Quotes About Inner Reflection

#1. Your ability to still your mind through the process of meditation and inner reflection and outer change brings a stillness to the mind all the time, even in the midst of the busiest activities.

Frederick Lenz

#2. Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner life is difficult to achieve, especially in these trying times. It takes reflection and contemplation and self-discipline.

William L. Shirer

#3. It is utterly useless to try to change the outer world, for it is but a reflection of inner causes. The true seeker seeks to change himself.

Vernon Howard

#4. Maybe, the lesson we can all learn from the inner sadness of a Narcissist is to see through our own fabrications, our own illusions so that we can be set free to be real once more.

Shannon L. Alder

#5. Time, place, and space for all things, but spending [the] majority of one's time playing in outer places, and far less time exploring inner space, is perhaps the worst form of neglect. Don't play yourself; the real you awaits.

T.F. Hodge

#6. The seeker for perfection must discover in his own life the reflection of the inner light.

Okakura Kakuzo

#7. When a not-doing comes upon you, and there is no reflection of yourself to be found, many things can and will be related back to you as knowledge, yet you have no way of knowing how you assimilated that wisdom.

Lujan Matus

#8. One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment.

Robert E. Quinn

#9. What helps most is remembering that such a cry or attack or sly blow is a reflection of that other person's inner state; it is not an omniscient summary of you. Your reaction reflects your own inner state, and that can tell you which aspects of your own inner world are needy of attention. p.291

Stephanie Dowrick

#10. The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.

Xun Zi

#11. what we see in the outer world is a pure reflection of the inner. We want to have love and peace, but the question is, "Are we willing to be love and peace?

Deborah L. Johnson

#12. Each image suggests an inner reality, a kind of scar of the past, a reflection of an act or an event once lived.

Peter C Bunnell

#13. In Zen we do everything perfectly. We feel that our outer actions are a reflection of our inner state. We call it mindfulness.

Frederick Lenz

#14. Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action - to be a leader.

Peter Koestenbaum

#15. Because your life is a reflection of your inner Self, causality comes exclusively in changing your own nature, not trying to change the external world out there by manipulating it.

Thomas Daniel Nehrer

#16. In most of our dreams, our inner eye of reflection is shut and we sleep within our sleep. The exception takes place when we seem to awake within our dreams, without disturbing or ending the dream state, and learn to recognize that we are dreaming while the dream is still happening.

Stephen LaBerge

#17. Grace is the outer reflection of a woman's inner soul. It's the single and unique beauty of her submission. It's her gift to give to the man she loves.

Riley Murphy

#18. Life gives us many opportunities to learn about ourselves. Lessons are presented to us through our outside world, because it's a reflection of our inner world

Hina Hashmi

#19. Your outer world mirrors your inner world. How you view your outer world is how you view you, your inner world, the 'you' that needs your care, your attention, your compassion and your love.

Kelly Martin

#20. The most beautiful birds do not know how beautiful they are until they see their reflection in water.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#21. Whenever a time arises where clarity is desired, it is always wise to reflect on the sage within.

Sereda Aleta Dailey

#22. I have never known a really chic woman whose appearance was not, in large part, an outward reflection of her inner self.

Mainbocher

#23. My paintings are reflections of my own inner mysteries ... they all reflect my relationship to my steadiest of companions and muses - nature and animals ...

Katherine Dunn

#24. Whatever we attempt is a reflection of our inner thirst, which we hope to quench in all these external ways. What we are looking for lies within us, and if we gave out time and energy to an interior search, we would come across it much faster, since that is the only place where it is to be found.

Ayya Khema

#25. Whatever results you're getting, be they rich or poor, good or bad, positive or negative, always remember that your outer world is simply a reflection of your inner world. If things aren't going well in your outer life, it's because things aren't going well in your inner life. It's that simple.

T. Harv Eker

#26. The home is the center of your soul; it's a total reflection of your inner life. If you have a dreary home, it means you are dark inside.

Alexandra Stoddard

#27. Mother Dolores Hart's prose is a reflection of the inner beauty she has always possessed. A fascinating read ... and read again!

Robert Evans

#28. The outer world is a reflection of our inner selves.

Bryant McGill

#29. I think a lot of self-identity and inner-personal development is hampered by consumerism and capitalism because we see ourselves as a reflection of the TV, rather than as a reflection of the people who are around us, truly.

Aloe Blacc

#30. The outward light is but a reflection of the inner.

Anasazi Foundation

#31. You cannot be fresh and feeling fine, wearing a washed vest under an unwashed shirt; or, an unwashed vest over a washed shirt. Both have to be clean, to provide a sense of tingling joy. So too outer and inner cleanliness is but the reflection of the inner achievement.

Sathya Sai Baba

#32. Whatever you see when you look at your self will be the reflection of your inner perception.

Debasish Mridha

#33. Writing bridges the inner and outer worlds and connects the paths of action and reflection.

Christina Baldwin

#34. Your outer world of attitudes, wealth, work, relationships and health will always be a reflection of your inner attitudes of mind.

Brian Tracy

#35. Learning to love my inner and outer beauty wasn't an easy road. I still don't always love the reflection I see in the mirror, but I have learned that my outer appearance does not define me.

Katherine Schwarzenegger

#36. People say the space you live in is a reflection of your inner self.

Philippe Dupuy

#37. Most of us want to have our minds continually occupied so that we are prevented from seeing ourselves as we actually are. We are afraid to be empty. We are afraid to look at our fears.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

#38. Crisis is what suppressed pain looks like; it always comes to the surface. It shakes you into reflection and healing.

Bryant McGill

#39. Beauty is not the reflection of your image, but the reflection of the seer's inner vision.

Debasish Mridha

#40. Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world.

T. Harv Eker

#41. Beauty is not out there; it is the reflection of your inner beauty. You carry it with you always.

Debasish Mridha

#42. Through art we can see the reflection of the inner world of an artist.

Debasish Mridha

#43. The way we experience the pilgrimage is a reflection of our inner state,' the imam said. 'To some of us it will be a strenuous trial, whereas to others every step of the way is a joy, despite the privations and discomfort.

Kristiane Backer

#44. I suppose the daily disciplines are just a reflection of the qualities of my inner world - a mixture of paralysis and terror and a lighter, freer, kind of rebellious woman. So those are just constantly pushing against each other, and that's played out in every area of my life.

Miranda July

#45. Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.

Albert Einstein

#46. Look at the world as a reflection of your inner state.

Deepak Chopra

#47. To persevere is always a reflection of the state of one's inner life, one's philosophy and one's perspective

David Guterson

#48. Self-forgiveness is a daily practice of the humble, strong and mentally sane. It is an intentional preservation of inner-peace and a reflection of a healthy self-concept.

Shannon Tanner

#49. The act of gaining true insights from self - reflection is a futile action for most ... as there are easy way out things like self justification, rationalization, delusions and denial which keeps us away from our true self, the inner core and thus we live contented

Anubhav Mishra

#50. The outer eyes see only by reflection. The vibrationsfrom the inner eye, optic, is conveyed along the opticnerves and produced, spectacular, on the ether.

George Carey

#51. Set a daily solitude time for reflection and rethinking.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#52. The pollution of the planet is only an outward reflection of an inner psychic pollution: millions of unconscious individuals not taking responsibility for their inner space.

Eckhart Tolle

#53. If your outer life is really a reflection of the quality of your inner life, then it's a brilliant move to spend at least an hour a day working on yourself.

Robin Sharma