Quotes About Introspection

There are greater goals in life than material and sensual pleasures

Myslím, že na místa, kde se odvíjely rozhodující události naÅ¡ich život?, stojí za to ob?as zavítat, abychom zjistili: nemáme sami se sebou nic spole?ného.

att inte vilja annat än kritik - denna måttlighet är den sanna radikalismen.

A leitura é como que uma droga que confere um adormecimento agradável aos contornos da crueldade da vida.

I read somewhere; while God still existed one sustained a dialogue with God, and now that He no longer exists one has to sustain a dialogue with other people, I guess, or, better still, with oneself, that is to say, one talks or mumbles to oneself.

I believe in writing — nothing else; just writing. Man may live like a worm, but he writes like a god. There was a time when that secret was known, but now it has been forgotten; the world is composed of disintegrating fragments, an incoherent dark chaos, sustained by writing alone.

Des quantités de livres dorment ainsi en moi, des bons et des mauvais, de tout genre. Des phrases, des mots, des alinéas et des vers qui, pareils à des locataires remuants, reviennent brusquement à la vie, errent solitaires ou entament dans ma tête de bruyants bavardages que je suis incapable de faire taire.

Hagyj csak most békét, aki kett?t boncol, Az alaposan egynek sem felel meg. És innen j? a félszeg m?vel?dés. Aki csizmát varr, az csiríz legyen Utósó ízeig, mi gondja másra. Ki a holdat kutatja, e világra Ne légyen gondja, és aki tanít, ?rizkedjék akármit is tanulni. Csak egy van, mit mindennek tudni kell, Adót fizetni engedelmesen. Így készül a derék sok szaktudós.

At the end of time when God judges us humans, I just hope He remembers to judge Himself as well.

I pray for that good woman. At the end of time when God judges us humans, I just hope He remembers to judge Himself as well.

Jei ?žeidžiau jus, J?s? Šviesybe, vadinasi, nusipeln?te kiekvieno priekaišto.

ve ben kendimin kapa??n? aç?p, Ivan için kitab?n ilk sayfalar?n? ar?yorum, yüzümün gizemli görünmesini saÄŸl?yorum...

I think of you, of the lake, of the city, of the burning days on the shore, in the sand, of the shadowy paths, of the musical breath of the air. The water is quiet, blue, I'd like to lie in a boat in the reeds, I don't want to speak, everything around me will tell you what I'm sensing.

Unii oameni traiesc, iar altii ii contempla cum traiesc, eu ma numar printre cei care contempla. Dumneavoastra?

She has learned not to be nervous in rooms in which people take note of each other, weigh up, write down, write off, avoid, eye up. She doesn't dream, she is simply at rest. Others seek peace of mind, Miranda had peace of eye.

No descuido la escritura, sino a mí misma. Los otros saben dios lo sabe qué hacer con las palabras. Yo no soy mi asistente. ¿Debo aprisionar un pensamiento llevarlo a la iluminada celda de una frase?

But one day I will want to know it and from that day on I will stay behind and fall back into yesterday. But it's not tomorrow yet. Before yesterday and tomorrow arrive, I have to silence them inside me. It is today. I am here and today.

Malina: calm the commotion. Disturb the calm. Me: (doltente, Molto Mosso) But when will the time finally come to accomplish this, when can I do and do nothing more, all at once? When will the time come when I can find time for that? When will it be time to stop all false differentiation and categorization, to stop false fear and suffering, senseless empathy, this constant, senseless pondering and musing! (Una corda) I want to think my way out slowly. (Tutte le corde) Is that the way it is?

Cui ii e dat sa traiasca un "de ce" indura aproape orice "cum".

I myself am a person who has never resigned myself, who is absolutely never resigned, who can't imagine it at all. I simply observe, and I observe in so many people, and often very quickly, a resignation that terrifies me, that's it.

A single tear forms, just in the corner of one eye, but it doesn't roll down my cheek; it merely crystallizes in the cold air, it grows and grows into a second giant globe that doesn't want to orbit with the world—it breaks off from the planet and plunges into infinity.

Ald?rm?yorum, geliÅŸigüzel, ya, öyle mi, diyorum, çünkü birbirimize söylediÄŸimiz say?l? ÅŸeylerle, ona gerçekten söylemek istediÄŸim aras?nda bir hava boÅŸluÄŸu var; istediÄŸim ona her ÅŸeyi söylemek, ama tek yapt???m burada oturmak...

And I wonder how we could possibly have ended up in this place. Why I didn't see the warning signs far enough in advance to prevent this from happening. I try to hold back the sob swooping up from deep inside me like a tsunami from the ocean floor. But I can't, and I bend forward, crying for my failures as a mother

The problem is, you're looking for faults from the first moment you meet a man." "I hate to disillusion you, but when they're as obvious as the San Andreas, they're not that hard to spot.