Quotes About Introspection

The Sayings of Confucius: "At fifteen I thought only of study; at thirty I began playing my role; at forty I was sure of myself; at fifty I was conscious of my position in the universe; at sixty I was no longer argumentative; and now at seventy I can follow my heart's desire without violating custom."1

you know who you are.

only you know who you are.

only you really know yourself and only you can really make your decisions.

Did I read because I was lonely, or was I lonely because I started to read?

retrospective smartness

There is a long time in me between knowing and telling.

That heartbreaking moment when you finish an amazing book, and you are forced to return to reality.

God, how much easier it would be, I felt, if coming out were something that just happened to me . For queerness to seek me out, and not the other way around. To be a passive observer in my personal journey than to participate in my own life.

One pill makes you largerAnd one pill makes you smallAnd the ones that mother gives youDon't do anything at all.Go ask AliceWhen she's ten feet tall.

Quando avisto essa cambada, encolho-me, colo-me às paredes como um rato assustado. Como um rato, exatamente.

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear, which is inherent in a human condition

Rationally speaking, blaming one's behavior on alcohol or drugs is like blaming the ladder by which you descended into a pit, or the staircase that took you down to a cellar, for what you found there.

Go deep within yourself and be fearless in search of the treasure you are but have momentarily forgotten.

I'm curious about life, period.

All my day is spent dealing with other people. When I come home I like it to be empty. The presence of others in my house kind of annoys me. I love coming home and shutting the doors. I feel brain dead. I'm relatively available, but not to live with.

I'm often dating people, but I don't say it because you sort of know it won't last long.

Find hard to talk to stranger. Terrible at chit-chat. Think people look at me funny then I start panic think have to be clever all of time. They not understand I artist, not entertainer! Magic of Bigfoot what happen when people not looking.

If you can't stand your own company alone in a room for long hours, or, when it gets tough, the feeling of being in a locked cell, or, when it gets tougher still, the vague feeling of being buried alive--then don't be a writer.

People read books, didn't they, to get away from themselves, to escape the troubles of their lives?

There's a palace in your head, boy. Learn to live in it always.

Talking to oneself, I have often thought, is the best way to be sure of intelligent and witty conversation.

Golf gives you an insight into human nature, your own as well as your opponent's.

Remember friends as you pass by, As you are now so once was I. As low as I you once must be, Prepare yourself and follow me.