Quotes About Inner

The taboos that constitute a man's intellectual stature, often sedimented experiences and unarticulated insights, always operate against inner impulses that he has learned to condemn, but which are so strong that only an unquestioning and unquestioned authority can hold them in check.

The Real Me may actually have no obvious connection to the Me as it acts in the world and appears to others. It is a secret and beautiful garden only accessible only by means of psychology

Only in rare instances and with rare individuals does there seem to be any guiding light from within.

Deep in their roots all flowers keep the light.

Wer stark ist, kann sich erlauben leise zu sprechen.

But let us lay the axe to the very root of our life, that, being cleansed from affections, we may possess our souls in peace.

Y así, no cualquier cosa alcanzada o multiplicada exteriormente aprovecha; sino más bien la despreciada y desarraigada del corazón. No entiendas eso solamente de las posesiones y de las riquezas; sino también de la ambición de la honra, y deseo de vanas alabanzas, todo lo cual pasa con el mundo.

Lo que más impide la consolación celestial, es que muy tarde vuelves a la oración. Porque antes de orar con atención, buscas muchas consolaciones, y te recreas en lo exterior. De aquí viene que todo te aprovecha poco, hasta que conozcas que yo soy el que libro para los que esperan en Mí; y fuera de Mí no hay auxilio eficaz, consejo provechoso, ni remedio durable.

To walk inwardly with God, and not to be held by any outer affections, is the state of a spiritual man.

For a spiritual person, it is commendable to rarely venture out, avoid being seen, and have no desire to see others.

A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.

The worldling will not face his colossal inner blah.

The most enduring battle is between head and heart; what would be efficient and logical is nearly always trumped by what is messy and illogical.

I'm actually a sci-fi nerd on the inside; I just happen to be symmetrically put together on the outside.

I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.

I have nine compartments in my brain, and four of them don't stop.

From the outside, my life seemed charmed, and I would say as much to anyone who asked. And yet deep down, part of me would also have known that I was lying.

An authentic life comes from an authentic self in which the layers on the outside are merely expressions of the core on the inside.

Books that teach us to dance: There are writers who, by portraying the impossible as possible, and by speaking of morality and genius as if both were high-spirited freedom, as if man were rising up on tiptoe and simply had to dance out of inner pleasure.

I mine the human soul For undiscovered strength.

I am a weak, ephemeral creature made of mud and dream. But I feel all the powers of the universe whirling within me.

The human soul is heavy, clumsy, held in the mud of the flesh.

You've got a devil inside you, as well, but you don't know his name yet, and, since you don't know that, you can't breathe. Baptise him, boss, and you'll feel better!

You, too, have a devil inside you but you still don't know his name and because you don't know his name, you suffocate. Baptize him, Boss, and you'll find relief.