Quotes About Introspection

Everything that's ever happened to you or occurred to you in your life informs every decision you make—and also influences what questions you decide to ask. So it can be useful to step back and inquire, Why did I come up with that question?" Burton adds, "Every time you come up with a question, you should be wondering, What are the underlying assumptions of that question? Is there a different question I should be asking?

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

Your greatest strength is knowing what you cannot do.

After Petty's therapist heard the song "Wildflowers," he asked who the singer was addressing. "I told him I wasn't sure," Petty says. "And then he said, 'I know. That song is about you. That's you singing to yourself what you needed to hear.' It kind of knocked me back. But I realized he was right. It was me singing to me.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.

Make no man your idol, for the best man must have faults; and his faults will insensibly become yours, in addition to your own.

I have no ambition to shine beyond my abilities.

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.

I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories.

There is nothing like the silence and loneliness of night to bring dark shadows over the brightest mind.

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Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.

The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value.

after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head

The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.

To those that are not accustomed to it the inner beauty appears as ugliness because humanity in general inclines to the outer and knows nothing of the inner.

The artist must be blind to "recognized" and "unrecognized" form, deaf to the teachings and desires of his time. His open eyes must be directed to his inner life and his ears must be constantly attuned to the voice of inner necessity.

I'd never compared myself to being dead before, but it was the only thing I could think of. The only thing worse than the situation I faced.

I wasn't ready to feel as bad as I did. I'd never felt so lonely.

Forget all you know or think you know; abandon power and enforced decree. Inward, where the deepest rivers flow, find the currents of eternity. - Fin Raziel

Sometimes I wonder whether I have felt everything I'm ever going to feel

Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first.

Only you can keep yourself spiritually healthy by feeding yourself. No one can do it for you by proxy.

We don't forget that we are Christians. We forget that we are human, and that one oversight alone can debilitate the potential of our future.