Mirrors Quotes — Page 34

Military Leader, Emperor

“It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.”

Men Mistake Mirrors

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Zhuangzi

Philosopher

“Water becomes clear and transparent when in a quiescent stage. How much the more wonderful will be the mind of a sage when poised in quiescence! It is the mirror of heaven and earth, reflecting the ten thousand things.”

Water Heaven Mirrors

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Karl Kraus

Playwright, Journalist

“Nothing is more horrible than my self in the mirror of hysteria. Nothing is more vulgar than my style in the hands of another. Toimitate me is to punish me.”

Self Hands Mirrors

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Italo Calvino

Writer

“Elsewhere is a negative mirror. The traveler recognizes the little that is his, discovering the much he has not had and will never have.”

Mirrors Travel Negative

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Haruki Murakami

Writer

“No matter how long you stand there examining yourself naked before a mirror, you'll never see reflected what's inside.”

Long Mirrors Naked

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Mariah Nelson

Musician

“Like families, competitors can bring out the worst as well as the best in each other. Like romance, competition has many faces, some of them ugly. In addition to showing me my grace and graciousness, the mirror of sports has reflected back to me my jealousy, pettiness, and arrogance.”

Sports Mirrors Romance

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Leon Trotsky

Revolutionary, Politician

“If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one's life, without seeing oneself in the "mirror" of literature?”

Literature Mirrors Shaving

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Leonardo da Vinci

Artist, Scientist, Inventor

“The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without being conscious of their existence.”

Eye Intelligent Mirrors

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Henry David Thoreau

Writer, Philosopher

“It required some rudeness to disturb with our boat the mirror-like surface of the water, in which every twig and blade of grass was so faithfully reflected; too faithfully indeed for art to imitate, for only Nature may exaggerate herself.”

Art Nature Mirrors

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Jiddu Krishnamurti

Philosopher, Speaker

“Understanding of the self only arises in relationship, in watching yourself in relationship to people, ideas, and things; to trees, the earth, and the world around you and within you. Relationship is the mirror in which the self is revealed. Without self-knowledge there is no basis for right thought and action.”

Ideas Self Mirrors

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Jim Carrey

Actor, Comedian

“Ultimately, we’re not the avatars we create. We’re not the pictures on the film stock. We are the light that shines through it. All else is just smoke and mirrors. Distracting, but not truly compelling.”

Light Mirrors Shining

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Jean Cocteau

Poet, Novelist, Playwright

“Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.”

Funny Humor Mirrors

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