Quotes About Introspection

I do not believe today everything I believed yesterday; I wonder will I believe tomorrow everything I believe today.

We cannot kindle when we willThe fire that in the heart resides,The spirit bloweth and is still,In mystery our soul abides.

And amongst us one,Who most has suffered, takes dejectedlyHis seat upon the intellectual throne.

Everything in our political life tends to hide from us that there is anything wiser than our ordinary selves.

We mortal millions live alone.

No, thou art come too late, Empedocles! And the world hath the day, and must break thee, Not thou the world. With men thou canst not live, Their thoughts, their ways, their wishes, are not thine; And being lonely thou art miserable, For something has impair'd they spirit's strength, And dried its self-sufficing font of joy.

Tis not the times, 'Tis not the Sophists vex him: There is some root of suffering in himself, Some secret and unfollow'd vein of woe, Which makes the times look black and sad to him. Empedocles on Etna: Act I, Scene I

In mystery our soul abides.

Is there no life, but these alone? Madman or slave, must man be one?

Note, It is common for those that are indulgent to their own sin to be severe against the sins of others.

Those who complain most are most to be complained of.

Be not desirous to know what people say; if they speak well of thee, it will feed thy pride, if ill, it will stir up thy passion. See that thou approve thyself to God and thine own conscience, and then heed not what men say of thee; it is easier to pass by twenty affronts than to avenge one. When any harm is done to us, examine whether we have not done as bad to others.

We are not here to solve the problems; the problems are here to solve us.

feelings are one of the most inconsistent aspects of the human person.

The hardest war to win is one you don't even realize you are fighting, and the hardest enemy to defeat is the one you don't even know exists. Every day you are at war with resistance.

Whatever change you desire for the world, create that change in your own life. You are here for a purpose. Seek it out. Hunt it down. The greatest misery is to be purposeless. The great depression of our age is not economic, but spiritual. Our spiritual poverty is rooted in our purposelessness.

We are not here to solve the problems; the problems are here to solve us. This is one of the supernatural mysteries of our journeys here on earth.

I continue to believe that we can learn more in an hour of silence than we can in a year from books.

Know thyself; know your strengths and weaknesses; your relation to the universe; your potentialities; your spiritual heritage; your aims and purposes; take stock of thyself. —SOCRATES

The lesson I learned was that someone can look perfectly fine, but you never know what is going on inside—and everyone has something going on inside.

It's uncomfortable to look at ourselves, assess our selfishness and sinfulness, and tell another human being about it.

dreams provide rare insights into their philosophy about life and money [ ]

Clarity emerges from silence, not meetings. You need the silence so you have something worth saying in the meetings.

Loneliness is not brutal like that, but it can be a painful way to learn. Interestingly, solitude is the cure for loneliness. When we are afraid of being alone, we should go into it. Dive deep into it. Solitude teaches profound lessons, especially about ourselves. Feeling lonely has value. Sometimes we need to turn inward to discover what we need to hold on to and what we need to let go of.