Quotes About Introspectiveness

I don't really know what my personality is anyway. I don't really have one.

A lot of photographers walk around looking for something 'out there,' but I'm very much interested in what's 'in here.'

I hate celebrating birthdays.

I don't mind to speak about myself until a certain point, but I think there's also stuff which is for myself that nobody has to know.

IN THIS EVER-CHANGING world there are two important things that we should keep in mind. The first is self-examination. We should re-examine our own attitude towards others and constantly check ourselves to see whether we are practising properly. Before pointing our finger at others we should point it towards ourselves. Secondly, we must be prepared to admit our faults and stand corrected.

Would you think he was anybody like you?

apropos of nothing.

It may be laid down as a position which seldom deceives, that when a man cannot bear his own company, there is something wrong.

The thoughtful man becomes a hermit in the thoroughfares of the marketplace.

The task of the solitary man is to be even more solitary.

I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.

A man by himself is in bad company.

I, painting from myself and to myself, Know what I do, am unmoved by men's blame Or their praise either.

Beloved brother, let us not forget that man can never get away from himself. [Ger., Lass uns, geliebter Bruder, nicht vergessen, Dass von sich selbst der Mensch nicht scheiden kann.]

To gain an overall understanding of oneself does not require looking outward - it requires the strength of looking inward.

It is my nature to thin where others read.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

I don't walk around talking about my life and spouting my philosophy to people I don't know. I mean, if I get to know them, I'll talk for hours. I guess I like a lower-key scene.

We should not look for more in others, Rather find more within ourselves

All that could happen was alone with me and I was alone with it.

We would rather explore the far side of the moon or the bottom of the ocean than the hidden depths within ourselves.

La creación le había dado no solo una densidad insólita, sino también la capacidad de no esperar nada de nadie.

I wasn't a misanthrope and I wasn't a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself.

Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you.