Quotes About Introspection

Mighty is the charm Of these abstractions to a mind beset With images, and haunted by herself And specially delightful unto me Was that clear synthesis built up aloft So gracefully.

By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.

Resigned to vacant musing, Unreproved neglect of all things And deliberate holiday.

A deep distress hath humanized my Soul. - Elegiac Stanzas Suggested by a Picture of Peele Castle, in a Storm, Painted by Sir George Beaumont

Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.

I heard a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sat reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts, Bring sad thoughts to the mind." William Wordsworth

I roved o'er many a hill and many a dale With this my weary load, in heat and cold, Through many a wood, and many an open ground, In sunshine or in shade, in wet or fair, Now blithe, now drooping, as it might befal, My best companions now the driving winds And now the trotting brooks and whispering trees And now the music of my own sad steps, With many a short-lived thought that pass'd between And disappeared.

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

You'll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.

If you've made your own hell, then only you have the power to escape it.

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.

Flatter yourself critically.

Like pollen on a honeybee, flattery clings to the things you tell yourself.

Care for yourself enough to listen carefully to what you say to yourself.

A little flattery, like a warm bath and soft towel, will let you get along with yourself, lie down with yourself, and sleep.

I've allowed myself to lead this little life, when inside me there was so much more.

The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong.

every one of us has a constant stream of images going through our heads, which we usually don't even notice

it would be well worth your time to start keeping a codebook, listing all the objects, people, and situations that seem to recur in your Image Streams together with what you think they might mean

one teenage girl who, during a lucid dream, "entered the body" of a boy whose attention she had been soliciting in vain. Once inside her love object's "body," she began to see things from his point of view. "I understood why he had been so reserved with me," she reported, "and I realized that he would never return my feelings." As a result, the girl was able to end a fruitless and disheartening infatuation.

Pause before making your next big decision. Look around and notice the slight irregularities of the ceiling, the texture of brick underfoot, the feel of your knee bending and straightening, and the slight shifts of sensation in your shoulders, stomach, neck, and face. You can't really explain why, but when you widen your neurological contact with the world in this way you feel stronger, wiser, and more creative—and you choose more wisely.

As the poet W. H. Auden put it, "Choice of attention—to pay attention to this and ignore that—is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.