Quotes About Introspection

You cannot see or touch the divine with your gross senses. The divine is within you, not somewhere else

As soon as you concern yourself with the "good" and "bad" of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weakens and defeats you

His sins seemed to be so few that he was alarmed and groped anxiously for more, knowing he could not be without guilt.

We see things not as they are, we see them as WE are.

Now is the time to work on becoming the kind of person you would like to be.

believe that trying to become the best person we can be, aging well, and coming to terms with our issues might be the most important and meaningful goals to strive for in later life.

We visit others as a matter of social obligation. How long has it been since we have visited with ourselves?

Don't blame other people for your own mistakes.

If prayer fails I am in a greater darkness yet, not knowing whether I have presumed too much or believed too little.

People tell me there are a lot of guys like me, which doesn't explain why I'm lonely.

You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.

If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you don't already possess

The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.

Sometimes it feels like I'm thinking against the wind.

As Winston Churchill whimsically observed, "Men occasionally stumble across the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.

And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.

The kind of ominous silence that comes while somebody quietly adjusts his view of who you are.

Some of us are actually not that cute

Recreation becomes a means to re-create one's consciousness at every moment instead of a means to forget oneself and to pass the time.

My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality.

I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than how others saw me.

Khird-Mandon Se Kya Puchon Ke Meri Ibtida Kya Hai Ke Main Iss Fikar Mein Rehta Hun, Meri Intiha Kya Hai What should I ask the sages about my origin: I am always wanting to know my goal.

I found this book simple but very deep, some chapters on the heavy side but well worth reading for the new comers and also for the veteran in the field of meditation

Why, why is anyone superior to another? Why are we all sinners?