Jean Cocteau Quotes

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.

You know what keeps me humble? Mirrors!

Men do not mirror themselves in running water; they mirror themselves in still water.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Reflection is not something you have a lot of time for.

I'm trying to make work that is reflective and is encouraging of reflection.

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'

Prison gives you time to reflect.

The way a man looks at himself in a mirror will tell you if he can ever care about anyone else.

The world is a reflection of who we are and if we don't like the reflection, it doesn't really help to break the mirror.

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

I think it's always important to reflect anyway, no matter what age you're approaching or what milestone is in front of you. Reflection should be almost a daily thing if possible.

We have so committed ourselves in different ways that we have hardly any time for self-reflection, to observe, to study.

When I was young, every time I criticized someone, my mother would stand me in front of the mirror and say: 'The flaws you see in others are actually a reflection of yourself.' That taught me to pay close attention when I looked at others.

Everyone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back to you.

REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter

You might want to put this in the back of your craw and think about it.

No matter where you go, you always see yourself in the rearview mirror.

We are the mirror - As well as the face in it.

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we discover that our life is embosomed in beauty.

The past reflects eternally between two mirrors - the bright mirror of words and deeds, and the dark one, full of things we didn't do or say.

Mirrors, those revealers of the truth, are hated; that does not prevent them from being of use.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

I think everybody at some point - especially if they've been working their whole lives - should take time out and think about what they've done.