Quotes About Introspection

Let us be silent — so we may hear the whisper of the gods.

To do good things in the world, first you must know who you are and what gives meaning to your life.

After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.

I always take the same perspective with each new adventure. I put myself in the position of being at the end of my life looking back. Then I ask myself if what I am doing is important to me.

We spend our life until we're twenty deciding what parts of ourself to put into the bag, and we spend the rest of our lives trying to get them out again.

Socrates said, the unexamined life is not worth living. My dad said, Booty - mmm mmm.

For me to get through the toughest periods in my life, I had to look within to find the energy to do it. I don't give up. Never have. Never will.

You spend your whole life trapped inside your body. Everything you know about the world comes to you through your body.

Peel your own image from the mirror. Sit. Feast on your life.

If you make too many things too public, then you end up living your life before the court of public opinion.

I am a total loser, in every aspect of my life. I rarely go out.

Life is nothing but a mirror of your consistent thoughts.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.

I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself.

If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it?

At sixty I look back on a life of deep disappointments, of withered hopes, of unlooked for suffering, of severe discipline.

The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.

My chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom came from the fact that I was living a life based on my incapacities, which were numerous.

When you see opportunities in your life, you've got to analyze, 'Why was that choice given to me?

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.

The meaning of life is found by diving deep, deep within.

Life must be something more than dilettante speculation.

The three most difficult things in life are: 1. To keep a secret. 2. To forget an injury. 3. To make good use of leisure.