Quotes About Introspection

Good writing must stay open to the questions and not fall prey to the pull of a polemic, otherwise, words simply become predictable, sentimental, and stale.

When someone offers me a job or a project, I always ask myself, "What does it tell me about the world?" and "Have I seen it before?" Two good questions.

The thing that interests me is the good and evil in everybody. I don't have conventional heroes in the films that I directed, because I believe there's good and evil in everybody.

We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride and folly than we are taxed by government.

Organize one's values in the order of their worth

To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is within yourself.

There's no there. That elusive 'there' with the job, the beach house, the dream, it's not out there. There is here. It's in you... right now.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

You have to really dive deep back into yourself and get rid of so much modern analytical categorization. It's one of the great things poetry does.

Darken your room, shut the door, empty your mind. You are still in great company.

I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, 'Wow, I'm really great-looking.'... I think I'm the greatest, anyway.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

Great minds think for themselves.

He was a great man. And he was also me.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

You've really got to get down on the floor with yourself and get low in order to make great art. I think you've just got to accept who you are and do the most unbelievable things.

When you get before great people you don't talk a lot, you ask questions

Great souls endure in silence.

To be oneself is a rare thing, and a great one.

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.

Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find modesty and humility the characteristics of such men.

Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this puzzle.

I've always wondered if there was a God. And now I know there is -- and it's me.