“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.” GivingHeartSimpleViewsMeditationReflectionRootsCuriosityIntellectSpeculationRefinedRestlessnessMultiplicityDeep Roots Author:Francois Fenelon
“As the reflections of our pride upon our defects are bitter, disheartening, and vexatious, so the return of the soul towards God is peaceful and sustained by confidence. You will find by experience how much more your progress will be aided by this simple, peaceful turning towards God, than by all your chagrin and spite at .the faults that exist in you.” SoulSpiritualitySimpleProgressPrideReturnReflectionFaultsBitterPeacefulSpiteDefectsChagrinDisheartening Author:Francois Fenelon
“Thanksgiving is a time of quiet reflection; an annual reminder that God has, again, been ever so faithful. The solid and simple things of life are brought into clear focus.” SimpleClearFocusQuietReflectionFaithfulRemindersSimple ThingsAnnualsQuiet Reflection Author:Charles R. Swindoll
“A man, engaged in his simple reflections in everyday life, will comprehend neither the possibility, nor the benefits of self-sacrifice, but, when given ("qu'on lui donne", Fr.) a great cause to defend, and he will find only natural to sacrifice oneself for it.” MenSelfGivenCausesNaturalSimpleSacrificePossibilityBenefitsReflectionEverydayOneselfEngagedEveryday LifeSelf SacrificeDonne Author:African Spir
“I'm feeling more and more thoughts that aren't songs, just reflections. I'm always been very shy and in some ways a prisoner in one language and I feel that the liberation of creativity has to be in all senses. So I've been deciding to publishing something very simple but very small at the same time, nothing egocentric.” WayFeelsFeelingsSongLanguageSimpleCreativityReflectionSensesLiberationShyPrisonerPublishingEgocentric Author:Ana Tijoux
“Poets are political, they have to be reflections of their times [because] they're living in their times... Poetry is political in that it's standing in opposition to fascism. Good poetry asks a bunch of questions and asks the audience to interact with themselves or see themselves in it; maybe you like it or you don't like it. But the fascist sort of stuff plays on your fears and tells you to jump on the party line and gives some simple excuses - blame this person.” GivingPersonsPlayPoliticalAsksStuffLinesSimplePartyAudiencePoetReflectionStandingBlameExcuseBunchOppositionPoetry IsFascismFascistsYou Like ItGood PoetryTime Poetry Author:John Cusack
“Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves.” HumansHuman BeingsSimpleEnvironmentBehaviorReflectionChaosComplexity Author:Herbert Simon
“If we trace the progress of our minds, and with attention observe how it repeats, adds together, and unites its simple ideas received from sensation or reflection, it will lead us farther than at first, perhaps, we should have imagined.” IfsShouldMindFirstsIdeasTogetherSimpleAttentionProgressReflectionShould HaveAddRepeatsSensationsSimple Ideas Book:An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Source: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
“The mind being, as I have declared, furnished with a great number of the simple ideas conveyed in by the senses, as they are found in exterior things, or by reflection on its own operations, take notice, also, that a certain number of these simple ideas go constantly together... which, by inadvertency, we apt afterward to talk of and condier as one simple idea.” MindIdeasTogetherCertainFoundSimpleNumbersReflectionSensesOperationsExteriorSimple Ideas Author:John Locke
“The art of the indirect approach can only be mastered, and its full scope appreciated, by study of and reflection upon the whole history of war. But we can at least crystallize the lessons into two simple maxims- one negative, the other positive. The first is that, in face of the overwhelming evidence of history, no general is justified in launching his troops to a direct attack upon an enemy firmly in position. The second, that instead of seeking to upset the enemy's equilibrium by one's attack, it must be upset before a real attack is, or can be successfully launched” FirstsArtTwoWarRealWholeFacesSimpleEnemyStudyPositionLessonsApproachReflectionEvidenceNegativeDirectSeekingUpsetOverwhelmingTroopsJustifiedMaximsAppreciatedScopeEquilibriumIndirectLaunching Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“However, I believe that large groups make markets, so serving the needs of large groups is a simple approach to success in business success. But that's no reflection on whether or not they're making wise moves or good calls. It's just about filling the need.” NeedsBelieveMovingI BelieveSimpleWiseGroupsApproachReflectionServingBusiness SuccessFillingLarge Groups Author:Lewis Schiff
“Whatever results you're getting, be they rich or poor, good or bad, positive or negative, always remember that your outer world is simply a reflection of your inner world. If things aren't going well in your outer life, it's because things aren't going well in your inner life. It's that simple.” IfsWorldLifeWellsRememberSimplePoorResultsSecretRichReflectionNegativeSimple LifeInner LifeInner WorldOuter WorldsRich Or Poor Author:T. Harv Eker
“Mere numbers cannot bring out ... the intimate essence of the experiment. This conviction comes naturally when one watches a subject at work. ... What things can happen! What reflections, what remarks, what feelings, or, on the other hand, what blind automatism, what absence of ideas! ... The experimenter judges what may be going on in [the subject's] mind, and certainly feels difficulty in expressing all the oscillations of a thought in a simple, brutal number, which can have only a deceptive precision. How, in fact, could it sum up what would need several pages of description!” NeedsFeelsMindMayIdeasFactsFeelingsHandsHappensScienceSimpleNumbersWatchesSubjectsJudgingPagesReflectionEssenceDifficultyBlindMereConvictionAbsenceExperimentsIntimateDescriptionBrutalRemarksPrecisionDeceptiveOscillation Author:Alfred Binet
“There is no danger if our prayer is without words or reflection because the good success of prayer depends neither on words nor on study. It depends upon the simple raising of our minds to God, and the more simple and stripped of feeling it is, the surer it is.” IfsMindFeelingsPrayerSimpleStudyDangerDependsReflectionSaintOur PrayersGood Success Author:Jane Frances de Chantal
“The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation - standing at the board, staring straight at his opponent. While I was wearing these glasses, all he could admire was his own reflection.” SimplePsychologyReflectionStandingAimGlassesAdmireStaringBoardsOpponentsOccupationFavouriteKarpov Author:Viktor Korchnoi
“Love does not reflect. Love is simple. Love never mistakes. Likewise believe and trust without reflection, for faith and trust are also simple; or better: God, in whom we believe and in whom we trust, is an incomplex Being, as He is also simply love.” BelieveDoeChristianSimpleLove IsMistakeReflectionOrthodoxOrthodox ChristianSimply LoveSimple Love Author:John of Kronstadt
“Michaelangelo said the mirror is our greatest teacher. My use of mirrors in my work helps me uncover psychic layers. Often, the face is distorted in the mirror so it is much more than a simple reflection. Sometimes something surprising emerges - some darkness or secret appears without us knowing why or giving it permission.” GivingSaidSometimesHelpingUseFacesSimpleSecretDarknessKnowingTeacherPhotographyReflectionMirrorsPhotographerHelp MeSurprisingLayersPermissionPsychics Author:Joyce Tenneson
“The arts, as a reflection of human existence at its highest, have always and spontaneously lived up to this demand of plenitude. No mature style of art in any culture has ever been simple.” HumansArtCultureSimpleExistenceStyleDemandHighestReflectionMatureHuman ExistencePlenitude Book:Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order Source: Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order