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• Thirst drove me down to the water
  where I drank the moon's reflection.

  Rumi

  Moon, Water, Sufi

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.35, Penguin UK

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• To the vast majority of people a photograph is an image of something within their direct experience: a more-or-less factual reality. It is difficult for them to realize that the photograph can be the source of experience, as well as the reflection of spiritual awareness of the world and of self.

  Ansel Adams

  Photography, Spiritual, Reality

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• Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

  Baltasar Gracian

  School, Self, Self Reflection

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.39, Shambhala Publications

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• Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose
  he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it.
  But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life
  that one exists for other people.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Thinking

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.8, Broadway Books

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• The unexamined life is not worth living.

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  In Plato 'Apology' 38a

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• Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Creating, Way, Failing

  Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)”, p.262, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

  Ernest Dimnet

  Discovery, Mind, Objects

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• A photograph must come from imagination and not be a reflection of what is.

  Thierry Mugler

  Imagination, Photograph

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• Make sure the outside of you is a good reflection of the inside of you

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Positive, Personality

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 19, 2017

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• There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.

  Denis Diderot

  Knowledge, Mean, Facts

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

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• There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Art, People, Meditation

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• Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

  Charles Dickens

  Inspirational, Happiness, Thanksgiving

  Charles Dickens (1839). “Sketches by Boz”, p.172

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• Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you're just a reflection of him?

  Bill Watterson

  Real, Puddles, Wonder

  "Calvin and Hobbes". Comic strip by Bill Watterson, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 1985 – December 31, 1995.

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• A lake is a landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Beautiful, Nature, Eye

  Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.35, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragon". Book by Mark A. Bryan with Julia Cameron and Catherine A. Allen, p. 160, 1999.

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• The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

  Thomas Merton

  Relationship, Spiritual, Inspirational Love

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• The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind.

  Wayne Dyer

  Happiness, Spiritual, Attitude

  "Dr. Wayne Dyer Lives On" by Stephanie Seibel, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 3, 2015.

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• The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied

  Confucius

  Mirrors, Objects

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• Women need real moments of solitude and self reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Inspirational, Strong Women, Real

  Barbara De Angelis (1995). “Real Moments”, Dell

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• What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is the ideas and impressions that are aroused in you by your reading. It is the ideas stirred in your own mind, the ideas which are a reflection of your own thinking, which make you an interesting person

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Running, Reading, Thinking

  Eleanor Roosevelt (2011). “You Learn By Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life”, p.15, Harper Collins

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• Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, God

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.24, St. Martin's Press

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• What you do with your life and how you do it is not only a reflection on you, but on your family and all of those institutions that have helped to make you who you are.

  Hank Aaron

  Institutions, Our Family, Who You Are

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• I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Love, Motivational, Strength

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• The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

  Deepak Chopra

  Love, Life Is, Feels

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Nov 17, 2010

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• Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.

  Confucius

  Time, Waste, Study

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