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Quotes About Internal

Really rather fascinating, you know,' he confided, and I recognized, with an internal sigh, the song of the scholar, as identifying a sound as the terr-whit! of a thrush.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Really rather fascinating, you know," he confided, and I recognized, with an internal sigh, the song of the scholar, as identifying a sound as the terr-whit! of a thrush. Harking to the call of a kindred spirit, Frank at once settled down to the mating dance of academe, and they were soon neck-deep in archetypes
~ Diana Gabaldon
I look good, but I probably have the insides of Elvis.
~ David Hasselhoff
Classical science, the mythical science of a simple, passive world, belongs to the past, killed not by philosophical criticism or empiricist resignation but by the internal development of science itself.
~ Ilya Prigogine
something is always eluding me, but internally, whenever I explore this infinite space inside me. Nothing much has changed since the good old days when people first started going into space. Malina: Infinite? Me: Of course. How could this space be anything but infinite?
~ Unknown
For Winnicott, the "transitional space" between the internal world and "reality" becomes a space for creative play and imagination
~ Unknown
Those who concentrate on the subject's "real relationships" to the exclusion of phantasy and the internal world have of course abandoned psychoanalysis as a "science of the unconscious".
~ Unknown
Mindfulness teaches us that thoughts are just thoughts; they are events in the mind. They are often valuable but they are not "you" or "reality." They are your internal running commentary on yourself and the world
~ J. Mark G. Williams
Give boys permission to have an internal life, approval for the full range of human emotions, and help in developing an emotional vocabulary so that they may better understand themselves and communicate more effectively with others.
~ Unknown
Unsaid So much of what we live goes on inside- The diaries of grief, the tounge-tied aches Of unacknowledged love are no less real. For having passed unsaid What we conceal Is always more than we dare confide. Think of the letters we write our dead.
~ Dana Gioia
You see now how little nature requires, to be satisfied. Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things, and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatsoever state he is. This consists in a full resignation to the will of Providence, and a resigned soul finds pleasure in a path strewed with briers and thorns.
~ Daniel Boone
Purpose isn't about tapping into some mystical internal drive but rather about creating simple beacons that focus attention and engagement on the shared goal.
~ Daniel Coyle
Intrinsic motivation is of great importance for all economic activities. It is inconceivable that people are motivated solely or even mainly by external incentives.
~ Daniel H. Pink
He demonstrates that meaning is possible in spite of suffering—indeed, that meaning can sometimes grow from suffering. But he also emphasizes that suffering is not a prerequisite to finding meaning. The search for meaning is a drive that exists in all of us—and a combination of external circumstances and internal will can bring it to the surface.
~ Daniel H. Pink
They're working hard and persisting through difficulties because of their internal desire to control their lives, learn about their world, and accomplish something that endures.
~ Daniel H. Pink
On the subjective side of reality, resonance can be detected internally as we look to the other and recognize evidence that the other is changed because of our own internal world. We see a tear forming at the edge of the other's eyes as we have just told a sad story. We
~ Daniel J. Siegel
We need to know what's behind it, what's causing it. If we focus only on our child's behavior (her external world) and neglect the reasons behind that behavior (her internal world), then we'll concentrate only on the symptoms, not the cause that's producing them. And if we consider only the symptoms, we'll have to keep treating those symptoms over and over again.
~ Daniel J. Siegel
Instead, the point here is about embracing the notion that one can live with an internal focus of motivation and a sense of respect for the inner, authentic experience of being alive.
~ Daniel J. Siegel
We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long - such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority.
~ Gary Zukav
I know that in my family there are histories of violence that are internal family things and that are oftentimes dealt with internally. By internally, I mean inside the family group, but also partly inside ourselves. You know, self-hatred and hostility and rage and this cycle that won't break.
~ Kara Walker
Most dramatically, and perhaps least noticed, is the violence inside Saudi Arabia itself.
~ Michael Scheuer
By focusing on one external calamity after another, Charlotte has been distracting herself from the real crises in her life—the internal ones. Sometimes "drama," no matter how unpleasant, can be a form of self-medication, a way to calm ourselves down by avoiding the crises brewing inside.
~ Lori Gottlieb
say, but the words welled up in him, hard
~ Lori Wilde
Whatever we are battling, internally or externally, the table is right there in the middle of the trouble, at the epicenter of conflict.
~ Louie Giglio