Juliette Binoche Quotes

Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out - in us, in someone else, in the Universe.

I'm always writing at night - things I would change, things I would do differently. When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

I'm always calculating what I want to do, who I want to be, what I want to accomplish. I don't need to worry about that - that's always there on a slow simmer. The muscle I have to work on is being more present.

My goal is to get quieter as I get older.

People make mistakes all the time. We learn and grow. If there's patience and love, and you care for people, you can work them through it, and they can find their greatest heights.

I'm like a recovering perfectionist. For me it's one day at a time.

I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.

The roles I think about and can't stop thinking about - on the subway, when I'm riding my bike, when I'm running - are the things I connect to.

I lay back and see how I can do things the right way.

Change comes from reflection.

You have to be critical of what you do every day, to analyze it and be willing to push it further.

Everyday something must be achieved inwardly.

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.

You'll consider what you did wrong & bookend your reflections with hunger - no supper, no breakfast.

The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought to have spent in solitude and meditation, in endeavoring to make myself worthy of being loved.

Going nowhere isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.

Through love and sincerity continuously beautify your inner life in every way, by daily looking into the mirror of introspection.

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

Life began for me, when I ceased to admire and began to remember.

A leader is a person who must take special responsibility for what's going on inside of himself or herself ... lest the act of leadership create more harm than good.

I want to become acutely aware of all I've taken for granted.

For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.

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

The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the life too closely examined may not be lived at all.