Thoughtful Reflection Quotes

Listen to many, speak to a few.

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

[Commenting on Ronald Reagan:] I don't think he ever thought anything through.

Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.

I'm more cerebral than I want to be.

Few men think, yet all will have opinions.

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in showing his feelings in expressing his ideas about many things - I found that very interesting.

Only a development of thought achieved through the self-education of the whole man can prevent any body of thought whatsoever from becoming a poison; can prevent enlightenment from becoming an agent of death.

It is safe to make a choice of your thoughts, scarcely ever safe to express them all.

Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.

He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.

Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better.

I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.

Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

What can't be said can be written. Because writing is a silent act, a labor from the head to the hand.

When I was younger I didn't want to hang around with anyone. But now I feel so comfortable. I convey my thoughts, my emotions, I can communicate better, I have a better understanding of the world. Now I have a sense of purpose. It makes me think a lot more about things.

Maybe you've had the experience where somebody's asked you a question and you give an answer, then later in the day you think, "Oh, I wish I'd said that!" I tend to journal these things and put the answers in sermons.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Posing good questions is harder than it might seem... It's hard because asking good questions requires you to see past the easy answers and to focus instead on the difficult, the tricky, the mysterious, the awkward, and sometimes the painful. ... Great leaders don't have all the answers, but they know how to ask the right questions - questions that force others and themselves to move past old and tired answers, questions that open up possibilities that, before the question, went unseen.

It's interesting because I don't ever want to ask a better question than I can answer, if that makes sense. I find that frustrating as a viewer. Compelling questions, while not easy, are easier than compelling answers.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

I think you can't be passive in making this film - or in watching it.

Once, I went to the premiere of a film, and the producer asked me if I liked it. I said it's crap. But I don't say that anymore. Now I say I have to think about it. If you ever hear me say that, you know the answer!