Quotes About Introspection

I don't want to change the world; I want to evolve myself.

We can't change the world except insofar as we change the way we look at the world - and, in fact, any one of us can make that change, in any direction, at any moment.

I was trying to change things on the outside and you can't. You've got to feel it on the inside and everything else will change.

I try to focus on using my energy to change things, but there are times when I feel so bad.

Sometimes when you lose it's better than when you win. Losing to Sokoudjou made me focus on what went wrong, it made me change things and come back better.

I think that all the time I lived alone changed me.

The ego is there, but I'm learning to channel it.

A night out isn't just chaos and hedonism. It can be beautiful as well and there's a sadness to the end of it.

'Sixth Street' is probably a new chapter for me. All of the songs were written in my apartment where I'm most comfortable, and at that point, I understood who I was and knew what I was feeling about life.

I don't think it would be very difficult for me to open the chapters of my life because there isn't much there.

I found myself sort of becoming a character actor, though I don't know if that would be my natural makeup.

You cannot analyse your personality. It is like trying to understand the essential characteristics of a person.

Approaching 50, I am living a life that is less sunlit Waldman/Chabon than tattered Charles Bukowski.

My first thought was always a cigarette. It still is, but I haven't cheated.

I like to check out of reality for a little bit when I listen to music and kind of go somewhere, so I feel like the more broken-down acoustic songs tell stories to me the best.

I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.

I'd rather write a check than make myself look ridiculous.

The only reason I look back is to check if I've been doing something wrong. I look at things from even three years ago and think, 'I wouldn't do that now.' Your life changes.

We can't create change until we recognize and check our own actions.

I probably need to hold my emotions in check a little more, but that's just part of my wiring, too.

I don't have an ego. I check it at the door.

My ego has been in check for a long time.

When you hang out with yourself, you learn to keep yourself in check.

Someone once told me we have in our minds who we want, and often those aren't the people we actually want. Like, once there was a girl I thought was perfect for me - I had every box checked with her. But I just didn't feel anything.