Reflection Quotes

I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture.

~ Susan Orlean

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

~ Albert Einstein

Everyone and everything that shows up in our life is a reflection of something that is happening inside of us.

~ Alan Cohen

A healthy social life is found only when, in the mirror of each soul, the whole community finds its reflection, and when, in the whole community, the virtue of each one is living.

~ Rudolf Steiner

My new dressing goal is to make little kids and babies smile at all the bright, clashing colours I can wear at once. It makes me laugh when I catch sight of my own reflection - life is too short not have fun!

~ Liz Goldwyn

My younger brother's death in Vietnam was both sobering and cause for reflection. In 'Fallen Angels' I wanted to dispel the notion of war as either romantic or simplistically heroic.

~ Walter Dean Myers

Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books?

~ Octavio Paz

Reflection makes men cowards.

~ William Hazlitt

We do have our challenges. Some things don't always work right in Washington, and the anger you see from the electorate, I think, is a reflection of what's not working right.

~ Bill Flores

Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.

~ John Podhoretz

Whether at work, at home or in public, we have been trained to believe that who we are at the core of our being is often unacceptable. As a result, we work diligently to live up to - and sometimes down to - what others have made us out to be, whether or not it is an accurate reflection of who we are.

~ Iyanla Vanzant

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.

~ John Lennon

Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.

~ Alan King

Our laws are a reflection of our culture. Our culture does not condone the torture of innocent and defenseless creatures. And we as a society believe all God's creatures should be treated humanely.

~ Joe Moore