Quotes About Introspection

All resistance is a rupture with what is. And every rupture begins, for those engaged in it, through a rupture with oneself.

I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.

It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.

It's easier to criticize somebody else, than to see yourself.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why. But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high.

My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life.

Every fool has a reason for feeling sorry for himself.

In all the poems I've written I've not really engaged in politics, and when I've found myself moving in that direction I've always stopped myself.

A man in his own secret meditation / Is lost amid the labyrinth that he has made / In art or politics.

Everyone must act according to the dictates of his own reason.

Do we dare to be ourselves?' This is the question that counts - and not, 'Must a man be helpless?' ...A man can do something for peace without having to jump into politics.

I realize it's probably best to keep my politics to myself.

It's a big deal for me to say I'm over politics.

We regret mistakes were made.

I had realized in the meantime that action too has its difficulties, and that one can also be led to it by neurosis. We are not saved by politics any more than by literature.

I've accepted that I was a failure in politics. I was not qualified for the job.

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

As a man is, so he sees.

You are what you think about all day.

People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.

What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.

Become aware of what you are thinking and you will recognize a law between your mood and your surrounding circumstances.