Quotes About Introspection

Uncurious people do not lead examined lives; they cannot see causes that lie deeper than the surface.

In theater or movies you see either 'I'm religious' or 'I'm an atheist.' I've never seen too much discussion of 'I believe there's a higher power but I'm hesitant to reach out to him because I don't know if I'm worthy of his attention.'

When I was in high school I used to sit by myself in the cafeteria - not necessarily by choice - but I thought it was funny to talk to people that weren't there.

I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.

The very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life.

Sometimes you get a flash of what you look like to other people.

Madmen always think it's the others who are mad.

I'm not talking to anyone, I'm delivering a monologue. It's the inebriated man's prerogative.

Parc? era vorba s? nu-?i mai pui întreb?ri, b?iatule cu p?rul ciufulit? — N-a? fi om, dac? nu mi-a? pune întreb?ri...

Generations from now, when historians write about these times, they might note that, in the early decades of the twenty-first century, the United States succeeded in its great and historic mission--it globalized the world. But along the way, they might write, it forgot to globalize itself.

I don't enjoy eating humble pie.

Ultimately, our questions must emerge not from mental categories, but from deep within the heart. They must rise to the surface of our beings as we sit in silence, so that they are not just the old questions which we raise whenever we have nothing else to talk about or just for the sake of argument. They need to be the questions which make a difference in our lives.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me; but if I am only for myself, of what value am I?

Good and bad lies within and without one other loses its mean and essence."

Human as an intellectual being needs answers about the existence for the purpose of knowing the way to live."

Human ideologies are based on human believe and acceptance of one ideology by all human is not possible as long as each human could find answers about his existence by his own mind."

The inner world: those spiritual apartments to which we are reluctant to admit strangers.

You're in a bad way! Apparently, you have developed a soul.

When you're hurt, you feel stupid because you think you should have seen it coming. But if we knew everything that was going to happen to us we wouldn't get out of bed in the morning.

I hate birthdays.

The narrator finds that as a maturing character grows in stature before her friends that she sees less stature while evaluating herself.

Instantly a thick blackness seemed to enfold her and silence as of a dead world settled down upon her. Drowsy as she was she could not close her eyes nor refrain from listening. Darkness and silence were tangible things. She felt them. And they seemed suddenly potent with magic charm to still the tumult of her, to sooth and rest, to create thought she had never thought before. Rest was more than selfish indulgence. Loneliness was necessary to gain conciseness of the soul.

We are our own gods.

We all have vices, visible and invisible. Some we deliberately keep secret. Others we don't even realize or we refuse to admit we have…Vices can be lots of fun, or they can turn your life into a living hell. Accept them for what they are, just another aspect of the mind's creation, and you can enjoy them—if you choose—without being broken by them. - Zeena Schreck for VICE Magazine