Quotes About Introspection

Doth any man live more to himself, or less to God, than the proud?

Who teach the mind its proper face to scan, And hold the faithful mirror up to man.

If I were but a man who would be tall, I would be me.

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

Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having.

It is easy for a man who sits idle at home, and has nobody to please but himself, to ridicule or censure the common practices of mankind.

A man, doubtful of his dinner, or trembling at a creditor, is not much disposed to abstracted meditation, or remote enquiries.

The life of a solitary man will be certainly miserable, but not certainly devout.

Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves.

The man who is truly wise knows that he knows very little.

The greatest of all mysteries is the man himself.

The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves first.

No man easily admits that he is afraid.

He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.

No man can justly censure or condemn another, because indeed no man truly knows another.

What are your historical Facts still more your biographical Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts

Pin thy faith to no man's sleeve. Hast thou not two eyes of thy own?

A man--be the heavens ever praised!--is sufficient for himself.

Men measure not only other men, but all other things, by themselves.

He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.

The traces of our life here will lie cold and still, dreaming, like the brittle eyes of dolls in an abandoned cabin, and the last men will look to them for explanations, or apologies.

Insight into the two selves within a man clears up many confusions and contradictions. It was our understanding that preceded our victory.

Poor Knight! he really had two periods, the firsta dull man writing broken English, the seconda broken man writing dull English.

A more conscious life is one in which a man is conscious not only of what he sees, but of the prejudices with which he sees it.