Quotes About Introspection

Our greatest enemy is the enemy within, for hidden there are dark and destructive emotions. But also hidden there is the light of reason that can lead us to the dawn.

Who can destroy iron but its own rust, and who can destroy a person but his own mind?

Far too many people are looking for the right person; instead of trying to be the right person.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

When I look back on my life, I see pain, mistakes and heart ache. When I look in the mirror, I see strength, learned lessons, and pride in myself.

I am aware that I am less than some people prefer me to be, but most people are unaware that I am so much more than what they see.

Instead of pointing out the faults of others, look in the mirror, find your own faults and start to better yourself. That should keep you busy!

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

We all have a certain vision of who we want to be. There are times when we put the blame on others for our weaknesses and failures in life. For some reason, no one seems to be happy about who they are now and how their life has turned out to be. But if you come to think of it, you are exactly who you need to be. You just don't realize it yet.

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie which we ascribe to heaven.

We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes.

How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people.

From the moment we are born, people tell us that the world is like this and like that, this way, that way. It is natural that - for a certain period of time - we end up believing what we are told. But we must soon push these ideas aside and discover our own way of living reality.

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.

Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.

Learning how to operate a soul figures to take time.

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.

Sometimes the best way to figure out who you are is to get to that place where you don't have to be anything else.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves -- so how can we know anyone else?

Little by little, through patience and repeated effort, the mind will become stilled in the Self.