Quotes on Self Reflection

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

The unexamined life is not worth living.

We have so committed ourselves in different ways that we have hardly any time for self-reflection, to observe, to study.

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.

O, happy the soul that saw its own faults.

Your Remedy is within you, but you do not sense it._x000D_ _x000D_ Your Sickness is from you, but you do not perceive it._x000D_ _x000D_ You Presume you are a small entity,_x000D_ _x000D_ But within you is enfolded the entire universe._x000D_ _x000D_ You are indeed the evident book,_x000D_ _x000D_ By whose alphabet the hidden becomes the manifest._x000D_ _x000D_ Therefore, you have no need to look beyond yourself,_x000D_ _x000D_ What you seek is within you, if only you reflect.

When the artist finds himself he is lost. The fact that he has succeeded in never finding himself is regarded by Max Ernst as his only lasting achievement.

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.

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

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

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly _x000D_ themselves.

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

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

People of the world don't look at themselves, and so they blame one another.

Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind, and is as various as nature herself.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.

Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.