Quotes About Introspection

Nothing vague, idle, or purely speculative, is to occupy man in the retreat. He comes to learn to conquer himself; to free himself from evil passions; to reform the disorder, great or little, of his past life, and to regulate it for the future by a plan conformable to the Divine will.

Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.

Like vanishing dew, a passing apparition or the sudden flash of lightning -- already gone -- thus should one regard one's self.

we're lost where the mind can't find us utterly lost

fucking flattery, success, money. I just sit back and suck my thumb.

sometimes all I am is dark emptiness I can't hide in the sleeves of my own robes

ten dumb years I wanted things to be different furious proud I still feel it

night after night after night stay up all night nothing but your own night

Cred c? poetul e într-o perpetu? revela?ie pe care proza n-o aduce, ceva rezervat celor pu?ini.

Everyone has it To know what it is. Take a journey deep within And open your eyes wide. Then you will see everything.

At that moment, a voice inside me asked, "Who am I?" The answer from inside of me came with utter confidence: "I am Chunjikiun(cosmic energy). I am Chunjimaum(cosmic mind)." The energy that fills the universe is me.

Joining an organization like Alcoholics Anonymous was also out of the question for Hank, partly because of his intensely private nature, but mostly because it would have been an acknowlegment that he had a problem.

Knowing himself to be a backslider, and knowing that he had been weighed in the balance and found wanting in so many ways, he seemed to find rare peace in the hymns of his childhood.

You're scrutinized all through your life - you're scrutinized by your family, by yourself, by society, and your friends in a certain way, shape, or form.

If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there.

When I'm really into a novel, I'm seeing the world differently during that time— not just for the hour or so in the day when I get to read. I'm actually walking around in a haze, spellbound by the book and looking at everything through a different prism.

Looking in the mirror, staring back at me isn't so much a face as the expression of a predicament.

Yes. I was, I see now, an asshole who wanted to roll the dice.

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find.

The only people who like to live alone more than comics are priests.

Dr. Miller says we are pessimistic because life seems like a very bad, very screwed-up film. If you ask "What the hell is wrong with the projector?" and go up to the control room, you find it's empty. You are the projectionist, and you should have been up there all the time.

Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants,and he will admit he doesn't know.Why? Because he wants it instinctively,and it is not always possible to tell what your instincts are driving towards.

Man is brilliant at solving problems; but solving them only makes him the victim of his own childishness and laziness. It is this recognition that has made almost every major philosopher in history a pessimist.

eyes widened, and a tear slid down her cheek. "I've never