Reflectivity Equation Quotes & Sayings

It is alarming to consider how many major life decisions we take primarily in order to minimise present-moment emotional discomfort. — Oliver Burkeman

As the Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel warned years ago, to forget a holocaust is to kill twice. — Iris Chang

Usually, historical revelations come from days of legwork, ploughing through piles of letters and papers in archives or even private homes, looking for the telling phrase or letter that someone else has missed. — Kate Williams

I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability. — Bertrand Russell

You have always had individual directors who begin in the advertising or commercial world, but they are probably exceptions rather than the traditional pattern. — Ann Macbeth

How well he's read, to reason against reading! — William Shakespeare

Every man must get to Heaven his own way. — Frederick The Great

She tried to remind herself that beauty was only skin deep, but that didn't offer any helpful excuses when she was berating herself for never knowing what to say to people. There was nothing more depressing than an ugly girl with no personality. — Julia Quinn

All was forgiven.
All living things were brothers, and all dead things were even more so. — Kurt Vonnegut

I'm the well-trained fruit tree, he thought. Full of well-trained feelings and abilities and all of them grafted onto me - all bearing for someone else to pick. — Frank Herbert

Well sometimes I do not listen to music. But when I do it could range from Frank Sinatra to Copeland. I spend a great deal of time playing the piano because it really is my salvation at times. But I am perfectly happy just going on a long bike ride that takes many days to complete and staying away from music for a bit. It always feels so fresh when you return to the instrument with a different observation of things than when you were last there. — Tony MacAlpine

Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not. — Ieyasu Tokugawa

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes. — Andrew Carnegie

Ah, damn it, lass,'he called after her. 'I've busted my stitches wide open.'
'What?'she cried, hurrying back to him. 'Let me see!'
'Ah-ha!' He snared her around the waist, dragging her down with him to his lap.'You still care for me! — Kresley Cole

The couple trapped behind the glass could fool anyone. They looked content with each other; they looked happy. Their embrace looked warm, subtle and safe. But anybody outside the mirror world could see the truth. — Barbara C. Doyle