a hundred years of psychotherapy-- and the world's getting worse

“Based on my time living with rats and mice in Washington, D.C., I have always assumed that animals will escape such fires, since their senses of smell, wariness of such dangers, and ability to move through almost invisible holes is so impressive, but I think that we should not dismiss the possibility that they, also, will be harmed. These reflections do not, of course, rule out burning meat trucks. And they don't mean that when the next slaughterhouse or vivisection lab burns down, I will denounce those who carried out the burning, or that I will feel anything other than joy in my heart.”

“Your home should be a reflection of how you want to live right now, and for the next phase of your life.”

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Author:Martha Stewart