Quotes About Introspection

As I have yet to meet a gentleman I wished to spend the rest of my days with, I would say the failure was on their part rather than mine.

Blame has no face. I have walked on its staircase, around and around, trying to slap its face but only hitting my own cheeks.

At parties I tend to get analytical, observing people rather than joining in'.

I was crazy back then, I must admit. I had an extreme attitude.

There is a subtle but inescapable connection between the "sacred" attitude and the acceptance of one's in most self.

I didn't have the self-promotion instinct, and I just didn't care about it. I sort of had a "beat" attitude.

The proper conceptual view is attained only through introspection.

A crushing defeat is the most humbling inoculation for arrogance.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you.

The beauty of darkness is how it lets you see.

I learned early on, having known the most handsome, successful, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, don't ever spend too much time looking in the mirror.

I'm not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.

Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.

real beauty is so deep you have to move into darkness to understand it.

I learned to see beauty in everything and ugliness in everything. I developed a very honest perspective.

At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy.

Did you ever sit quietly with your back straight, not moving, just only cherishing the beauty of silence?

I cried over beauty, I cried over pain, and the other time I cried because I felt nothing. I can't help it. I'm just a cliché of myself.

True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.

As a person, I'm pretty much the same except that I've come to terms with who my real friends and supporters are. I don't get particularly friendly with new people at first go.

When I was young, I wanted my appearance to be more interesting than what surrounded me. Now the body part I like best is my eyes, because they bring beauty to me.

Faith goes out through the window when beauty comes in at the door.

The only beautiful things are the things that do not concern us.