Quotes About Introspection

Let us not pretend to doubt in philosophy what we do not doubt in our hearts. (Peirce 1992, pp. 28–9)

Settle yourself in solitude and you will come upon Him in yourself. —TERESA OF ÁVILA

Leo Tolstoy observes, "Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Leo Tolstoy observes, "Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself."6

Study cannot happen until we are subject to the subject.

In contemporary society our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry, and crowds.

Superficiality is the curse of our age.

In the quiet of those brief hours, listen to the thunder of God's silence.

He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. He that to what he sees, adds observation, and to what he reads, reflection, is in the right road to knowledge, provided that in scrutinizing the hearts of others, he neglects not his own. —CALEB COLTON

Solitude is both a "vacation with God" and a "furnace of transformation." "The

Leo Tolstoy observes, "Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself."6 Let us be among those who believe that the inner transformation of our lives is a goal worthy of our best effort.

To enter solitude, we must disregard what others think of us. Who will understand this call to aloneness? Even our closest friends will see it as a waste of precious time and rather self-centered. But, oh, the liberty that is released in our hearts when we let go of the opinions of others!

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself."6 Let us be among those who believe that the inner transformation of our lives is a goal worthy of our best effort. I: The Inward Disciplines

Our world is hungry for genuinely changed people. Leo Tolstoy observes, "Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself."6

Silence is one of the deepest Disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justification. One

One of the fruits of silence is the freedom to let God be our justifier. We don't need to straighten others out.

The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.

reject anything that is producing an addiction in you.

Silence is one of the deepest Disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justification.

I lay still for a while, picking up the scattered garments of my mind and trying to assemble some kind of reasonable outfit from them.

I'm not a huge fan of other people's logic.

You're a philosopher." "No. Just drunk.

You can't kill everything bad and you can't save everyone good." "I'm not sure who the good ones are anymore." "Yes you are. Because you're one. It's just sometimes hard to admit to oneself." "Fuck.

Whoever said Hell is other people was wrong. Hell is other people in your house .