Quotes About Introspection

I like the darkness. It clarifies my thinking. – Gabriel Allon

A man who is pleased with himself can be an adequate restorer but only a man with a damaged canvas of his own can be a truly great restorer. Luigi Conti

Shamron nodded in agreement. Age had given him the ability to at least see his own shortcomings, even if it had robbed him of the time needed to remedy them.

I sat still, my head down, staring at a spot between the numbered tiles. I could feel his inquisitive brown eyes on me. Finally, I shrugged and said, 'I don't know.

If the goal of science is to make us feel awkward and ignorant in the presence of things we once understood perfectly well, then psychology has succeeded above all others.

How do you know when it's me?" "Your footsteps are apologetic?" "What does that mean?" She turned, smiling wiping her hands on her long, black skirt. "It doesn't mean anything," she said. "Everybody else here just does what they want to do and doesn't think twice about it. But you're never sure.

Being alone was lonely, but there was an even greater loneliness sometimes when he was surrounded by a lot of other people who were constantly making demands of him. He needed a break. C

Honesty can siphon off a few regrets and resentments if you tap in to it. Let that sink in.

I ain't shit! I ain't shit! shouts your brain, and this place proves the point.

I pulled the rearview down and looked at myself in the mirror for a spell, trying to spot virtues.

A wise old owl lived in an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke, The less he spoke, the more he heard, Why aren't we all like that old bird?

the enemy that's going to paralyze you with fear is your own sense of self-importance and your excessive ego. The thought of not living up to the image of yourself that you want everyone to see is a source of tremendous anxiety. At

nothing good will ever come from people who are more familiar with the dust of the library than with the light of the sun.

watched John and I

By spending years and years living entirely for yourself, thinking only about yourself, and having responsibility to no one but yourself, you end up inadvertently extending the introverted existence of a teenager deep into middle age.

Age eventually catches up and forces a person to reckon with what is important in life and what counts as achievement.

Like serial killers and three of the worst men I ever dated, I never really had a grasp on what I was supposed to feel sorry about. Week after week, I filled the confessional with lies. I yelled at my teacher. I stole my best friend's favorite toy. I kicked a dog. I punched my brother in the nuts.

Percival guessed that his prey preferred to listen, letting her friends carry on with whatever amusing nonsense filled their lives, while she privately assessed their habits, cataloging their strengths and faults with clinical ruthlessness.

Mislila sam, kao što ljudi u teškim nevoljama misle, da ?e mi promena mesta pomo?i da zaboravim svoj bol, kao da svoju nesre?u ne nosimo U sebi.

I wish to live in peace with myself and not with the world.

I dislike people who get out of things unscraped. No scars, no scratches. Agnosceo veteris vestigia flamme. Refined through a scar.

U zoru, osvanusmo ispod stola, iznad bola.

Veliko vam hvala, gospo?o, idem da potražim ku?u u kojoj sam živeo. Ne, hvala vam, više bih voleo da budem sam.

I kind of call myself an atheist, I suppose - although quite a spiritual atheist, I hope.