Quotes About Introspection

When things feel murky and unsure, fine tuning our hearing so as to distinguish the voice of our Innermost Self brings clarity.

No aacomplishments are important than self realization of self satisfaction.

I see myself through others eyes and I am made anew.

Everybody makes mistakes—everybody loses their temper; everybody judges—but if we make a conscious effort to be mindful every day of how we treat ourselves and others, life becomes much easier.

Partners really assist us in finding within ourselves the truth that is there but maybe we haven't taken the time to acknowledge or express.

The mystery of life doesn't seem so mysterious if you venture inward and listen to your soul's voice.

Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. —Erica Jong

It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit... No one likes to think of him or herself as a bad person. To treat badly another person whom we consider a reasonable human being creates a tension between act and attitude that demands resolution. We cannot erase what we have done, and to alter our future behavior may not be in our interest. To change our attitude is easier.

It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit.

A fearless honesty should characterize both our self-analysis-where we are now-and our pursuit of truth.

But to discover one's own worldview is much more valuable. In fact, it is a significant step toward self-awareness, self-knowledge and self-understanding.

even in religion, when we are dealing with our own souls, we try to cheat.

There were two immediate results of my forced loneliness: I began to find company in books, and greater pleasure in music.

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.

just when you think you've got it all sorted, something happens to make you question yourself and the world all over again.

The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.

The house of fiction has many windows, but only two or three doors.

Sometimes, it is almost frightening to realise how poorly most people know themselves; it seems to put one at an almost priestly advantage over people's souls.

In the dark night of the soul, it is always three A.M.

There ain't nothing wrong with being alone, which is what I am, or what I have been. It's when it turns to loneliness, when you get to feeling blue about it all, that you're in trouble. There's the problem, loneliness.

What do you do when you already know what your problem is? What if it's not really a problem? It's only a problem if I want a relationship. If I want to fit into a conventional mode of happiness. It's only a problem if I care. And I can't tell if I care.

I have a hard enough time being me, not pulling myself apart every single day. And if it wasn't just my personality and my life choices, but then also my art too? I would die." I

These are the things we do sometimes, she thinks. We remind ourselves of why we're in love, so that we can stay that way. It's not a permanent state, remember that, she tells herself.

mostly I have found myself resisting their sadness when I have so much of my own.