Any child who is self-sufficient, who can tie his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement the image of human dignity which is derived from a sense of independence.
— Maria Montessori
Restlessness Self Reflection quotations

Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.

Realize that your world is only a reflection of yourself and stop finding fault with the reflection. Attend to yourself, set yourself right; mentally and emotionally. The physical self will follow automatically.
The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.
Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future.

The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind.
You have to self-reflect. If you forget who you actually are, then what's the use of even looking in the mirror.
People not only gain understanding through reflection, they evaluate and alter their own thinking.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?
Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.
There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world.
We turn outward, attracted by the beauty we see in created things without realizing that they are only a reflection of the real beauty. And the real beauty is within us.
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

If you are willing to look at another person's behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person. then you will, over a period of time, cease to react at all.
I found the Divine within my Heart.
Kids look up to me. I'm not saying I make my music for kids, I do what I feel, its just a self reflection of how I am as a person and it relates to a lot of people.

My fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness.
Without anxiety and illness, I am a ship without a rudder. My art is grounded in reflections over being different from others. My sufferings are part of my self and my art. They are indistinguishable from me, and their destruction would destroy my art. I want to keep those sufferings
The training is a set of interpersonal interactions that lead to emotional and intellectual experiences that provide a circumstance and an intrument for self awareness, self observation and reflection on the circumstances of the subject trainee, both in his individual life and as a social being.
Normally we do not like to think about death.
We would rather think about life. Why reflect on death? When you start preparing for death you soon realize that you must look into your life now... and come to face the truth of your self. Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.

Sometimes you've got to be able to listen to yourself and be okay with no one else understanding.
Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.
It’s not stress that kills people, but how they react to it.

Muhāsaba is your best selfie.
I gazed at every mirror on the planet, not one gave back my reflection.
People of the world don't look at themselves, and so they blame one another.

The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are.
Painting has always been a means of self-expression for me.
Therefore, I paint because I have to and need to, not necessarily because I want to. Subconsciously or not, the figures I paint are a reflection of myself and whatever mood I am in at the time, so every painting is in essence a self-portrait.
O, happy the soul that saw its own faults.

Pedagogy is not about training, it is about critically educating people to be self reflective, capable of critically address their relationship with others and with the larger world. Pedagogy in this sense provides not only important critical and intellectual competencies; it also enables people to intervene critically in the world.
Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.
Less and less is life animated through personal discovery, intimacy with others, or self-reflection. While life has become more manageable for many people, it has become commensurately less engaged.
This is the key to life: the ability to reflect, the ability to know yourself, the ability to pause for a second before reacting automatically. If you can truly know yourself, you will begin the journey of transformation.
City lights shine bright on my complexion, Self-reflection.
..red hairs flashing at the intersection. Life is a green light, one star, no script, Supporting actors...fresh peaches, no pit.