Reflection Native American Quotes & Sayings

The outward light is but a reflection of the inner. — Anasazi Foundation

In my opinion, it was chiefly owing to their deep contemplation in their silent retreats in the days of youth that the old Indian orators acquired the habit of carefully arranging their thoughts.
They listened to the warbling of birds and noted the grandeur and the beauties of the forest. The majestic clouds - which appear like mountains of granite floating in the air - the golden tints of a summer evening sky, and the changes of nature, possessed a mysterious significance.
All of this combined to furnish ample matter for reflection to the contemplating youth. — Francis Assikinack

I thought the original Communist revolutionaries coordinated themselves a bit better and didn't go around shouting about it. — John Lennon

...but the future is a teenage crackhead who makes shit up as he goes along. — Chuck Klosterman

They shout that they want to shape a better future, but it's not true. The future is only an indifferent void no one cares about,but the past is filled with life, and its countenance is irritating, repellent, wounding, to the point that we want to destroy it or repaint it. We want to be the masters of the future only for the power to change the past. We fight for access to the labs where we can retouch photos and rewrite biographies and history. — Milan Kundera

I wanted a trumpet concerto that reflected Native American music because, well, there aren't any. I looked around for one but couldn't find anything. So it's a wide-open field. — Christopher Moore

Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension. — Joshua Loth Liebman

In the end, what hurt the most was he got to be the one to leave and I was left holding the shattered pieces. — B.B. Reid

All around the castle, a briary hedge began to grow, with thorns as sharp as barbs. — Jane Yolen