Quotes About Introspection

Respect the delicate ecology of your delusions.

I abandon myself to these alleyways tonight content to become someone else

Largely this is a class thing - writers tend to be cosseted little middle-class kiddies who think that the world owes them a royalty cheque. But just doing it - being in your room for years on end, locked in your head, alone with invented ghosts - it weakens and softens the body. And I know I can't just live in my head.

I suspected it was just that I no longer cared so much. And that felt like the saddest thing in the world

We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.

The paradox is that when you can get into right versus wrong bickering in personal relationships -- even if you believe you have won -- you have lost.

The range of what we think and do Is limited by what we fail to notice And because we fail to notice That we fail to notice There is little we can do To change Until we notice How failing to notice Shapes our thoughts and deeds.

We are already the most overinformed, underreflective people in the history of civilization," argue Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey

De los hechos pasados y presentes no sé cuáles son verdad y cuáles mentira. Mi cabeza es como un cuarto desordenado en que todo ha cambiado de sitio. Busco algo y no lo encuentro.

Men hva annet kan vi gjøre enn å grave fram vårt eget mørke og stirre på det så lenge som mulig, håpe at det en dag skremmes bort fra våre egne, hatefulle øyne.

Kan dere sitte her og late som om verden er den samme? Når bladene har hengt seg opp på trærne igjen, når regnet har trukket seg tilbake i skyene, når sola har splintret tåka, når det har gått et menneske gjennom skolegården og lagt gullstøv i grusen, kan dere bare sitte her og si at alt er som før?

O máis sobranceiro da vida en soidade é que rematas coñecéndote a ti mesmo. Non hai necesidade de tratar de entender a ninguén. Podes dirixir todas as túas cavilacións cara a dentro. Neste momento, e estou ben certo diso, non hai nada no meu interior que me resulte descoñecido. (P. 81)

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone.

You can be self-empowered and still learning about how you think about things daily.

I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul. Dive deep into your soul and explore it. I don't want to renounce my dark side. The truth has always held an enormous interest for me.

Haze all clouding up in my mind in the daze of the why it could've never been.

Give me life Give me pain Give me myself again.

He said, first let's just unzip your religion down.

I must become my own owner, my own authority. I must be a home to myself, and I must find a way to live what I believe.

I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.

This is not your standard rock star's I-was-born-a-poor-genius self-deification, nor is it the opposite

The problem with Christianity is, they think everything is about outside forces, good and evil. There's not a lot of inner work encouraged. -Rolling Stone 1998

If you really want a challenge, just deal with yourself.

Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much. But you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin.