Henry Reed Quotes

Seeing comes from the inside, from the heart, from life's experiences.

With age comes a greater wisdom, an ease and comfort with oneself.

We are graced with a greater capacity for direct contact with our own higher power than most of us are in the habit of using.

The profound self is a universal self.

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

As you grow older, you learn to understand life a little better.

You get clarity as you get sober, and you get clarity as you get older.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

I'm 21 years old and I think that I've got a lot of perspective in life.

As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things.

Inspiration is God making contact with itself.

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.

I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was.

My overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be.

Running fills a need so we make fewer demands on others. Running reveals the roots of negative thinking, so the weeds can be pulled. Running reconnects the soul to the source, inspiring hope and creativity.

At the age of 60, I am less experimental and more mature. I want most of all to convey my understanding of life.

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool.

Everything in life is a lesson and I have learned from each marriage. Yes, I've made mistakes but every experience is a learning curve.

Prayer's important, not just as some kind of a metaphysical exercise, but I think it's a way to refresh one's own mind and motive. If you're praying, you're really looking beyond your own personal thoughts and the pressures that are around you.

Whether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn't know.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

I've had a lot of 'aha' moments, but the big 'aha' about growing older is the mental freedom.

I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.