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
One of the fundamental choices you face in every encounter is the choice to approach or avoid.
We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well.
I always figured that once I wrapped a film, then anything beyond that is none of my business. If I can avoid seeing the final product, then all I have in my head is feeling good about the experience.
To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.
One of the principal goals in my life has been to avoid embarrassing my children by doing the job I do. I hope I've managed to do that, and I hope that, with the job I'm in now, they are, if not proud, at least unembarrassed by it. I must say, my three are most agreeable children, who do nothing but delight me.
I have tried to avoid long numerical computations, thereby following Riemann's postulate that proofs should be given through ideas and not voluminous computations.
Looking at the world today, we might easily forget that the main purpose of our life - you could call it the heart of being human - is to be happy. All of us share the same wish, and the same right, to seek happiness and avoid suffering. Even following a spiritual path, or the religious life, is a quest for happiness.
Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime. . . Please, treat your garlic with respect. . . Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic.
If history records good things about good people, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good; or if it records the evil of wicked people, the godly listener or reader is encouraged to avoid all that is sinful and bad, and to do what he knows to be good and pleasing to God.
Avoid food products with more than five ingredients; with ingredients you can't pronounce.
Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of my own.
I learnt an enormous amount, but there came a point where I found there was too much stress. It was no fun any more. Outside of the chessboard I avoid conflict, so I thought this wasn't worth it.
It would be wonderful if we could avoid the setbacks with timely exits, but nobody has figured out how to predict them.
We best avoid wars by taking even physical action to stop small ones.
I'm a dyslexic person, so I avoid books.
It would be nice to avoid the world, to leave it and all its threats and unhappiness. Not to die or anything like that, but to find a place of solitude and solace.
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
If you approach Billy Martin right, he's Okay. I avoid him altogether.
Grief is the price we pay for being close to one another. If we want to avoid our grief, we simply avoid each other.