Reflection

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.

Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.

Cormac McCarthy

The night brings counsel.

The night brings counsel.

French proverbs

Your best teacher is your last mistake.

Your best teacher is your last mistake.

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

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

Charles Dickens

Happiness cannot come from without, it must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.

Happiness cannot come from without, it must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

Marcus Aurelius

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.

Marcus Aurelius

Ask thyself, daily, to how many ill-minded persons thou hast shown a kind disposition.

Ask thyself, daily, to how many ill-minded persons thou hast shown a kind disposition.

Marcus Aurelius

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this: man's being unable to sit still and quiet in a room alone.

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this: man's being unable to sit still and quiet in a room alone.

The velocity with which time flies is infinite, as is most apparent to those who look back.

The velocity with which time flies is infinite, as is most apparent to those who look back.

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.

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.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

Winston Churchill

The reverse side also has a reverse side.

The reverse side also has a reverse side.

Japanese proverbs

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Soren Kierkegaard

If God is satisfied with the work, the work may be satisfied with itself.

If God is satisfied with the work, the work may be satisfied with itself.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.

Marcus Aurelius