Quotes About Introspection

There's no present, there's no future, I don't even know about the past.

I have not the most definite designs on the future.

The past was nothing to her; offered no lesson which she was willing to heed. The future was a mystery which she never attempted to penetrate. The present alone was significant.

While I wasn't certain how I felt about spiritualists, I was certain enough about the type of people who were drawn to them. Only people unhappy in the present seek to know the future.

Asking me why I did or didn't do anything is generally pointless. How do I know? And asking me what I'll do in the future is even less rewarding.

If a man carefully examines his thoughts he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always ahead.

If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.

Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind.

Take a minute: look at your goals, look at your performance, see if your behavior matches your goals.

My goal now is to remember every place I've been, only do things I love, and not say yes when I don't mean it.

People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.

Sometimes the best way to uncover a new goal or dream is to step back, make space, and allow what's next to find you.

Painting has to get back to its original goal, examining the inner lives of human beings.

The ultimate goal of yoga is to always observe things accurately, and therefore never act in a way that will make us regret our actions later.

To know yourself is the first and most important step in pursuing your dreams and goals.

As a boy in school, I already had the drive to be No. 1. If I achieve my goals, OK, but if not, I always ask why and try to rectify myself.

Daily, I examine myself in three areas. Have I done my best when doing things for others? Have I been trustworthy in my dealings with my friends? Have I revised the lessons I have been taught?

Set the goal to harvest what's in you rather than having a car, house or a relationship.

My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.

I miss the old Kanye, straight from the 'Go Kanye, Chop up the soul Kanye, set on his goals Kanye, I hate the new Kanye, the bad mood Kanye, The always rude Kanye, spaz in the news Kanye...

Those who think that they have arrived, have lost their way. Those who think they have reached their goal, have missed it. Those who think they are saints, are demons.

The goal for me is to pull in the reader and to have them ask questions.

You always have to measure your desires and goals against your ego and your humility.

That's basically what I have people do, I have them become aware. Once you set a goal, once you become aware of something, it becomes part of your consciousness.