reflection Quotes

I think the written word is probably the best medium of communication because you have time to reflect, you have time to choose your words, to get your sentences exactly right. Whereas when you're being interviewed, say, you have to talk on the fly, you have to improvise, you can change sentences around, and they're not exactly right.

It is possible in medicine, even when you intend to do good, to do harm instead. That is why science thrives on actively encouraging criticism rather than stifling it.

We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes.

Bereavement is terrible, of course. And when somebody you love dies, it's a time for reflection, a time for memory, a time for regret.

What matters is not the facts but how you discover and think about them.

I'm not much given to straight, irony-free hero-worship.

I'm not a good observer. I'm not proud of it.

I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding about ourselves.

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.