Quotes About Introspection

There are mighty few people who think what they think they think.

We are troubled by having two selves, the inner and the outer. The outer one is rather dull and lets great things go by.

For an artist to be interesting to us he must have been interesting to himself. He must have been capable of intense feeling, and capable of profound contemplation. He who has contemplated has met with himself, is in a state to see into the realities beyond the surfaces of his subject. Nature reveals to him, and, seeing and feeling intensely, he paints, and whether he wills it or not each brush stroke is an exact record of such as he was at the exact moment the stroke was made.

Don't ask for a criticism until you are sure you can't give it yourself. Then you will be in a fine state to receive it.

When a daffodil I see,Hanging down his head t'wards me,Guess I may what I must be:First, I shall decline my head;Secondly, I shall be dead;Lastly, safely buryed.

Bashfulnesse Of all our parts, the eyes expresse The sweetest kind of bashfulnesse.

Based on these journal entries, it would appear that the main

If you think something is missing in your life, it is probably YOU...

What you "learn" from Steve Jobs tells more about yourself than about him!

He observed himself performing an act of kindness toward Franklin, which he explained to himself by constructing the most plausible story—that he did so willfully, because he liked Franklin after all.

the key to self-awareness isn't found inside our heads; it's in discovering and accepting how others see us—even when it hurts.

We seldom see these things in ourselves until we have a reason to look. We are probably all like the heroes we had when we were boys.

For as we think in our hearts so are we.

thanks for the thought." He walked to

This time, as we went over the bridge on the way to the airport, my attorney asked me, "Well, how do you feel now?" I thought about it for a moment, then looked at him and answered, "Intimidating.

It is the difference: we generalize do not. Specific bad humans did specific bad things; those humans do we not like. But the rest of humanity we judge one by one.

Of course, it is very difficult, and often impossible, for someone else to give you what you cannot find in yourself.

Yes. You see, the first time I came in here to see you, I simply watched how you sat with me; then I began sitting with myself in the same way." This is the healing space we hope to offer others in therapy, but naturally we don't always succeed.

Knowing what types of people and problems give you difficulty is the first step toward avoiding psychological vulnerability.

Richard went to his room. Everything

Robert, there's a creature inside of you that I'm not good enough to bring out, not strong enough to reach. I sometimes have the feeling you've been here a long time, more than one lifetime, and that you've dwelt in private places none of the rest of us has even dreamed about. You frighten me, even though you're gentle with me. If I didn't fight to control myself with you, I feel like I might lose my center and never get back.

on being somewhat antisocial- "You have less people at your funeral but you get more reading time.

People mistake shyness and reclusiveness- both of those- for arrogance. It's a convenient label slapped on by those who see only the surface of things and nothing more.

I don't just take things as given, I try to make them into something that reflects my personal consciousness, my spirit.