Quotes About Introspection

Man - a being in search of meaning.

Behold! human beings living in an underground den…. Like ourselves… they see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave.

We do not learn and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

The life which is unexamined is not worth living.

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is absurd.

There's a victory, and defeat the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

There is nothing to write about, you say. Well then, write and let me know just this - that there is nothing to write about or tell me in the good old style if you are well. That's right. I am quite well.

Withdraw into yourself and look.

if the "Know thyself" of the oracle were an easy thing for every man, it would not be held to be a divine injunction.

Åžayet yaÅŸam ya da düÅŸünme tarz?nda yüksek standartlara ulaÅŸam?yorsak, bu vatan?m?z?n küçüklüÄŸüyle deÄŸil, kiÅŸisel yetersizlikle alakal?d?r.

we ought not to let either our joy at their faults or our grief at their success be idle, but in either case we ought to reflect, how we may become better than them by avoiding their errors, and by imitating their virtues not come short of them.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.

I used to want to change the world. Now I'm open to letting it change me.

As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.

You want to know where your fears are hiding? Tell me what you know about yourself. Tell me what you can't live without.

People who had been through a lot reported that they changed their life, or got clarity, when they became conscious of what kind of person a certain job/industry/lifestyle was turning them into.

One of my many weaknesses as a journalist is that I can't ask perfect strangers about the masturbation habits of their ex-spouses, just me being a stuffed shirt again.

La soledad es más azucarada entre cócteles. Y entre estúpidas discusiones de música y política, mantenidas por seres que no son políticos ni músicos.

Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it. Polly B. Berends

Seeing the transformation in Aaron made me wonder how it would feel to have someone-even a not-so-nice guy like Aaron- look at me the way he looked at Anjali.

Misanthropes need people without a steady supply, the misanthrope cannot fully apply his art.

There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.