Quotes About Introspection

When my mathematician husband is bored at parties, he sits quietly in a corner and does equations in his head. Only I know that he is no longer in the room. I can tell by his eyes and the contented look on his face.

That which can be purchases at a shop is easily left in a taxi; that which you carry inside you is difficult, though not impossible, to misplace" -Agatha Swanburne

But, Lumawoo, look. No motto.

I'm sorry. This is diary, not enlightenment.

All I want is some man to take delight in me. 5:30? 6:30 A.M. as usual, no cigs. Better a maudlin drunk than a sterile one. My pimples are more like small boils; I have the plague. My lip is split. My tits are swollen and I can't ever sleep. I now breathe with my heart, which skips rope. Back to sex?

Ob alle Liebenden so einsam sind?

The stories she'd read of others' lives over these last few months had left her with a greater appreciation for the thread of her own life.

The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong.

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

I am easy-going right up to the borders of my self-interest.

Now here are three stages of wisdom: the unwise person blames other people for what are, in the end, her own judgments about things; the person who is making progress does not blame others, but only herself; the wise person does not blame even herself.

el estoicismo no se centra en suprimir u ocultar las emociones; más bien se trata de reconocer nuestras emociones, reflexionar sobre lo que las provoca y redirigirlas para nuestro propio bien.

escribió sobre el autoconocimiento y sugirió que a veces somos el peor obstáculo para nuestra propia mejora: vemos a dónde deberíamos ir, que es donde queremos ir, pero aun así no somos capaces de tomar la decisión y emprender el camino. Está

Massimo Pigliucci

En realidad, el estoicismo no se centra en suprimir u ocultar las emociones; más bien se trata de reconocer nuestras emociones, reflexionar sobre lo que las provoca y redirigirlas para nuestro propio bien.

Could this be my own face, I wondered. My heart pounded at the idea, and the face in the mirror grew more and more unfamiliar.

I'm watching you, big boy, my eyes say, but his are closed so it's an optical monologue.

Cei st?pâniÈ›i de un viciu ascuns pot identifica È™i analiza lucid mecanismele interne ale acelui viciu, când îi afecteaz? pe ceilalÈ›i.

De qué tengo miedo? De ti, en fin, de mi sin ti.

De quoi ai-je peur? De toi, enfin de moi sans toi.

Mi cerebro es una casa de campo para demonios. Se preparan aperitivos con el licor de mis angustias.

Cada cual mira los acontecimientos desde su esquina, con el rostro vuelto hacia la pared para no ver lo que no quiere.

A loud mind is greater than a loud mouth.