It is not by muscle speed or physical dexterity that great things are achieved but by reflection force of character and judgment.

A battle lost or won is easily described understood and appreciated but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection as well as observation to appreciate it.

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

That's why I like to get out there and get people to see the other side of Mitt and know us in a different reflection when you see the family and how funny he is with the boys and with the grandkids. And you know just what a super guy he is. That's part of what I am doing is letting people see the other side of Mitt.

My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall - what's going to happen in this scene or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary sloppy reflection of who I am.

Everything family does is reflection on the other people.

Action and faith enslave thought both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection criticism and doubt.

When I'm writing I'm constantly thinking about myself because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact reflection of myself in every face in the audience but I know that my songs have validity to them and that's why the fans are there.

A little reflection will show us that every belief even the simplest and most fundamental goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions.