Quotes About Introspection

Of those who say nothing, few are silent.

Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves.

Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted the things I said nearly as much as the words I left unspoken.

Her stillness was such a contrast to all the jumbled communication inside me that I suddenly felt what a tiresome fellow I was, always filling the air with the rattle of words and anxieties.

Think first. Talk less. Start today.

Sleeping people are so remote.... Right here, but out of communication. That's what strikes humans as uncanny about sleep. Its utter privacy. The sleeper turns his back on everyone.

The great poet makes us feel our own wealth, and then we think less of his compositions. His best communication to our mind is to teach us to despise all he has done.

Silence is also a form of speaking.

All these gadgets, the phone and the computer, they expose the inside of your brain in a way that's bad.

I dont watch TV. I dont use a computer, a fax or a cellphone.

I really like to write, so I can just relax and think about things and realize things and then try to express it on my computer.

Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives.

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you.

Maturity: the confidence to have no opinions on many things.

What lies before us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what is within out into the world, miracles happen.

I think anybody goes through a crisis of confidence from time to time. You have to kind of doubt yourself, sometimes. It's the way forward.

I really enjoy myself in Norway. Because I had started losing confidence in my ability of what I do. But sometimes, man, you just get tired of fighting and trying to prove yourself.

I sometimes lack confidence in public, although I am proud enough inwardly.

Too little confidence, and you're unable to act; too much confidence, and you're unable to hear.

The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds.

Inside yourself or outside, you never have to change what you see, only the way you see it.

Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.