Quotes About Introspection

Singur?tatea este o gr?din? în care sufletul se usuc?, florile care cresc în ea n-au parfum.

We're harsh judges on the bad behavior of others, but lawyers for our own.

I guess we can start at the end but it's really the middle. Let's just call it the really bad part. My second wife, Mishna, brought it to my attention that I had an anger problem. She didn't say it like that. What she said was, "I'm leaving." Then she took her vagina and left.

I'm not for everyone. I'm barely for me.

But then again, what do I know. I project. Then I judge.

My brain loves obsessions. If it can make me hate myself, then it's all the better.

Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that you're one of those people you see on the train talking to themselves?

I look at every book as a self-help book.

I was an abusive, selfish, needy, angry asshole. Now I'm just kind of selfish, a little less angry, occasionally needy, with flights of asshole. I've grown.

When you're young you really think you're angry for reasons and causes. As you get older, you realize you might just be angry.

Some people don't even realize they're bitter. If you don't know whether you are or not, here's a quick quiz you can give yourself. If you ever wake up in the morning and the first thing you say is "Oh, fuck, not again," you might be a little bitter.

I'm about to get on a plane here, and I'm packing recovery literature. All I know is I'm going to be the guy reading the book on co-dependency. That's what I know about me.

What I'm saying is that we all hold, in our minds, the ability to create images that would break us in half.

You don't have the power to control the people, situations, and circumstances around you. You only have the power to control yourself.

The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves.

Ce n'est ni l'amitié ni la bonté qui nous manquent, mais nous qui manquons à l'amitié et à la bonté.

Rien ne rend plus léger parfois qu'une certaine horreur de soi.

La moralité n'est bien souvent qu'une affaire d'éclairage et tu es le gardien de ton propre phare. [in Éléments pour une éthique]

Voor sommige mensen is geluk zoiets ongewoons, zo zeldzaam, nieuw of vreemd, dat ze er nooit van kunnen genieten als ze gelukkig zijn, maar altijd pas achteraf, als het besef komt dat ze toen, op dit of dat moment, gelukkig waren.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man.

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full.

All the mind's activity is easy if it is not subjected to reality.

A book is the product of a different self from the self we manifest in our habits, in our social life, in our vices.