“This is love: You stop bothering about the universal, the general, get sucked instead into the local and particular: When will I see her again? What shall we do today? Do you like these shoes? Theory and reflection are delicate old uncles bustled out of the way by the boisterous nephews action and desire. Themes evaporate, only plot remains.” WayLoveTodayActionDesireLove YouParticularTheoryReflectionUniversalRemainsShoesLocalsBotherThemePlotDelicateUnclesNephewBoisterous Author:Glen Duncan
“The water in the stream may have changed many times, but the reflection of the moon and the stars remains the same.” MayStarsWaterChangedMoonReflectionRemainsUnityStreams Author:Rumi
“A failure remains a failure only if we refuse to learn from it. Any situation that teaches us greater humility, sobriety, wisdom about self and others, responsibility, forgiveness, depth of reflection, and better decision making -\-\teaching us what's truly important-\-\is not an ultimate failure. Sometimes what we deem a failure at the time it happens actually serves to foster a change within us that creates an even greater success down the road.” IfsImportantSelfSometimesHappensDecisionResponsibilitySituationTeachGreaterTeachingHumilityReflectionUltimateRemainsDepthRefuseDecision MakingSobrietyDown The Road Author:Marianne Williamson
“I will be my undoing, If I become my obsession. I will forget the ones I love, If I do not serve them. I will war with others, If I refuse to see them. Therefore, I choose to turn away From my reflection, To rely not on myself But on my brothers and sisters, To project always outward Until I disappear [And only God remains.]” IfsWarTurnsForgetBrotherProjectsReflectionRemainsRefuseDisappearObsessionRelyMy BrotherBrothers And SistersUndoingAbnegation Author:Veronica Roth
“The more abstractly correct and hence powerful this idea will be, the more impossible remains its complete fulfillment as long as it continues to depend on human beings... If this were not so, the founders of religion could not be counted among the greatest men of this earth... In its workings, even the religion of love is only the weak reflection of the will of its exalted founder; its significance, however, lies in the direction which it attempted to give to a universal human development of culture, ethics, and morality.” IfsMenGivingHumansLongIdeasEarthLyingCultureReligiousHuman BeingsLove IsPowerfulImpossibleDependsDevelopmentMoralityReflectionEthicsWeakUniversalRemainsFulfillmentSignificanceCatholicismFoundersExaltedHuman DevelopmentMein KampfGreatest Man Author:Adolf Hitler
“Religion becomes a hollow shell of its former self when ritual remains and thoughtful reflection disappears.” SelfReflectionRemainsDisappearFormerThoughtfulRitualShellsMuslimHollow Author:Nouman Ali Khan
“At present, [in the desert] an exasperating clarity reigns. The sky has become less visible than water in a jar. Black peaks, spines of granite, a twisted tree are sculpted in this atmosphere basted with reflections. All that remains: a countryside of imperishable contours.” BlackWaterNatureTreeSkyReflectionRemainsClarityDesertAtmosphereVisibleReignTwistedSpineCountrysideJarsGraniteAll That Remains Author:Mohammed Dib
“Directing remains very psychological, and it takes a lot of time and reflection. When you're an actor, it takes less time, and you can express yourself physically.” ActorsReflectionRemainsPsychologicalExpress Yourself Author:Guillaume Canet