6 Quotes by Kilroy J. Oldster about reflection
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
One of the salient facts of a self is that a person is constantly undergoing a series of actions in the immediacy of time that they must later reflect upon and synthesize new experiences, thoughts, feelings, and mental impression along with their latent memories into a collaborative sense of being.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
Personal essay writing that incites the mind and instigates personal growth involves examination and re-examination, a process of noticing and reflecting upon what a person perceives. Essayistic writing is an osmotic process wherein a person intuitively absorbs information and ideas, allows inchoate thoughts to gestate in the unconscious mind, and then consciously places the emergent strands of language and logic into an orderly and expressive format.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
There is more than one road to spiritual salvation. We discover a philosophical way of living by encountering the world, culling knowledge from all available resources, and thinking reverently about life.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
Nostalgia is a bittersweet emotion; it entails the act of recalling complicated memories of bygone days.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
The most evocative life memories, which produced a synesthesia of emotions, consist of a host of small pleasures intertwined with the homespun stitches of love, affection, kindness, humility, and appreciation of nature.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
The purpose of life is to become acquainted with the deepest recesses of a person’s own mind by reflecting upon what a person reads, witnesses, and personally experiences. Wisdom is a form of power. Lacking knowledge of the world and without comprehending the essence of humanity, we can never know the truth of our own being.
- Tags
- Share